 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mani zvakare akabatana naRam Gopal Varma kuti vape script yefirimu reTelugu Gaayam, firimu rezvematongerwo enyika rakavakirwa pa The Godfather. Muna 1995, Mani akadzokera kumitambo yemutauro weTamil kuburikidza ne Bombay inotamba naArvind Swamy naManisha Koirala, iyo yakataura nyaya yevakaroora vechiHindu-vaMuslim pakati pemhirizhonga yechitendero yeBombay muna 1993 nekuputika kwebhomba. Yaivawo firimu rokutanga rokuIndia kutaura nezvokuroorana kwevaHindu nevaMuslim. Iyi firimu yakasangana nemakakatanwa uye kudzvinyirirwa pakusunungurwa. Yakazoiswa muchiHindi uko yakawana kubudirira mune zvekutengeserana uye kufarirwa nevatsoropodzi. Yakahwina mibairo yakati wandei, senge Nargis Dutt Mubairo weYakanakisa Feature Firimu paNational Integration, Special Mubairo kubva kuPolitical Film Society, MuMweya weRusununguko Mubairo kuJerusalem International Film Festival uye Gala Mubairo kuEdinburgh International Film Festival. 