Maurya (film)

Maurya
File:Maurya poster.jpg Film poster
Directed by	S. Narayan
Produced by	Rockline Venkatesh
Written by	Puri Jagannadh
Based on	Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi by Puri Jagannadh
Starring	Puneeth Rajkumar Meera Jasmine
Music by	Gurukiran
Cinematography	P. K. H. Das
Edited by	P. R. Sounder Raj
Distributed by	Rockline Productions
Release date	22 October 2004 (2004-10-22)
Running time	162 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Maurya is a 2004 Kannada language sports drama film directed by S. Narayan. The film starred Puneeth Rajkumar and Meera Jasmine in lead roles. It was Meera Jasmine's first Kannada film and also actress-politician, Roja Selvamani's last Kannada film to date. This film is produced by Rockline Venkatesh.

Plot

Manu's entire life is about his mother, Meena, a college lecturer. They together live in Banglore. When Manu was a little boy, Meena separated from her husband, Prathap, who is his father. Manu is a passionate and great kick-boxer. Manu later meets Alamelu (Meera Jasmine) aka Andra, a Telugu girl from Andhra and starts to fall in love with her. Manu's happy life is suddenly jolted when his mother dies of a heart attack. On her deathbed, she tells him to go and meet Prathap, who is a kickboxing champion that won the championship six times in a row. Manu goes to Prathap.

When Manu meets his father but sees that he has another wife and a daughter named. He sees that he's happily settled with them and gets angry. He also gets a job as a janitor and juice provider at his father's kickboxing academy. Anand is Prathap's best student, and he is sure that Anand will win the championship. Later, Manu finds out that Anand makes his step sister pregnant and then abandons her. Anand also abandons Prathap by getting another master and other sponsors. Prathap is attacked by several of Anand's sponsors, and Manu later beats them up, making Prathap find out that Manu is a great kick-boxer. Prathap also finds out that Manu was also participating in the kick-boxing championship. The rest of the story is about how Prathap trains Manu and wins the championship.

Cast

• Puneeth Rajkumar as Manu
• Meera Jasmine as Alamelu
• Roja as Meena
• Devaraj as Prathap
• Rekha Kumar
• Komal
• Doddanna
• Mandya Jayaram
• Shobaraj
• Jaidev as Anand
• Maithreyi Karthik
• Vijaya Sarathi
• Sundar Raj
• Ashok
• Jayalakshmi
• Kote Prabhakar
• Mukhyamantri Chandru
• Yathi Raj
• Aiyappa M.M
• V. K. Mohan
• Bank Suresh
• Bhanu Prakash
• Sridhar Raj
• Venkatesh Prasad

Soundtrack

Maurya
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Released	15 June 2007
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
External audio Official Audio Jukebox at YouTube

The music of the film was composed by Gurukiran.

Track list
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Amma Amma I Love You"	Shaan	4:14
2.	"Haadali Karunaadali"	Udit Narayan, Lakshmi Nataraj	4:04
3.	"Machchalli Kochodalli"	Puneeth Rajkumar	4:29
4.	"Pilla Pilla"	Udit Narayan, Chaitra H. G.	3:49
5.	"Simplallagi Helteen Kele"	Puneeth Rajkumar	3:57
6.	"Usiraguve Hasiraguve"	Srinivas, Shreya Ghoshal	4:22

Reception

S. N. Deepak of Deccan Herald felt the film had "all essential ingredients like sentiments, action, romance and comedy" to make it "appealing." He added, "Cinematography is good. Dialogues, written by S Narayan, are catchy." Of the acting performances, he wrote, "Meera Jasmine, as an innocent Telugu speaking girl, has put in a good effort. Devaraj and Roja, as parents, suit their roles well", and praise the music on the film.

Box office

The film successfully ran for 100 days in 16 centers of Karnataka and was the fourth continuous 100-day run of a film for Puneeth Rajkumar.

External links

• Maurya on IMDb