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Manushulu Mamathalu (1965)

Manushulu Mamathalu poster
Directed by
Kotayya Pratyagatma
Country
India
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A Telugu drama about human affections and morally complex situations. It follows characters grappling with emotional conflicts and societal judgments.

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What happens

Manushulu Mamathalu (transl. Human Effections) is a 1965 Indian Telugu-language drama film produced by A. V. Subba Rao under the Prasad Art Productions banner and directed by K. Pratyagatma. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri and Jayalalithaa, with music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. T. Rama Rao worked as associate director for this film. This picture is also remembered to be Jayalalithaa's Telugu debut as a leading actress (having previously worked as a child artiste in mostly song sequences). This was the first Telugu film to ever receive an A certificate from the Censor Board. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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