Manchi Manasulu
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Manchi Manasulu is a 1962 Telugu Drama film
directed by Adurthi Subba Rao
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It is a musical hit film with score composed by K. V. Mahadevan
and voiced by Ghantasala, P. Susheela and others. The song Aho Andhra Bhoja ... Silalapai Silpaalu Chekkinaru by Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao on the granduer of Srikrishnadevaraya is everlasting melody.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Adurthi Subba Rao
Adurthi Subba Rao
Adurthi Subba Rao is a prominent old-time director of Telugu & Hindi Films. He also produced few films.-Early life:...
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It is a musical hit film with score composed by K. V. Mahadevan
K. V. Mahadevan
Krishnankoil Venkatachalam Mahadevan was a South Indian music composer.-Career:K.V.Mahadevan was born in Tamil Iyer family in 1918 in Krishnancoil, Kanyakumari district. A contemporary of M. S. Viswanathan, T. K. Ramamoorthy, KVM has scored music for over 600 films, spanning four decades, after...
and voiced by Ghantasala, P. Susheela and others. The song Aho Andhra Bhoja ... Silalapai Silpaalu Chekkinaru by Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao on the granduer of Srikrishnadevaraya is everlasting melody.
The plot
The hero (ANR) is a very poor student and seeks to come out of hostel unable bear the expenses and shift to a lawyer's (SV Rangarao ) outhouse who gives it for free of cost. The hero has a brother (who makes pots and funds his studies) and his daughter in their village. The lawyer's wife doesn't agree to give their room to bachelors and so lawyer insists that he says that he is married. The lawyer has a daughter (Savithri) who falls in love with the hero. Her parents agree for their marriage. The hero completes his degree and goes to his village. His brother dies of ill-health and asks him to take care of his daughter. This girl loves a man who is very deceptive, and has a blind sister (Janaki). When the hero asks to get his brother's daughter married to their son, they kept a condition to marry their daughter. So the hero and lawyers daughter sacrifice their love. The hero is guilty of cheating her and doesn't like his wife. One day Savithri comes and mitigates the situation and both lead a happy life. Janaki's brother and his wife create nuisence. Janaki becomes pregnant. To keep her away from all these problems, he takes his wife to Hampi Vijayanagar on Savithri's advice. There Janaki's brother who cheats a lady kills her on a mountain. Hearing her screaming sound, hero goes there. He sees the culprit and gets caught to police to save his brother's daughter's life. Savithri who is a lawyer takes up his case and proves that he is innocent in the court and unveils the culprit with the help of strong evidence brought by Nagabhushanam's wife (hero brother daughter husband), he becomes remorseful. The story ends with hero and his wife going to lead a happy life .Cast
- Akkineni Nageshwara Rao
- Savitri
- Showkar Janaki
- S. V. Ranga RaoS. V. Ranga RaoSamarla Venkata Ranga Rao Popularly Known as S.V.R. was an Indian Theater actor, Tollywood actor, director and producer...
- NagabhushanamNagabhushanamNagabushanam was a comedian, villain, and character actor in Telugu cinema and theatre fields. His first film was Palletooru under the direction of Tatineni Prakash Rao. He acted in about 395 films during the 1950s to 1980s...
- Suryakantham
- Ramana ReddyRamana ReddyRamana Reddy or T. V. Ramana Reddy was an Indian actor and comedian, best known for his work in Telugu cinema in the 1950s and 1960s....
- Vaasanti
Soundtrack
- Emandoi Srivaaru Oka Chinnamaata (Lyrics: Arudra; Singer: P. SusheelaP. SusheelaPulapaka Susheela is an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Badaga and Sinhalese.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Pulapaka...
; Cast: Akkineni and Savitri) - Mama Maama Mama Eme Eme Bhama (Lyrics: Kosaraju RaghavaiahKosaraju RaghavaiahKosaraju or Kosaraju Raghavaiah or Kosaraju Raghavaiah Chowdary was a Telugu poet and writer. His lyrics are stepped in Telugu folklore and rural idiom. Born in 1905 in an agricultural family in Appikatla village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. Raghavaih studied Telugu literature, epics and...
; Singer(s): Ghantasala, Jamuna Rani, Chorus) - Nannu Vadhali Neevu Polevule (Lyrics: Dasarathi; Singer(s): Ghantasala, P. Susheela; Cast: Akkineni and Savitri)
- Oho Oho Paavurama Vayyari Paavurama (Lyrics: AathreyaAathreyaAacharya Aathreya born Kilambi Venkata Narasimhacharyulu was a versatile playwright, lyric writer and story writer in Telugu cinema.-Life:...
; Singer: S. JanakiS. JanakiS. Janaki is an Indian female playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, she has won four National Film Awards and 35...
) - Silalapai Silpaalu Chekkinaru (Lyrics: AathreyaAathreyaAacharya Aathreya born Kilambi Venkata Narasimhacharyulu was a versatile playwright, lyric writer and story writer in Telugu cinema.-Life:...
; Singer: Ghantasaala; Cast: Akkineni and Janaki) - Thyaagam Idhiyena Hridayam Silayena (Lyrics: Sri Sri; Singer: P. Susheela)
- Yentha Takkari Vaadu Naa Raaju (Lyrics: Kosaraju; Singer: Jamuna RaniJamuna RaniK. Jamuna Rani is a prolific Indian Playback singer who has sung over 6,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Sinhala languages....
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