''Manavathi'' is a 1952 Indian film produced in two language editions,

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. The film was directed by

Y. V. Rao Yaragudipati Varada Rao (Telugu: యెర్రగుడిపాటి వరదరావు; 30 May 1903 – 13 February 1979) was an Indian director, producer, actor, screenwriter, and editor known for his works primarily in Telugu, Kannada, ...

. The film stars Mukkamala and Madhuri Devi.

Cast

List adapted from the database of

Film News Anandan Film News Anandan (born Mani) was an Indian film historian and photographer based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was popularly known as the "walking encyclopedia" of Tamil cinema. Early life Anandan was born as Mani. His father P. K. Gnanasagaram ...

and from iMDB.(see external links) ;Male cast * Mukkamala *

C. H. Narayana Rao C. H. Narayana Rao was an Indian actor and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He starred in more than fifty films in a variety of roles. His notable works include classics such as ''Chenchu Lakshmi'' (1943), ''Mugg ...

* Relangi *Mani ;Female cast *Madhuri Devi *P. K. Saraswathi * G. Varalakshmi * Sriranjani Jr.

Production

The film was produced in Telugu and Tamil under the banner ''Sarvodaya Films'' and was directed by

. Chidambaram A. M. Nataraja Kavi wrote the Tamil dialogues.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by H. R. Padmanabha Sastry and B. Rajanikanta Rao ;Tamil Lyrics were penned by Chidambaram A. M. Nataraja Kavi.

Playback singer A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not app ...

s are Vidwan Srinivasan, R. Vijaya Rao,

P. Leela Porayathu Leela (19 May 1934 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian playback singer, Carnatic vocalist and a music director. She has recorded more than 5,000 songs in various Indian languages including Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, ...

R. Balasaraswathi Devi Raavu Balasaraswathi Devi (born 28 August 1928) is an Indian singer and actress who performed from 1930 to the 1960s in Telugu and Tamil cinema. She was the first light music singer on All India Radio and the first playback singer in the Telu ...

Jikki Pillavalu Gajapathy Krishnaveni (3 November 1935 – 16 August 2004), more famously known as Jikki, was an Indian playback singer from Andhra Pradesh. She sang around 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, and Sinhalese languag ...

A. P. Komala Arkadu Parthasarathy Komala (born 28 August 1934), commonly known as A. P. Komala, is an Indian playback singer. She has sung songs in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada languages. Career life She was a much sought after playback singer from t ...

, T. G. Saraswathi, Seetha, Anusuya and S. Rajam.

References

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* 1950s Telugu-language films Indian multilingual films Indian black-and-white films 1952 films 1950s Tamil-language films Indian musical drama films 1950s musical drama films Films directed by Y. V. Rao Films scored by Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao Films scored by H. R. Padmanabha Sastry {{1950s-Telugu-film-stub