Manchu Pallaki Explained

Manchu Pallaki
Director:Vamsy
Producer:M. R. Prasad Rao
Story:S. Rajasekar
Screenplay:Vamsy
Starring:Chiranjeevi
Suhasini
Rajendra Prasad
Music:Rajan–Nagendra
Cinematography:Hari Anumolu
Editing:Anil Dattatreya
Studio:Godavari Chitra
Runtime:132 minutes
Country:India
Language:Telugu

Manchu Pallaki is a 1982 Indian Telugu-language film, produced by M. R. Prasad Rao and directed by Vamsy in his debut. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Suhasini, Rajendra Prasad and Sai Chand, with music composed by Rajan–Nagendra. It is a remake of the Tamil film Palaivana Solai (1981).[1]

Plot

Sekhar, Hari, Vasu, Kumar and Gandhi are unemployed youths living in a colony who are looking for jobs and are unable to make a living. Geeta 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 learns that she has a terminal disease and will die soon. But before dying, Geeta helps Vasu by marrying his sister to Sekhar.

Production

Manchu Pallaki, a remake of the 1981 Tamil film Palaivana Cholai, was the directorial debut of Vamsy who also wrote the screenplay. Suhasini was chosen to reprise her role from the original.[2]

Soundtrack

Music composed by Rajan–Nagendra.

S.NoSong Title Lyrics Singers length
1"Neekosame" Mailavarapu GopiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:46
2"Meghama"VeturiS. Janaki4:59
3"Pagalureyiloo"Sri SriS. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:45
4"Manishe Manideepam"Sri SriS. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:34

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-11-19 . Manchu pallaki Movie: దర్శకుడు వంశీ తొలి చిత్రం ‘మంచుపల్లకీ’! . 2023-09-27 . NTV Telugu . te-IN . 27 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230927155102/https://ntvtelugu.com/news/40-years-to-director-vamsi-first-film-manchupallaki-267758.html . live .
  2. Web site: Sri . 10 September 2008 . Retrospect: Manchu Pallaki (1982) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111021084156/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/retro_manchupallaki1982.php . 21 October 2011 . 29 January 2021 . Telugucinema.com.