Mannina Maga (1968)

Directed by

Geethapriya

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man faces a conflict between the pull of city life and his attachment to his rural village home. The story centers on his choice and the values tied to his connection with the land.

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What happens

Mannina Maga ( transl. Son of the soil) is a 1968 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by Geethapriya marking his debut as a solo in film-direction. The film stars Rajkumar, Kalpana and Jayakumari. Produced by Sudarshan Movies banner and written by Geethapriya, the film received rave reviews and went on to win National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada and ran for more than 100 days in cinema halls. Bangalore Mirror had reported that the attitude of the heroine of rejecting the city for a village life was rare, an affirmation of the possibility or, the difficulty, of sustaining community life in a city is more common. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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