Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu
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Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu is a 1991 Telugu Drama film
directed by Kranthi Kumar. Akkineni Nageswara Rao
played the role of Seetharamaiah, where as Meena played his granddaughter Seeta.
This movie is a remake of malayalam classic "Sandhwanam" directed by Sibi Malayil
in 1991. Meena made her malayalam debut with this movie along with veteran Kannada actress Bharati Vishnuvardhan. It is remade in Hindi language as Udhaar Ki Zindagi
in 1994. Kajol
played the title role.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Kranthi Kumar. Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Akkineni Nageswara Rao , also known as ANR, is a Telugu cinema actor from Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh. Nageswara Rao has worked in several genres of films in his 70-year acting career, including mythological, social, and drama films...
played the role of Seetharamaiah, where as Meena played his granddaughter Seeta.
This movie is a remake of malayalam classic "Sandhwanam" directed by Sibi Malayil
Sibi Malayil
Sibi Malayil is an Indian film director of Malayalam cinema best known for his melodramas of the 80s and 90s. Since the mid-1980s he has directed some 40 movies. Movies like Kireedam, Dasharatham, Thaniyavarthanam, His Highness Abdullah, Bharatham, and Akashadoothu defined the way Malayalam movies...
in 1991. Meena made her malayalam debut with this movie along with veteran Kannada actress Bharati Vishnuvardhan. It is remade in Hindi language as Udhaar Ki Zindagi
Udhaar Ki Zindagi
Udhaar Ki Zindagi is a 1994 Bollywood film about a father's rejection of a love marriage of his son, and the granddaughter's struggle to win her grandfather's heart. It is directed and written by K.V. Raju and stars Jeetendra, Moushumi Chatterjee and Kajol...
in 1994. Kajol
Kajol
Kajol Devgn , better known as Kajol, is an Indian film actress appearing in Hindi films. She is regarded as one of India's most successful and talented female actors....
played the title role.
The Plot
The plot revolves around an Indian family with close family relationships shot in a village near Godavari river. Seetharamaiah (ANR) is a landlord in Sitarampuram village. His wife Janakamma (Rohini) and son Srinivas Murthy (Raja). There is differences between the father and son regarding his marriage. Unable to deceive Sumathi, Raja marries her and left the village. After a gap of 25 long years, his daughter Seeta (Meena) arrives in the village to attend to marriage function. Though Sitaramayya did not like his son, he used to like his grand-daughter, but could not express openly. Janakamma used to openly express her love. Son-in-law of the family (Bharani) and Veerabhadraiah (Kota) wanted to marry their sons to her. Meanwhile friend of Srinivas Murthy (Muralimohan) comes to the village and informs them that their son and daughter-in-law died in a road accident in America. How the death of a family member was kept as secret and resulting fine nuiences in family relationships are shown very decently in the film.Cast
| Actor/Actress | Character |
|---|---|
| Akkineni Nageshwara Rao | Seetharamaiah |
| Meena | Seeta, grand-daughter |
| Rohini Hattangadi Rohini Hattangadi Rohini Hattangadi is an Indian actress of film, theatre and television. She has won two Filmfare Awards, one National Film Award, and is the only Indian actress to win the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Kasturba Gandhi in Gandhi... |
Janakamma, wife |
| Tanikella Bharani Tanikella Bharani Tanikella Bharani is a critically acclaimed, multi-faceted actor from Tollywood and a writer. He is a playwrighter, a dialogue writer, screen writer, poet, magazine editor, an actor and a director... |
Son-in-law |
| Dasari Narayana Rao Dasari Narayana Rao Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao B.A. is a politician, film director, and film producer. Narayana Rao directed about 150 films, produced 53 films and worked in more than 250 films as a dialogue writer and as a lyricist.Beside graduating with a BA degree, he used to take part in scores of drama competitions... |
Subbaraju |
| Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao is a versatile Indian film actor in Telugu Cinema. He is known for his negative roles, character roles and comedy timing. He also served as an MLA from Vijayawada East assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh, India from 1999-2004.He was a theater artist with Rangasthalam for... |
Veerabhadraiah |
| Murali Mohan Murali Mohan Murali Mohan Maganti is an Indian film actor, producer and a businessman from Telugu cinema. He has also been active in politics for the Telugu Desam Party of Andhra Pradesh, in India.-Early life:... |
Friend of Srinivasa Murthy |
| Raja | Srinivasa Murthy |
| Telangana Sakuntala | |
| Sudhakar |
Soundtrack
- Badharagiri Ramayya (Singers: S.P.Balasubramanyam, K. S. Chitra and Chorus)
- Kaliki Chilakala Koliki (Singer: K. S. Chitra)
- Oa Seetha Hallo (Singer: S. P. Balasubramanyam)
- Pusindi Pusindi Punnaga Poosanta Navvindi Neelaga (Singers: S. P. Balasubramanyam, K. S. Chitra)
- Satyanarayana Vratha Slokas (Singer: K. S. Chitra)
- Velugu Rekhalavaru (Singers: K. S. Chitra, JikkiJikkiPillavalu Gajapathi Krishnaveni aka Jikki , was a popular film playback singer from South India. She sang over nearly 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and Sinhala languages.-Early life:...
and Chorus)
Awards
- The film won Nandi Award for Best Feature Film in 1991.
- Meena won the Nandi Award for Best ActressNandi Award for Best ActressThe Nandi Award for Best Actress winners:-See also:* Nandi Awards* Cinema of Andhra Pradesh...
. - Chitra won the Nandi Award for Best Playback Singer.