''Manchu Pallaki'' () is a 1982 Indian

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-language film, produced by M. R. Prasad Rao and directed by

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. It stars

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and

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, with music composed by

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. This film was director

's debut as film director. The film is a remake of the

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film '' Paalaivana Solai'' (1981).

Plot

Sekhar, Hari, Vasu, Kumar and Gandhi are unemployed youths living in a colony who are looking for jobs and are unable to make a living. Geeta moves into their colony with her father and everybody falls for her, one trying to make a fool of the other. They tease her, but she teaches them a lesson and later they become friends. Sekhar also likes her, but does not express it. Geeta changes the lives of all of them by making them earn their living by what they know and implementing it successfully. When Sekhar confesses his love to her he learns that she has a terminal disease and will die soon. But before dying, Geeta helps Vasu by marrying his sister to Sekhar.

Cast

as Sekhar *

as Geeta *

as Hari *Narayana Rao as Vasu *

as Kumar *Girish as Gandhi *

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as Gita's father *

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as Vasu's colleague *

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as Samalamma *Bhimeswara Rao as a doctor *

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as Sekhar's colleague

Production

''Manchu Pallaki'', a remake of the 1981 Tamil film '' Palaivana Cholai'', was the directorial debut of

who also wrote the screenplay.

was chosen to reprise her role from the original.

Soundtrack

Music composed by

References

External links

* {{Vamsy 1982 films 1980s Telugu-language films Films directed by Vamsy Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Telugu remakes of Tamil films 1982 directorial debut films