''Mana Mecchida Madadi'' is a 1963 Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

-language film, directed by

K. R. Seetharama Sastry K. R. Seetharama Sastry ( kn, ಕು. ರಾ. ಸೀತಾರಾಮ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ) popularly known as Ku. Ra. Seetharama Sastry or simply Ku. Ra. Si was an Indian actor, writer, lyricist and director in Kannada cinema, Kannada film i ...

and produced by N. B. Vathsalan and N. Ramachandra. The film stars Rajkumar,

Udaykumar Bommasandra Srinivasaiah Suryanarayana Murthy (16 March 1933 – 26 December 1985), known by his screen name Udaykumar, was an Indian actor and producer in Kannada cinema. He, along with Kalyan Kumar and Rajkumar, were called the ''Kumarathr ...

K. S. Ashwath Karaganahalli Subbaraya Ashwathanarayana (25 March 1925 – 18 January 2010) was an Indian veteran actor who appeared in Kannada films He appeared in over 370 films during his five-decade-long career. His only memorial in the whole of Karnata ...

and

Balakrishna Bala Krishna ( sa, बाल कृष्ण, lit=child Krishna/divine child Krishna, translit=Bālakṛṣṇa). Present day Krishna worship is an amalgam of various elements. According to historical testimonies Krishna-Vasudeva worship alread ...

. The film has musical score by

Vijaya Bhaskar Vijaya Bhaskar ( kan, ವಿಜಯಭಾಸ್ಕರ್; 1924–2002) was an Indian music director and composer who composed music for several mainstream and experimental feature films in the Kannada film industry. Scoring music for over 600 fe ...

. The movie was remade in Telugu in 1965 as ''

Visala Hrudayalu ''Visala Hrudayalu'' () is a 1965 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by Donepudi Krishna Murthy and directed by B. S. Narayana. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Krishna Kumari, with music composed by T. V. Raju. The film's title was earlie ...

''.

Plot

Shrinath is an innocent young man, born and brought up in a village by his grandfather and is unaware of his father's identity. His grandfather sends him to a rich man Devarajayya in the city to stay in his house and complete his higher education. There he meets Sumana, Devarajayya's daughter. Both gradually fall in love much to the discontent of Sumana's parents and Shrinath's grandfather. To prevent Sumana from marrying Shrinath, her father decides to wed her off to his friend Umakanth's son Ramesh who pretends to be a doctor before his parents but fails all his exams. To avoid this matrimonial alliance, Sumana lies that she is pregnant with Shrinath's child. Her parents unwillingly agree to their marriage but discover the truth right after the marriage is over. Angry at this act by Sumana, her parents cut all the relationships with her. The newly wed couple go to Shrinath's village where his grandfather angry at first, accepts them soon and dies a day later. Unable to find a right job for himself, Shrinath begins to grow vegetables in his farm and sell them. Sumana is pregnant and later delivers a baby boy. Sumana and Shrinath have to face humiliation in her sister, Leela's wedding due to their poverty. This makes Shrinath challenge Sumana's family to never visit them until he earns Rupees One lakh. After an argument with his wife, Umakanth decides to stay with Srikanth who is his own son, but decides not to disclose it to anyone. As Umakanth had previously helped Shrikanth a few times, the latter agrees to let him stay with them. Upset by the recent developments in the family, Sumana's mother, Girija is bed-ridden. The doctor suggests Sumana visiting her mother. But Sumana is unable to make it because of the humiliation her husband has faced. After some twist of events, the identity of Shrinath's father is revealed, Shrinath earns Rupees one lakh, Sumana's mother recovers, her father and sister reconcile with Sumana after realizing that love is more important than money.

Cast

* Rajkumar as Srinath *

as Devarajayya *

as Umakanth, Srinath's father *

* Narasimharaju as Srinath's friend *Eshwarappa *Kuppuraj *Shivaji *Bhujanga Rao *Basappa *Hanumantha Rao *Y. R. Ashwath Narayan * Leelavathi as Sumana, Srinath's wife * M. Jayashree as Girija *Indiradevi * R. T. Rama *Revathidevi * B. Jaya *Prabha

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar.

References

External links

* 1963 films 1960s Kannada-language films Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar Films directed by K. R. Seetharama Sastry Kannada films remade in other languages {{1960s-Kannada-film-stub