Mantra (2007 film)
| Mantra | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Tulasi Ram |
| Written by | Ravi Prakash Bodapati |
| Produced by | Ravi Prakash Bodapati & Kalyan Ram |
| Starring | Charmy Kaur Sivaji |
| Cinematography | Sivendra |
| Edited by | Upendra |
| Music by | Anand |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Mantra is a 2007 Indian Telugu Horror suspense thriller film directed by Tulasi Ram and starring Charmy Kaur and Sivaji.
Diary (2009) was promoted as a sequel to this film; however, the two films are unrelated.[1][2] Mantra 2 which claimed to be the sequel of Mantra was released in 2015 and has no connection with the Mantra crew.
Plot
Cast
- Charmy Kaur as Mantra
- Sivaji as Hero
- Karuna Sri as Vinny
- Kausha Rach
- Jeeva
- Mallikarjuna Rao
- Rallapalli
- Karuna Bhushan
- Chitram Seenu
- Vijay Sai
- Noel Sean (special appearance in "Maha Maha")
Production
The muhurat shot took place at Annapoorna Studios on 27 October 2006. Shooting began on 2 November 2006 and was completed in forty days.[3] The setting for Mantra Nilayam was erected at Shamshabad exclusively and most of the film was shot there.
Soundtrack
The songs were composed by Anand.[4] The song "Maha Maha" is based on Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps".[5]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Maha Maha" | Bhuvana Chandra | Srimathumitha, Swapna Madhuri, Noel Sean | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Oohallonaa" | Anand | Suchitra, Nani | 5:06 |
| 3. | "Mantra (Theme)" | — | — | 3:18 |
| 4. | "Reena Reena" | Anand, Noel Sean | Anand, Karthik | 3:42 |
| 5. | "Dole Dil Dole" | Noel Sean | Geetha Madhuri | 4:58 |
| 6. | "Remix Maha" | Bhuvana Chandra | Harshika, DJ Shawn | 3:33 |
| Total length: | 24:30 | |||
Release
The film was released on 14 December 2007. Although most movies at the end of year could not do well, Mantra proved to be a success with 80 to 90% collections. Charmy's popularity among the male youth came in as an added advantage to the movie.[6][7] Suspense thriller is not a popular genre in Telugu film industry but commercial success of the film A Film by Aravind changed the notion.[8] Idlebrain.com, a website on Telugu film industry, gives the film a rating of 3/5.[9][10] Vijayanand Movies acquires the theatrical rights of the movie for worldwide except India. Bhavani Media has acquired DVD rights.[11]
The success of this film led the director, Tulasi Ram, and lead actress, Charmme Kaur, to work together on a similar themed film Mangala (2011).[12]
Reception
Awards
- Nandi Award for Best Audiographer - Radha Krishna (2007) [15]
References
- ^ "Shraddha in Mantra sequel". The Times of India. 18 November 2008.
- ^ "Diary review - Telugu cinema Review - Sivaji & Shraddha das".
- ^ "Mantra movie launch - Telugu cinema - Charmme".
- ^ "Mantra - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn". JioSaavn. 11 April 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "10 Songs Which Copied Their Tunes from Other Films | Telugu". Archived from the original on 27 June 2017.
- ^ Telugucinema Box-office report Archived 16 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ GreatAndhra Box-office report
- ^ Mantra Movie Review
- ^ [1] Idlebrain Review
- ^ G P Aditya Vardhan (17 December 2007). "Mantra, a paisa vasool thriller". Rediff.com.
- ^ "Mantra in USA". Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ "Mangala". 123 Telugu. 2 March 2011.
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
- ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
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