Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu

Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu
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Directed by Kranthi Kumar
Produced by V. Doraswamiraju
Written by Ganesh Patro (dialogues)
Screenplay by Kranthi Kumar
Story by VMC Unit
Manasa (main story)
Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Meena
Rohini Hattangadi
Music by M. M. Keeravani
Cinematography K. S. Hari
Edited by Sreekar Prasad
Production
company
Release date
  • 11 January 1991 (1991-01-11)
Running time
 131 min
Country India
Language Telugu

Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu (English: Seetharamaiah's Granddaughter) is a 1991 Telugu drama film, produced by V. Doraswamiraju under the VMC Productions banner and directed by Kranthi Kumar.[1] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Rohini Hattangadi and Meena in the lead roles, with music composed M. M. Keeravani. The film was showcased among the Indian panorama section at the 1991 International Film Festival of India.[2] The film won three South Filmfare Awards and four Nandi Awards. The plot was developed from a Telugu novella, Navvina Kanneelle, written by Manasa.[3]

The film was remade as the Malayalam movie Sandhwanam (1991), as the Kannada movie Belli Modagalu(1992) and as the Hindi movie Udhaar Ki Zindagi (1994).

Plot

The plot revolves around an Indian family with close family relationships and was shot in a village near the Godavari river. Seetharamaiah (Akkineni Nageshwara Rao) is a landlord in the village Sitarampuram. His wife is Janakamma (Rohini) and son is Srinivas Murthy (Raja). There are differences between the father and son regarding the son's marriage. Unable to deceive Sumathi (son Srinivas Murthy's love), Srinivas Murthy marries her and leaves the village as Seetharamaiah wanted to convey his unhappiness to his son by not speaking with him. After 20 years, his daughter Seeta (Meena) arrives in the village to attend a marriage function. Though Sitaramayya still carries the pain of his son's denial on the marriage proposed by him, he likes his son a lot, he develops a liking for his granddaughter but doesn't express it openly, whereas Janakamma expresses her love openly. After seeing the affection and the love she is receiving from her grandparents and how much her grandparents are looking forward to meeting their son, Seeta could not convey the message of his father & mother's death on road accident to Sitaramaiah & Janakamma. Meanwhile, Dr. Vivekam a friend of Srinivas Murthy (Murali Mohan) comes to the village and meets Seetharamaiah, and understands the reason why Seeta did not reveal about their son's and daughter-in-law's death, he conveys to Seetharamaiah and Rohini that their son would be coming to their home soon. After performing Seetharamaiah's Shasthipurthithe family event on completion of 60 years, Janakamma dies, and Seetharamaiah feels depressed on not having his son attending his mother's funeral. Out of the pain, he asks Seeta to leave the house. What happens next and how Seeta conveys the message of his son's death is the storyline.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack

Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu
Film score by M. M. Keeravani
Released 1991
Genre Soundtrack
Length 18:12
Label SURYA Music
Producer M. M. Keeravani
M. M. Keeravani chronology
Dagudumuthala Dampathyam
(1990)Dagudumuthala Dampathyam1990		 Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu
(1991)		 Amma
(1991)Amma1991

Music composed by M. M. Keeravani. Lyrics were written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy. All songs are blockbusters. Music released on SURYA Music Company.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Poosindi Poosindi"SP Balu, Chitra4:14
2."Badharagiri Ramayya"SP Balu, Chitra3:07
3."Kaliki Chilakala Koliki"Chitra3:44
4."Velugu Rekhalavaru"Chitra, Jikki4:27
5."Oa Seetha Hallo"SP Balu2:40
Total length:18:12

Awards

Filmfare Awards
Nandi Awards

Others

  • VCDs & DVDs on - Sri Ganesh Video Company, Bangalore

References

  1. ↑ Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu film review at Navatarangam.com Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1991Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1991.pdf
  3. ↑ "సీతారామయ్య గారి మనవరాలు". navatarangam. Retrieved 10 April 2015. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
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