Seetharamayya Gari Manavaralu

Seetharamayya Gari Manavaralu
Seetharamayya Gari Manavaralu
Film score by M. M. Keeravani
Released	1991
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	19:58
Label	SURYA Music
Producer	M. M. Keeravani
M. M. Keeravani chronology

Seetharamayya Gari Manavaralu
Seetharamayya Gari Manavaralu
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kranthi Kumar
Screenplay by	Kranthi Kumar; Ganesh Patro (dialogues)
Story by	VMC Unit
Based on	Navvina Kanneelle; by Manasa
Produced by	V. Doraswamy Raju
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao; Meena; Rohini Hattangadi
Cinematography	K. S. Hari
Edited by	Sreekar Prasad
Music by	M. M. Keeravani
Production; company	VMC Productions
Release date	11 January 1991;
Running time	131 min
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Seetharamayya Gari Manavaralu (transl. Seetharamayya's granddaughter) is a 1991 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Kranthi Kumar, and produced by V. Doraswamy Raju under the VMC Productions banner. The film stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Meena, and Rohini Hattangadi with the music composed by M. M. Keeravani.^[1] Based on the novel Navvina Kanneelle by Manasa,^[2] the plot follows Seetha (Meena) who arrives from the US to visit her grandparents, Seetharamayya (Rao) and Janakamma (Hattangadi) who are uninformed of her parents' accidental death.

The film was showcased among the Indian panorama section at the 1991 International Film Festival of India.^[3] The film won three Filmfare Awards South, four Nandi Awards and four Cinema Express Awards. The film was remade in Malayalam as Sandhwanam (1991), in Kannada as Belli Modagalu (1992), and in Hindi as Udhaar Ki Zindagi (1994).

Plot[]

Seetaramayya a rich landlord and the lead-off person whose word is an ordinance to the entire village. He leads a delightful life with his ideal wife Janakamma and son Dr.Srinivasa Murthy / Vasu. Both father and son share the beyond relation as friends, unfortunately, a rift arises between them regarding the Vasu's espousal. As Vasu not able to deceive his love interest Sumathi, he denies the match seen by his father. So, Seetaramayya has to bow his head down for the first time. But he arrays resent by not talking with his son which makes Vasu distress and leaves the country. After 20 years, Vasu's daughter Seeta reach the village to attend a marriage function. Seetaramayya still continues his dislike on Vasu which he reflects on Seeta too but inherently he loves them a lot. Right now, Seeta wins everyone's heart in the house with her wit and also resolves the family disputes of Seetaramayya with his in-law Veerabhadraiah. At that point in time, Dr.Vivekam, the friend of Vasu lands when as a flabbergast, it is revealed that Seeta has hidden the secret of her parents' death as she well knows that her grandparents cannot withstand after perceiving the truth. Understanding the situation, Vivakam conveys to Seetaramayya and Janakamma that their son and daughter-in-law are coming soon. At present, everyone decides to perform his 60th birthday Sashtipurthi to Seetaramayya when he is eagerly waiting for his son's arrival but his absence annoys him. Immediately, Seeta calms him down and grandly celebrates the function. Soon after, an awful incident, Janakamma passes away due to a heart attack when Seetaramayya woes as Vasu not even attended to his mother's final rights. Out of the pain, he asks Seeta to leave the house which she does so. Thereafter, Seeta's memories recall Seetaramayya when he spots her diary through which he learns the reality and also his son's last wish to immerse his ashes into river Godavari by his father. Here, Seetaramayya gets collapsed but quickly retrieves, and rushes for Seeta. At last, Seeta fulfills her father's wish.

Cast[]

Akkineni Nageshwara Rao as Seetharamayya
Meena as Seeta
Rohini Hattangadi as Janakamma
Dasari Narayana Rao as Subbaraju
Kota Srinivasa Rao as Veerabhadraiah
Murali Mohan as Dr. Vivekam
Tanikella Bharani as Govinda Rao
Sudhakar as Pavan Kumar
Sudarshan as Kaasi
Narayana Rao as Lawyer Chakravarthy
Raja as Dr. Srinivasa Murthy / Vaasu
Chidatala Appa Rao
Telangana Shakuntala
Sudha Rani as Sumathi
Srilatha as Shyamala
Chandrika as Chinna Papa
Saraswathi
Master Amith as Banty

Soundtrack[]

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

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Poosindi Poosindi"	SP Balu, K. S. Chithra	4:14
2.	"Badharagiri Ramayya"	SP Balu, K. S. Chithra	3:07
3.	"Kaliki Chilakala Koliki"	K. S. Chithra	3:44
4.	"Velugu Rekhalavaru"	K. S. Chithra, Jikki	4:27
5.	"Oa Seetha Hallo"	SP Balu	2:40
6.	"Sathyanarayana Vratha-Slokas"	K. S. Chithra	1:46
Total length:			19:58

Reception[]

Awards[]

Filmfare Awards

Best Film – Telugu – V. Doraswamy Raju – won^[4]
Best Director – Telugu – Kranthi Kumar – won^[4]
Best Actor – Telugu – Akkineni Nageswara Rao– won^[4]

Nandi Awards

Second Best Feature Film – V. Doraswamy Raju – won^[5]
Best Actress - Meena as Seeta
Best Director – T. Kranthi Kumar – won^[5]
Best Female Playback Singer – K.S. Chithra for "Kaliki Chilkala Koliki" – won^[5]

Cinema Express Awards

Best Film – VMC Productions – won^[6]
Best Actor – Akkineni Nageswara Rao – won^[6]
Best Actress – Meena – won^[6]
Best Director – Kranthi Kumar – won^[6]

References[]

^ "ఇదో మనవరాలి కథ". Sakshi (in Telugu). 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu film review at Navatarangam.com Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1991Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1991.pdf
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "List of Awards won by Telugu movie Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu". Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964 - 2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964 - 2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. 13 March 2010. p. 74. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "'Chinnathambhi' bags Cinema Express award". The Indian Express. 25 February 1992. p. 3.

External links[]

Seetharamayya Gari Manavaralu at IMDb

[1] "ఇదో మనవరాలి కథ". Sakshi (in Telugu). 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[2] Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu film review at Navatarangam.com Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[3] ttp://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1991Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1991.pdf

[:0-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "List of Awards won by Telugu movie Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu". Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

[:1-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964 - 2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964 - 2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. 13 March 2010. p. 74. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

[exp-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "'Chinnathambhi' bags Cinema Express award". The Indian Express. 25 February 1992. p. 3.

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