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Director
  
Adurthi Subba Rao

Music director
  
K. V. Mahadevan

Language
  
Telugu

7.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Country
  
India

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Release date
  
1962

Songs
  
Emandoi Srivaaru Oka Chinnamaata

Similar movies
  
Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri appear in Manchi Manasulu and Mooga Manasulu

Manchi Manasulu (English: Good Hearts) is a 1962 Telugu drama film produced by C. Sundaram on Babu Movies banner and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri in the lead roles and music composed K. V. Mahadevan. The film was a remake of Tamil film Kumudham (1961).

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Plot

Venu (ANR) is a very poor student and seeks to come out of hostel unable bear the expenses and shift to a lawyer Anand Rao (S.V. Rangarao)'s outhouse who gives it for free of cost. Venu has a brother who is a blacksmith 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 Shanthi (Savitri) who falls in love with Venu. Her parents agree for their marriage. Venu completes his B.A. degree and goes to his village. His brother dies of ill-health and asks him to take care of his daughter Jaya. Jaya loves a man named Kumar (Nagabhushanam) who is very deceptive, and has a blind sister Radha (Janaki). When Venu asks Kumars' parents to get Jaya married to their son, they agree on one condition that Venu should marry their daughter. So Venu and Shanthi sacrifice their love. Venu is guilty of dumping her and doesn't like his wife. One day Shanthi comes and mitigates the situation. 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 Shanthi's advice. There Kumar who cheats a lady and kills her on a mountain. Hearing her screaming, Venu arrives there and sees the culprit and gets caught to police to save Kumar's life for the sake of his brother's daughter. Shanthi who is now 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 Jaya, he becomes remorseful. The story ends with Venu and his wife lead a happy life.

Cast

  • Akkineni Nageshwara Rao as Venu
  • Savitri as Shanti
  • Showkar Janaki as Janaki
  • S. V. Ranga Rao as Ananda Rao
  • Gummadi as Rangaiah
  • Ramana Reddy
  • Nagabhushanam as Kumar
  • Allu Ramalingaiah
  • Vangara
  • Suryakantham as Kanthamma
  • Vasanthi as Kamala
  • Crew

  • Art: S. Krishna Rao
  • Choreography: Heeralal
  • Dialogues: Acharya Atreya
  • Lyrics: Acharya Atreya, Sri Sri, Dasaradhi, Arudra, Kosaraju
  • Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, S. Janaki, Jamuna Rani, V. Ramakrishna, Vasantha,
  • Story: K. S. Gopalakrishnan
  • Screenplay: Adurthi Subba Rao, Acharya Atreya
  • Music: K. V. Mahadevan
  • Editing: T. Krishna
  • Cinematography: P. L. Roy
  • Producer: C. Sundaram
  • Director: Adurthi Subba Rao
  • Banner: Babu Movies
  • Release Date: 11th April 1962
  • Soundtrack

    Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. All songs are blockbusters. Music released on Audio Company.

    References

    Manchi Manasulu Wikipedia
    Manchi Manasulu IMDb