Manmatha

<p>Putswamy is an ugly village youth who covers up his handicap with humor. Despite jibes directed at him, he looks for a bride with the help of his friend. Soorya is a violent college student who loves his classmate, Priya. She comes across Chinna, who assures her that he will get her married to the man of her heart. She is killed in a fracas involving a gangster. Meanwhile, the hunchback Putswamy comes across an orphaned poor blind girl, Lakshmi. He wins her heart by helping to transplant the eyes of the deceased Priya to Lakshmi, who regains her vision. This results in a fight between Putswamy and Soorya as to whom Lakshmi belongs. Putswamy is a hunchback, so he decides to leave way for Soorya. But fate has something else in store for him. The soundtrack was composed by Bharathi Das. The songs “Kunjande” and “Kadanje Chandanamo” from the original Malayalam film was reused here as “Hunnima Banne” and “Danthada Bombe”. of rated the film two-and-three quarters out of five stars and wrote that ” will be remembered the performance of its lead artists and a neat narration. But there is nothing special about this film”. A critic from rated the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that “If is slightly above average, it is only because of Jaggesh and Komal”. A critic from gave the same rating and wrote that “Director Rajesh Fernandes should know that Jaggesh’s forte are his mannerisms, body language and dialogue delivery. In Manmatha, the director has him playing a physically challenged character — a role which hardly exploits his talent in this love story”.</p>