The poster of the Kannada movie Manasu Mallige (meaning: mind is jasmine flower), which is the official remake of the super hit Marathi film Sairat, has been revealed. The movie has Nishanth and Rinku Rajguru in the lead roles.
Sairat (Wild) is a 2016 Indian Marathi-language musical romantic drama starring Rinku Rajguru and Akash Thosar. It is directed by Nagraj Manjule. The music was given by Ajay-Atul. The film emerged as the biggest weekend opener for a Marathi film breaking record previously held by Natsamrat. The film has become the first Marathi film to gross over ₹100 crore worldwide.
It will be remade in Kannada, Telugu, Hindi and Punjabi and later in Malayalam and Tamil. Punjabi version will be directed by Pankaj Batra. The remake rights for the four southern languages are acquired by Rockline Venkatesh with the Kannada version titled Manasu Mallige. The remake rights for Hindi are acquired by Karan Johar.
The audio of Manasu Mallige will be released on Valentine’s Day. The project which is directed by S Naryan is produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film also marks the debut of Rinku Rajguru in Kannada Film Industry.
