Marina Manishi

Marina Manishi
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	C. S. Rao
Produced by	S. L. Nehata S. Soudappan
Written by	Bhamidipati Radhakrishna (story / dialogues)
Screenplay by	C. S. Rao
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao Vijaya Nirmala
Music by	T. V. Raju
Cinematography	J. Satyanarayana
Edited by	V. Chakrapani
Production company	Srikanth Productions[1]
Release date	24 September 1970 (1970-09-24) [2]
Running time	171 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Marina Manishi (English: Changed Person ) is a 1970 Telugu Action drama film, produced by S. L. Nehata and S. Soudappan under the Srikanth Productions banner^[3] and directed by C. S. Rao.^[4] It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Vijaya Nirmala in the lead roles^[5] and music composed by T. V. Raju.^[6]

Plot

Raju (N. T. Rama Rao) is pickpocket who lives along with his mother Lakshmamma (Hemalatha). Lakshmamma does not know Raju's reality and thinks that her son is living a respectable life. Gopi (Chalam), an orphan does a robbery out of hunger and is caught by people. Lakshmamma saves him, changes him by saying that doing robberies is a wrong thing and gives him shelter. Raju and Gopi become good friends. Once Raju steals a diamond necklace from a dancer. On his way back, he is pulled into the dark room by a notorious burglar Rangoon Ranganna (Satyanarayana) and snatches the necklace from him. Ranganna has two faces, in the same city, he lives as a respectable person Bhupathi proprietor of Hotel Prince. Tara (Jyothi Lakshmi) is his brother’s daughter. In fact, the entire property belongs to her, but according to her father‘s will, she gets it only after her marriage. Bhupathi is waiting for the opportunity to grab it. One day Raju sees the same necklace in Tara's neck and he asks her to give it back. There onwards, she starts loving him, but he doesn't. Meanwhile, Hotel Prince Manager Murthy (Ramakrishna) leads a happy family life with his wife is Janaki (Manimala) & a child. His mother Rajamma (Malathi) & sister Gauri (Vijaya Nirmala) live in the village. As Murthy married an intercaste girl, he does not reveal it to his mother & sister.

Bhupathi plans a bank robbery and succeeds in it. Murthy comes to know regarding this matter, but he keeps silence due to fear. To clear the debt on their house, Gauri comes to the city along with the lender Seenaiah (Allu Ramalingaiah). Raju steals Gauri's purse. At the same time, she is kidnapped by some goons. Raju rescues her and both of them fall in love. Raju accompanies Gopi with Gauri and safely sends her to her brother. Murthy takes her to Bhupathi for asking his help when Bhupathi is attracted to her. Murthy sends Gauri back to the village and says that he will arrange the money within a few days. Murthy takes money from Bhupathi, but he gives fake currency which he has stolen from the bank. Murthy reaches the post office to send the money, which is again stolen by Raju. Shocked, Murthy dies out of a heart attack. When Raju opens the cover, he reads the letter which is written to Murthy's mother, understands their pathetic situation and reaches Murthy’s house to give back the money. Seeing Murthy's dead body Raju realizes all his misdeeds, he immediately goes to the village and clears the debt when he comes to know that Gauri is Murthy's sister and they do not know regarding his wife & child. After that, Raju is struggling out of contrition, then a saint Baba (Chittor V. Nagaiah), who runs an Ashram tells him to dedicate his life to those people to whom has harmed as a penance for his sin. Raju goes in search of Murthy's family when he observes Janaki is trying to commit suicide, he protects and keeps them in Baba's Ashram.

Now Raju changes his entire lifestyle and rides a cycle Rikshaw for his livelihood. On the other side, Seenaiah gives the police a complaint that the money is fake currency, Bhupathi cleverly throws the blame on Raju and Police are in search of him. Rajamma & Gauri come to the city to meet Murthy in search of the address they meet Lakshmamma and she brings them to her house. Where Rajamma & Gauri comes to know that Raju is the son of Lakshmamma, they quarrel with Lakshamma saying that her son is a thief and leave the house. When Lakshamma questions Raju, he admits his mistake. Knowing this, Lakshamma commits suicide. Bhupathi takes Rajamma & Gauri into his custody, orders his henchmen to kill Rajamma and tries to molest Gauri. Raju protects her when she comes to know that Raju is innocent. Simultaneously, Rajamma is saved by Janaki and takes her to the Ashram. She also comes to know that her son is expired and Janaki is her daughter-in-law. At the same time, Raju reaches there along with Gauri and says that he is responsible for Murthy's death. Everyone starts hating him. Then Baba guides him that he should first prove his innocence, afterward, everything will be set right. At last, Raju brings out Bhupathi's original shade, proves himself as Rangoon Ranganna and gets him arrested. Finally, everyone now forgives Raju's past deeds and accept him.

Cast

• N. T. Rama Rao as Raju
• Vijaya Nirmala as Gowri
• Satyanarayana as Bhupati & Rangoon Ranganna (dual role)
• Chittor V. Nagaiah as Baba
• Ramakrishna as Murthy
• Prabhakar Reddy as Captain Dr. Brundavanam
• Allu Ramalingaiah as Senaiah
• Chalam as Gopi
• Mukkamala as Judge
• Jyothi Lakshmi as Taara
• Manimala as Janaki
• Hemalata as Lakshmamma
• Malathi as Rajamma
• Sachu as Radha

Crew

• Art: Thota
• Choreography: Tangappa, Chinni-Sampath
• Stills: Baina
• Fights: Swamtnathan
• Story - Dialogues: Bhamidipati Radhakrishna
• Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy, Dasaradhi, Rajashri, Kosaraju
• Playback: SP Balu, P. Susheela, S. Janaki L. R. Eswari, Vasantha
• Music: T. V. Raju
• Editing: V. Chakrapani
• Cinematography: J. Satyanarayana
• Producer: S. L. Nehata, S. Soudappan
• Screenplay - Director: C. S. Rao
• Banner: Srikanth Productions
• Release Date: 24 September 1970

Soundtrack

Music composed by T. V. Raju. Music released by Audio Company.

References