- Release Date 27 Aug 1965
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Manushulu Mamathalu
- Cast Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri, Jayalalitha
- BannerP.A.P
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- Music Tatineni Chalapati Rao
- Producer Anumolu Venkata Subba Rao
- Director K. Pratyagatma
- Audio release date NA
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Manushulu Mamathalu story at a glance
Actress Jayalalitha was a top student in academics, passing matriculation at state rank and suddenly landed to contrasting film industry arena by the force of her mother Sandhya- which is a different story altogether! She auditioned for Thene Manasulu but was turned down for the role. After appearing in a dance performance for ANR’s Amarasilpi Jakkanna, she got the chance to act in a full length role opposite veteran actor ANR. Jayalalitha was seen as a jovial woman in the first half and appears as a serious balanced woman in the second half. She acted par excellence and it was difficult to believe that she was a newcomer.
Story Details:
Rajarao (Gummadi) is a rich man and has a daughter Radha (Savitri). Radha’s mother dies during her childhood and her father looks after the former ever since that happens. During then Rajarao allows his sister Kanakamma (Hemalatha) and her son Venu( ANR) to stay in his house. Venu’s father dies in Godavari floods. Venu witnesses this sad incident and dreams of becoming engineer and curb such calamities to happen by constructing dams. He studies very hard and shares good friendship with Radha since childhood. While Venu considers Radha to be a good friend, Radha falls in love with Venu after growing up. One fine day, Radha proposes to Venu but the latter rejects her politely saying he always looked at her as a friend and also says that he would never want to marry in life but settle down as a good engineer and work for the nation. A sensible Radha understands his ambition and respects his decision. Meanwhile Rajarao has a nephew Seshu (Prabhakara Reddy) and who is a spoiled brat. He has an affair with a prostitute Vani (Rajasri) and plans to marry Radha for the sake of her property. But Radha hates him.
Rajarao’s friend Gopala Rao (Ramana Reddy) is a chief engineer who lives in the city and has a beautiful daughter Indira (Jayalalitha). His brother’s son Bhaskar (Jaggaiah) is a B.A.Graduate but idle in life. On a friendly word, Rajarao gets Radha married to Bhaskar. In the same time Venu gets seat in an engineering college and arrives in the town. Gopala Rao offers Venu to study in the college by staying at his place. The jovial Indira falls for Venu and tries to gain his attention in various ways. Venu realizes her intentions and tries to stay away. The more he distances himself from her, she tries with bigger determination. Gopala Rao also wants Venu to become his son-in-law. Meanwhile Seshu plans to break Radha’s marriage out of anger that he couldn’t marry her. He takes the help of Vani and they both trap Bhaskar. When Venu realizes that Radha’s life is in trouble, he arrives in the scene and repairs the broken relationship between Bhaskar-Radha with the help of Indira.
Performances:
ANR is fantastic as the ambitious young man who is quite clear in what he is doing. He strikes a different chemistry with each of his female co-stars- Savitri and Jayalalitha. It was a treat to watch his scenes involving Jayalalitha which has lot of fun moments. Jayalalitha is fantastic for a debutante and does a great job as the fun loving Indira. Her pleasant appearance and balanced acting is sure an asset for the film. Savitri delivers a performance par excellence with her lovely presence and great histrionics. Jaggaiah is good as the idle guy Bhaskar who falls for the trap after getting married. Gummadi and Ramana Reddy are good as the old time friends. Rajasri gets a difficult role as a prostitute and does a good job. Prabhakara Reddy is at his natural best as the jealous nephew to Raja Rao.
Technical Aspects:
The base story of the film is from a novel written by Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani who is adept in crafting a perfect family drama. Athreya’s dialogues add more life to this base story with sheer brilliance. Music by Tatineni Chalapathi Rao acts as a good asset with songs like ‘Ontari Ga Unnavante’,’ Vennelalo Malliyalu’,’Siggesthondha’, ‘Nenu Taagaledhu’,’Neevu Eduruga Unnavu’, ‘Kannu Moosindhi Ledhu Ninnu Marachindhi Ledhu’, ‘Nee Kaaliki Ne Andhiya Pai’ became all time hits. Direction by Pratyagatma it at its dramatic best.
Cast and Crew:
Venu- ANR
Radha- Savitri
Indira- Jayalalitha
Raja Rao- Gummadi
Gopala Rao – Ramana Reddy
Kanakamma- Hemalatha
Bhaskar- Jaggaiah
Seshu- Prabhakara Reddy
Vani- Rajasri
Base Story- Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani
Dialogues- Athreya
Lyrics- Dr.C.Narayana Reddy, Athreya, Dasaradhi, Kosaraju
Music- Tatineni Chalapati Rao
Producer- Anumolu Venkata Subbarao
Screenplay and Direction- K.Pratyagatma
Banner- P.A.P
Release Date- 27th August 1965
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