Manmadhudu

Manmadhudu
Directed by	K. Vijaya Bhaskar
Produced by	Nagarjuna Akkineni
Written by	Trivikram Srinivas (story / dialogues)
Screenplay by	K. Vijaya Bhaskar
Starring	Nagarjuna Akkineni Sonali Bendre Anshu
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography	Sameer Reddy
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Production company	Annapurna Studios
Release date	20 December 2002 (2002-12-20)
Running time	142 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Manmadhudu is a 2002 Telugu romantic comedy film produced by Nagarjuna Akkineni on Annapurna Studios banner, directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar. The film Starred Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sonali Bendre, Anshu in the lead roles and has a highly successful soundtrack composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The story and dialogues for the film were written by acclaimed writer Trivikram Srinivas. The film was released on 20 December 2002 to highly positive reviews and further went on to become one of the biggest hits in Nagarjuna's career. The film recorded as Blockbuster at box office. The film was later remade as Aishwarya in Kannada, marking the debut of Deepika Padukone and also remade in Bengali as Priyotoma. This film is partially inspired by Hollywood film What Women Want.

Abhiram (Nagarjuna Akkineni) was a manager in an ad agency, owned by his paternal uncle Prasad (Tanikella Bharani). He despises women and expresses his hatred in every minute. But his office was populated by women as it was an ad agency and he has to live with it. Prasad appoints Harika (Sonali Bendre) as the new assistant manager and Abhiram hates to have another female employee in his office. He never leaves an opportunity to belittle her and gradually Harika gets fed up and goes to Chairman Prasad to submit her resignation. Prasad asks her to think about it twice and tells her about Abhiram's past and why he deeply hates women.

Abhi loses his parents when he was too young and his grandfather brings him up. He was the only heir to their family business and enjoys life in his own way. He meets and falls in love with Maheswari (Anshu), who is the niece of an employee (Chandra Mohan) in Abhi's grandfather's company. Alarmed that he just play with her and leaves her, Maheshwari's uncle takes her away to his hometown and arranges her engagement with another man. Abhi goes there and tries to bring Maheswari with him assuring her uncle that he is going to marry her. But on the way to his grandfather's home, they meet with a serious accident. When Abhi gets back his consciousness, his grandfather tells him that Maheswari married another person and shows him the invitation card. Abhi feels cheated and starts to hate all the women and thinks that they all are superficial and treacherous.