Anuraga Aralithu

Anuraga Aralithu is a 1986 Kannada film based on a Kannada Novel Anuragada Anthapura written by H. G. Radhadevi. The film starred actor Rajkumar along with Madhavi, Geetha and Pandari Bai. It was directed by: M.S. Rajashekhar. The music director and composer was Upendra Kumar. Song lyrics were by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The film was highly successful at the box office. It was later remade in Tamil as Mannan , in Telugu as Gharana Mogudu and in Hindi as Laadla.

The movie's protagonist (Rajkumar) lives by high moral standards. By circumstance, he is forced to marry the lady owner of the factory where he works. He tolerates her boorish behaviour to keep his aged mother happy but upon the latter's death, decides to teach his wife a lesson.

Anuraga Aralithu was remade as Mannan in Tamil starring Rajinikanth, Kushboo Sundar, Manorama, Pandari Bai, Goundamani, Vijayashanti and Visu. Then it was remade in Telugu as Gharana Mogudu a film with Chiranjeevi and Nagma in the lead roles. The movie was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao and was a sensational hit. It was released on 9 April 1992. The movie was the first Telugu film to gross over 100 million rupees. It made Chiranjeevi the highest-paid actor in India and led India Today to caption its story, "Bigger Than Bachchan".