Manchu Pallaki
| Manchu Pallaki | |
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| Directed by | Vamsy |
| Written by | Yandamuri Veerendranath (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Vamsy |
| Story by | Rajasekhar |
| Produced by | M. R. Prasad Rao |
| Starring | Chiranjeevi Suhasini Rajendra Prasad |
| Cinematography | Hari Anumolu |
| Edited by | Anil Dattatreya |
| Music by | Rajan-Nagendra |
Production company | Godavari Chitra |
Release date |
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Running time | 132 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Manchu Pallaki (Telugu: మంచు పల్లకీ, English: Snow Palanquin) is a 1982 Telugu Romance film, produced by M. R. Prasad Rao under the Godavari Chitra banner and directed by Vamsy. It stars Chiranjeevi, Suhasini, Rajendra Prasad and Sai Chand in the lead roles, with music composed by Rajan-Nagendra. This film was director Vamsy's debut as film director. The film is a remake of the Tamil film Paalaivana Solai (1981).
Plot
Sekhar (Chiranjeevi), Hari (Rajendra Prasad), Vasu (Narayana Rao), Kumar (Sai Chand) and Gandhi (Girish) are the unemployed youth living in a colony who are looking for jobs and are unable to make a living. Geeta (Suhasini) moves into their colony with her father and everybody falls for her, one trying to make a fool of the other. They tease her, but she teaches them a lesson and later they become friends. Sekhar also likes her, but does not express it. Geeta changes the lives of all of them by making them earn their living by what they know and implementing it successfully. When Sekhar confesses his love to her he comes to know of a shocking truth that she has a terminal disease and will die soon. But before dying, Geeta helps Vasu by marrying his sister to Sekhar.
Cast
- Chiranjeevi as Sekhar
- Suhasini as Geeta
- Rajendra Prasad as Hari
- Narayana Rao as Vasu
- Sai Chand as Kumar
- Girish as Gandhi
- Sakshi Ranga Rao as Gita's father
- P. L. Narayana as Vasu's colleague
- Annapurna as Samalamma
- Bhimeswara Rao
- Devadas Kanakala as Sekhar's colleague
- Annapurna as Samalamma
- Dham
Crew
- Producer: M. R. Prasad Rao
- Screenplay, Direction: Vamsy
- Story: Rajashekar
- Dialogues: Yandamuri Veerendranath
- Music Director: Rajan-Nagendra
- Playback Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
- Lyrics: Sri Sri, Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Gopi
- Art: Chandra
- Associate Director: Madhuchuri Doraswamy Reddy
- Editing: Anil Dattatreya
- Camera: Hari Anumolu
- Presenter: Vemuri Satyanarayana
Soundtrack
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Music composed by Rajan-Nagendra. Music released on SEA Records Audio Company.
| S.No | Song Title | Lyrics | Singers | length |
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| 1 | "Neekosame" | Mailavarapu Gopi | SP Balu | 4:46 |
| 2 | "Meghama" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | S. Janaki | 4:59 |
| 3 | "Pagalureyiloo" | Sri Sri | SP Balu | 4:45 |
| 4 | "Manishe Manideepam" | Sri Sri | SP Balu | 4:34 |
