Maanikya
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| Directed by | Sudeep |
| Produced by | N. M. Kumar Priya Sudeep |
| Written by | Koratala Siva |
| Screenplay by | Sudeep Manish |
| Based on |
Mirchi by Koratala Siva |
| Starring |
V. Ravichandran Sudeep Varalaxmi Sarathkumar Ramya Krishnan Ranya Rao P. Ravi Shankar |
| Music by | Arjun Janya |
| Cinematography | Shekhar Chandra |
| Edited by | N. M. Vishwa |
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Production
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MNK Movies
Kiccha Creations Kolla Entertainments |
| Distributed by | M. N. Kumar |
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Release date
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Running time
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165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Budget | ₹180—200 million |
| Box office | ₹435 million |
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| Soundtrack album by Arjun Janya | |
| Released | 29 March 2014 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 29:06 |
| Language | Kannada |
| Label | Anand Audio |
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| Times of India |   |
| Bangalore Mirror |  |
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| Deccan Herald | |
| Chitraloka | |
| Indian Express | |
| Deccan Chronicle | |
| Vijaya Karnataka | |
Maanikya (English: The Ruby; Kannada: ಮಾಣಿಕ್ಯ) is a 2014 Indian Kannada action drama film directed by Sudeep featuring Sudeep, V. Ravichandran, Varalaxmi Sharathkumar and Ranya Rao in the lead roles. The film is a remake of 2013 Telugu film Mirchi. Maanikya is the costliest film ever made in Kannada cinema and released on 1 May 2014. Upon its release, Maanikya got an excellent response from the critics and audience, and had a decent opening at the box office. Maanikya was released in maximum number of screens and has had the maximum number of audience for a new release in the opening weekend ever. A record 0.8 million tickets were sold on the first day for the film. Maanikya went on to become the highest grossing Kannada movie. The satellite rights of the movie were sold for a record-breaking price as well. The film has also been dubbed into Hindi as Maanikkya.
The movie begins with a girl collecting funds for an organisation in Singapore. A goon gives her money and then chases her at night when she goes home. Then Vijay (Sudeep), enters and resolves the conflict without fighting. The girl introduces herself as Manasa (Ranya Rao). They slowly become friends. But one day she asks Vijay to leave her and go as she fears that if their relationship develops any further, separation would be painful. He then goes back to India and influences Manasa's brother to a large extent. In his conservative and ancestral village, Vijay changes everyone's viewpoint and makes them more lovable.
Eventually Manasa expresses her love for him, but Vijay hesitates. It is then revealed that he was born to their rival's family. His father (V. Ravichandran) wanted to change the people of his village. But his mother Lavanya (Ramya Krishnan) didn't want to stay there, so she left him. When Vijay goes there, he falls in love with Sindhu (Varalaxmi Sarathkumar).
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