Mangammagari Manavadu

1984 film by Kodi Ramakrishna

7 September 1984 (1984-09-07)

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Running time

129 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Mangammagari Manavadu (transl. Grandson of Mangamma) is a 1984 Telugu-language drama film. It was produced by S. Gopala Reddy under the Bhargav Art Productions banner and directed by Kodi Ramakrishna. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Suhasini Charuhasan with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film is a remake of Tamil movie Man Vasanai (1983).^[2]

Plot

Veeranna is the grandson of Mangamma. Anitha is her daughter and Gokina Rama Rao is her son-in-law. Malli is their daughter and granddaughter of Mangamma. Mangamma does not like her son-in-law's family, resulting in frequent quarrels. Veeranna and Malli love each other. Yeleswaram Ranga is the leader of the neighboring village. He does not like Mangamma. Every year, bull fights were conducted. Rama Rao bets on the contest and promises to marry his daughter with the winner. The opponents cheat them and win the bull fight. Rama Rao commits suicide. They attack Balakrishna. He kills them and leaves the village. Everyone thinks he is dead. Finally, he returns from Military service with a girl he would like to marry. His reasons are the rest of the story.

Cast

Nandamuri Balakrishna as Veeranna
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna as Mangamma
Suhasini Charuhasan as Malli
Gollapudi Maruthi Rao as Brahmachari Master
Gokina Rama Rao as Chantabbai
Raavi Kondala Rao
Yeleswaram Ranga as Basavaiah
Telephone Satyanarayana as President Rayudu
Balaji as Chandar Raju
Anitha as Annapurna
Y. Vijaya as Chintamani

Soundtrack

Mangammagari Manavadu

Film score by

K. V. Mahadevan

Released

1984

Genre

Soundtrack

Length

21:08

Label

AVM Audio

Producer

K. V. Mahadevan

K. V. Mahadevan chronology

Janani Janmabhoomi
(1984)

Mangammagari Manavadu
(1984)

Maa Pallelo Gopaludu
(1985)

Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Lyrics were written by C. Narayana Reddy. Music released on AVM Audio Company.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Danchave Menatta Koothura"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela	3:31
2.	"Chandurudu Ninnu Choosi"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela	4:07
3.	"Gumma Choopu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S.P. Sailaja	4:51
4.	"Vangathota Kaada"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela	4:27
5.	"Sri Suryanarayana"	Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Vani Jayaram	4:12

Box office

The film was a major box office success and celebrated a silver jubilee. It was the first 100-day film for Nandamuri Balakrishna as solo hero. The film was his breakthrough as lead actor.^[3] It ran for 100 days in Karnataka and 565 days in Hyderabad, making it the longest running Telugu film at the time.

References

^ BARaju's Team [@baraju_SuperHit] (7 September 2019). "35 years for Biggest Blockbuster, Career Turning Point film for Natasimha #NBK, #MangammaGariManavadu Produced by Gopalreddy under Bhargav Arts banner in Kodiramakrishna's Direction. Co-starring Bhanumathi Garu, Suhasini. Music by KV Mahadevan (07/09/1984) దంచవే మేనత్త కూతురా.. https://t.co/vnUyk5LFFG" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2021 – via Twitter.
^ Cinare Cine Hits, M. Sanjay Kishore, Sangam Akademy, Hyderabad, 2006, pp. 246-50.
^ "Idle Brain".