Manaalane Mangaiyin Baakkiyam (1957)
- Original title
- Manalane Mangayin Bhagyam
- Directed by
- Vedantam Raghavaiah
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 3h 31m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A human man and an angel from a celestial land fall in love. Their relationship faces many twists and turns.
whimsicalromanticfantasticalmelodramaticbittersweetold-fashioneddreamlikeemotional
What happens
Manaalane Mangaiyin Baakkiyam (transl. Husband is a woman's fortune) is a 1957 Indian Tamil-language fantasy film directed by Vedantam Raghavaiah, starring Anjali Devi and Gemini Ganesan. The film was made simultaneously in Telugu as Suvarna Sundari with A. Nageswara Rao replacing Ganesan and a slightly different supporting cast. The story is about a human from Earth and an angel from a celestial land falling in love and the many turns the tale takes. It was remade in Hindi as Suvarna Sundari with Anjali Devi reprising her role alongside Nageswara Rao. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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