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{{short description|Indian film producer and distributor}}
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{{BLP sources|date=August 2017}}

{{Infobox person
| name = K. Manju
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| birth_name = Kobari Manju
| birth_place = [[Turuvekere]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[Film producer]]<br>[[Film distributor]]
| years_active = 2000–present
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'''K. Manju''' is an Indian film producer and distributor, known for his films produced in [[Kannada cinema]].<ref>[https://chiloka.com/celebrity/k-manju K Manju at Cineloka]</ref> He made several films through his two production companies, '''K Manju Cinemas''' and '''Lakshmishree Combines'''.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/god-is-my-only-support/article3839373.ece ‘God is my only support’ ]</ref> A large number of his films have been commercially successful, some of them are [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|among the top-ten highest grossing Kannada films]] of all time.<ref>[http://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/k-manju/filmography.html K Manju filmography]</ref>

In 2014, Manju was reported to apply for the [[Limca Book of Records]] for producing a record five films at one given time. This included four Kannada films and one Tamil film.<ref>[http://www.chakpak.com/content/column/producer-k-manju-apply-limca-book-world-records Producer K Manju to apply for Limca Book of World Records]</ref>

== Filmography ==
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{|class="wikitable"
! Year !! Film title !! Director !! Production House !! Notes
|-
| 1996 || ''Anuraga Spandana'' || [[B. Ramamurthy]] || || Co-produced with L. Mohan
|-
| 1997 || ''Jackie Chan'' || [[Thriller Manju]] || || Co-produced with G. H. Gurumurthy
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Yamalokadalli Veerappan]]'' || H. C. Prakash || rowspan="3" | Bindushree Films ||
|-
| 1999 || ''Underworld'' || [[K. Madhu]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001 || ''Rashtrageethe'' || K. V. Raju ||
|-
| ''[[Jenu Goodu]]'' || S. Umesh || rowspan="3" | Lakshmishree Combines ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Jamindaru]]'' || [[S. Narayan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003 || ''[[Hrudayavantha]]'' || [[P. Vasu]] ||
|-
| ''[[Lankesh Patrike (film)|Lankesh Patrike]]'' || [[Indrajith Lankesh]] || Lakshmishree Combines <br> Aishwarya Combines ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Sahukara]]'' || [[Om Prakash Rao]] || rowspan="7" | Lakshmishree Combines ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005 || ''[[Rama Shama Bhama]]'' || [[Ramesh Aravind]] ||
|-
| ''[[Yashwanth]]'' || [[Dayal Padmanabhan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006 || ''[[Odahuttidavalu]]'' || [[Om Sai Prakash]] ||
|-
| ''[[Neenello Naanalle]]'' || [[Dinesh Babu]] || Co-produced with G. Chandrashekar and D. K. Devendra
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige]]'' || [[Nagathihalli Chandrashekar]] || Won - [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film|Karnataka State Film Award for third Best Film]]
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Aramane]]'' || Nagashekar ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2009 || ''[[Yogi (2009 Tamil film)|Yogi]]'' || Udaya Prakash || rowspan="2" | Bindushree Films ||
|-
| ''[[Bellary Naga]]'' || [[Dinesh Babu]] ||
|-
| ''[[Olave Jeevana Lekkachaara]]'' || [[Nagathihalli Chandrashekar]] || rowspan="2" | Lakshmishree Combines ||
|-
| ''[[Rajakumari (2009 film)|Rajakumari]]'' || S. Govindraj ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010 || ''[[Kiccha Huccha]]'' || [[Chi. Guru Dutt]] || Bindushree Films || Co-produced with Mark Balaji
|-
| ''[[Shankar IPS]]'' || [[M. S. Ramesh]] || Bindushree Films ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2011 || ''[[Shyloo]]'' || [[S. Narayan]] || rowspan="5" | K. Manju Cinemas ||
|-
| ''[[Kalla Malla Sulla]]'' || Udaya Prakash ||
|-
| ''[[Jolly Boy]]'' || [[Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy|D. Sabhapathi]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2012 || ''[[Godfather (2012 film)|Godfather]]'' || [[Sethu Sriram]] ||
|-
| ''[[Shikari (2012 film)|Shikari]]'' || [[Abhaya Simha]] || Kannada— Malayalam bilingual film
|-
| ''[[Narasimha (2012 film)|Narasimha]]'' || [[Mohan Shankar]] || M N K Movies ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013 || ''[[Raja Huli]]'' || [[Guru Deshpande]] || rowspan="3" | K. Manju Cinemas ||
|-
| ''[[Rajani Kantha]]'' || Pradeep Raj ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2014 || ''[[Bramman]]'' || Socrates || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film
|-
| ''[[Super Ranga]]'' || [[Sadhu Kokila]] || rowspan="4" | K. Manju Cinemas ||
|-
| ''[[Ragini IPS]]'' || Anand P. Raju || Also presenter
|-
| ''[[Dil Rangeela]]'' || [[Preetham Gubbi]] ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Santhu Straight Forward]]'' || [[Mahesh Rao]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017 || ''[[Smile Please (2017 film)|Smile Please]]'' || Raghu Samarth || rowspan="2" | K. Manju Cinemas ||
|-
| ''[[Satya Harishchandra (2017 film)|Satya Harishchandra]]'' ||[[Dayal Padmanabhan]] ||
|-
|2022
|''[[Raana (2022 film)|Raana]]''
|[[Nanda Kishore]]
| rowspan="2" |K. Manju Cinemas
|
|-
|2025
|''[[Vishnu Priya]]''
|[[V. K. Prakash|V.K. Prakash]]
|
|}

;As Presenter
{|class="wikitable"
! Year !! Film title !! Notes
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Vaalee (2001 film)|Vaalee]]'' ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Don (2003 film)|Don]]'' ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Good Luck (2006 film)|Good Luck]]'' ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Gundragovi'' ||
|-
|}

;As Actor
{|class="wikitable"
! Year !! Film title !! Notes
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Yamalokadalli Veerappan]]'' || Also producer
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Aithalakkadi]]'' ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Neenade Naa]]'' ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Jigarthanda (2016 film)|Jigarthanda]]'' || rowspan="3"|Guest appearance
|-
|2019
|''[[Padde Huli]]''
|-
|2021
|''[[Govinda Govinda (2021 film)|Govinda Govinda]]''
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|4402046}}
* {{YouTube|channel=UCIKGXnsKajVoqxMq3DKijsw|title=K. Manju Cinemaas}}
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/did-you-know-/K-Manju-is-fondly-addressed-as-Kobri-Manja/articleshow/41414971.cms K Manju is fondly addressed as Kobri Manja]

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