''Mangammagari Manavadu'' () is a 1984

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-language

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, produced by

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under the Bhargav Art Productions banner and directed by

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. It stars

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, Suhasini Charuhasan and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film is a remake of

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movie '' Man Vasanai'' (1983).

Plot

The film begins in a village where Mangamma an indomitable woman resides with her valiant grandson Veeranna. The village feuds with adjacent whose forefront is bloodthirsty Basavaiah. Chantabbai the debauchery son-in-law of Mangamma always brings off Basavaiah in the bullfight which inflames him. Mangamma & Chantabbai’s families holds conflicts for a long time. However, Veeranna darlings his cousin Malli who wins over their rift, and the elders decide the wedlock. Parallelly, Chantabbai maintains an adulterous fling with a sly Chintamani, her brother Chandarraju's passion for Malli. So, Chantabbai kicks them out when Chintamani entices Basavaiah and they all conspire on eve of the bullfight festival. At that point, Basavaiah incites drunkard Chantabbai to knit his daughter whoever beats his bull which Chandarraju does by anesthetizing it. As a result, Chantabbai severs himself from the nullification of the bet. After a while, Basavaiah mandates to surrender Malli but they drive away by the roaring of Mangamma. As of today, the complete village comes together to perform the alliance of Veeranna & Malli. Forthwith, Veeranna proceeds to collect wedding accessories on his way back he is backstabbed by Basavaiah and declared as dead. Being cognizant of it, Malli turns insane to save her Brahmachari benevolent teacher letters in Veeranna's name. 1 year later, Malli truly receives a letter from Veeranna that he is arriving the next morning and she is on cloud nine. Anyhow, she collapses after witnessing Veeranna landing with a Punjabi girl whom everyone supposes he has espoused her. Then, Veeranna spins back while under the attack he assumed that Basavaiah's men are slain by him. Due to fear of sentence, he absconded and enrolled in the military. Whereupon, he befriends a soldier Azim Singh. Once, in a battle, he dies and before leaving breath, Azim Singh requests Veeranna to marry his sister. Now, Mangamma takes a decision that Veeranna should splice the Punjabi girl. Knowing the current state, the Punjabi girl is about to quit when Malli bars, decorates her as a bride, and attempts suicide. Just as, she is abducted by Basavaiah & Chandarraju. At last, Mangamma & Veeranna ceases the baddies when the Punjabi girl sacrifices her life while guarding Mangamma. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Veeranna & Malli.

Cast

as Veeranna *

as Mangamma * Suhasini Charuhasan as Malli *

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as Brahmachari Master * Gokina Rama Rao as Chantabbai *

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* Yeleswaram Ranga as Basavaiah *Telephone Satyanarayana as President Rayudu * Balaji as Chandar Raju * Anitha as Annapurna *

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as Chintamani

Soundtrack

Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Lyrics were written by

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. Music released on AVM Audio Company.

Box office

The film was a major success at the box office and celebrated a silver jubilee. It was the first 100-day film for

as solo hero. The film was his breakthrough as lead actor. It ran for 100 days in

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and 565 days in Hyderabad, making it the longest running Telugu film at the time, until the release of ''

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'' in 2006.All Time Long Run (In Direct Centers) List at CineGoer.com

References

External links

* {{Kodi Ramakrishna 1984 films 1980s Telugu-language films Films directed by Kodi Ramakrishna Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Telugu remakes of Tamil films