Eddelu Manjunatha

Eddelu Manjunatha
Film poster
Directed by	Guruprasad
Produced by	V. Sanath Kumar
Written by	Guruprasad
Screenplay by	Guruprasad
Starring	Jaggesh Yagna Shetty Tabla Nani
Music by	Anoop Seelin
Cinematography	Ashok V. Raman
Edited by	Narahalli Jnanesh
Production company	Sanath Kumar Productions
Release date	17 July 2009 (2009-07-17)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Eddelu Manjunatha (Kannada: ಎದ್ದೇಳು ಮಂಜುನಾಥ, English: Wake Up Manjunatha) is a 2009 Indian Kannada language film written and directed by Guruprasad, and produced by journalist and director V. Sanath Kumar. Its stars Jaggesh and Yagna Shetty in the lead roles. Tabla Nani and V. Manohar appear in supporting in roles.

At the 2009–10 Karnataka State Film Awards, Guruprasad won the award for Best Screenplay. At the 57th Filmfare Awards South, the film won two awards – Best Director (Guruprasad) and Special Jury Award (Yagna Shetty).

This film is about the life and times of a lazy and jobless middle aged man named Manjunatha ("Manja") who considers his life as an eventual existence rather than a practical, deserving and a capable one. His laziness is portrayed in the film as not a quality but as an ethic imbibed within his general thoughts and notions of the everyday world that surrounds him. Through his formative years his thinking becomes pragmatic in considering that livelihood can always be sought through alternate sources rather than being a puppet to how the world goes about through linear methods of gaining success and money. The other essentially important character in the film is a visually impaired person named Naani (played by Tabla Naani). Although being born blind, he wishes to be a film director. Naani's most positive aspect of the role is that he does not believe that his physical disability could stop him from achieving what he dreams, that is to be a film maker. The film is structured around the lengthy conversation, which happen in a captive lodge room, between Manja and Naani where each depict their ideologies and experiences and co-relate their thoughts. Being a Jaggesh film, the film is no where short in containing blatant satirical humour and constant metaphors. The characters of Manja and Naani form contrasting personalities - Manja being an unmotivated, lazy and irresponsible guy and Naani being optimistic and ambitious. Naani happens to meet Manja in a very interesting scenario. Even with their contrasting personalities, Manja and Naani get along together pretty well.