{{short description|1980 film by H. R. Bhargava}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Manku Thimma | image = Manku Thimma.jpg | caption = VCD cover | director = H. R. Bhargava | producer = Dwarakish | based_on = | writer = Chi. Udaya Shankar | screenplay = H. R. Bhargava | starring = Dwarakish<br />Manjula<br />Srinath<br />Padmapriya | music = Rajan–Nagendra | cinematography = D. V. Rajaram<br />N. K. Sathish | editing = Yadav Victor | studio = Dwarakish Chithra | distributor = Dwarakish Chithra | released = {{Film date|1980|09|05|df=y}} | runtime = 139 minutes | country = India | language = Kannada }}

'''''Manku Thimma''''' ({{audio|Kn-ಮಂಕು ತಿಮ್ಮ.ogg|pronunciation}}) is a 1980 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by H. R. Bhargava and produced by Dwarakish. The film stars Dwarakish, Manjula, Srinath, Padmapriya and Hema Chowdhary. The film has musical score by Rajan–Nagendra.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nthwall.com/ka/Manku-Thimma-1982/9219801744 |title=Manku Thimma |accessdate=21 January 2015 |publisher=nthwall.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122002405/http://www.nthwall.com/ka/Manku-Thimma-1982/9219801744 |archive-date=22 January 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bharatmovies.com/kannada/info/Manku-Thimma.htm |title=Manku Thimma |accessdate=21 January 2015 |publisher=bharatmovies.com}}</ref> It is a remake of the 1969 Telugu film ''Sattekalapu Satteya'' which was also remade in Hindi in 1970 as ''Mastana'' starring Mehmood and in Tamil in 1970 as ''Patham Pasali'' starring Nagesh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://telanganatoday.com/sattekalapu-satteya-turns-50/amp |title=Home AMP}}</ref>

== Cast == {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *Dwarakish as Thimma *Manjula as Gowri *Srinath as Inspector Prasad *Padmapriya as Padma *Maanu as Kumar *Hema Choudhary as Roopadevi *Baby Lakshmi as Thara *Thoogudeepa Srinivas *Sudheer as Jaggu *Uma Shivakumar as Miss Daniel *B. Jayashree as Prasad's mother *Arikesari *Chethan Ramarao *Shivaprakash or Shani Mahadevappa, Secretary of Kumar *Sharapanjara Iyengar *Papamma as mother of Kumar *Srigowri *Kokila *Prabhakar Reddy *Chanda *Giri Dwarakish (uncredited) {{div col end}}

== Soundtrack == The music was composed by Rajan–Nagendra.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://play.raaga.com/kannada/album/Manku-Thimma-songs-K0000492 |title=Manku Thimma Songs |accessdate=21 January 2015 |publisher=raaga.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss) |- | 1 || "Ninna Nodidaaga" || S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || Chi. Udaya Shankar || 04:30 |- | 2 || "Nodu Nannomme Nodu" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki || Chi. Udaya Shankar || 04:33 |- | 3 || "Nanna Muddu Thaare" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || Chi. Udaya Shankar || 04:17 |- | 4 || "Ide Ba Illide Ba" || S. Janaki || Chi. Udaya Shankar || 04:15 |- | 5 || "Nanna Muddu Thaare" (Sad) || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki|| Chi. Udaya Shankar || 04:20 |}

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|tt1354030|Mankuthimma}} * {{YouTube|id=zVIaprPrL6M|title=Manku Thimma}}

{{H. R. Bhargava}} {{Dwarakish}}

Category:1980 films Category:1980 Kannada-language films Category:Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Category:Kannada remakes of Telugu films Category:Films directed by H. R. Bhargava Category:Films produced by Dwarakish

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