''Thene Manasulu'' () is a 1987 Indian
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
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-language film written and directed by
Rajendra Singh Babu
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, produced by K. C. N. Chandrasekhar for KCN Films starring
Krishna
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,
Jaya Prada
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and
Suhasini
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.
Bappi Lahiri
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scored and composed the film's soundtrack. The film was a remake of Hindi film ''
Souten
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''. Krishna had debuted with the 1965 film of the same name
Thene Manasulu.
Cast
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Krishna
Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...
as Krishna
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Jaya Prada
Jaya Prada Nahata (born Lalitha Rani; 3 April 1962) is an Indian actress and politician. She is hailed as one of the most iconic and influential actresses in both Telugu and Hindi film industries in late '70s, '80s and early '90s. Jayaprada i ...
*
Suhasini
Suhasini Maniratnam (born 15 August 1961) known mononymously as Suhasini, is an Indian actress, director, producer and writer in the Tamil film industry. She has worked as an actress in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her ...
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Kaikala Satyanarayana
Kaikala Satyanarayana (25 July 1935 – 23 December 2022) was an Indian actor, producer, director, and politician who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He appeared in over 750 films and served as the Member of Parliament in the 11th Lok S ...
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Jaggayya
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Nutan Prasad
Tadinada Varaprasad popularly known as Nutan Prasad (12 December 1945 – 30 March 2011) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was a native of Kaikaluru, Andhra Pradesh, India. He started his film ...
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Giribabu
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Career
Giri Babu hails from a middle class agricultural fami ...
* Y. Vijaya
* Nagesh
* Raj Babu
*
Pradeep Shakti
Pradeep Shakthi (25 July 1954 – 20 February 2016) was an Indian Telugu actor, director and businessman.
Pradeep Shakthi, born as Raja Vasireddy, was from the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. He was introduced to Telugu cinema by director ...
* Fight Master Raju
Music
Bappil Lahiri scored and composed the film's soundtrack. Veturi Sundararama Murthy penned the lyrics.
# "Veedkolide Sodari —
P. Susheela
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# "Alare Alare" — P. Susheela
# "Naa Praname" — P. Susheela
# "Govinda Govinda" — Raj Sitaram
# "Mummy Mummy" — P. Susheela, Raj Sitaram
# "Mammayya Mammayya" — P. Susheela, Raj Sitaram
# "Neeve Chente" — P. Susheela, Raj Sitaram
References
External links
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1987 films
1980s Telugu-language films
Indian drama films
Telugu remakes of Hindi films
Films directed by Rajendra Singh Babu
Films scored by Bappi Lahiri
1987 drama films