Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu (1991)

Directed by

Kranthi Kumar

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 25m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman from the United States visits her elderly grandparents in India. She does not tell them that her parents have recently died in an accident. The story focuses on the family bonds and the secrets kept to protect loved ones.

poignantemotionalfamily-centereddramaticrestrainedmelancholicwarmheartfelt

What happens

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. Kumar also wrote the screenplay, based on the novel Navvina Kanneelle by Manasa. 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. It was featured in the 15th IFFI' 92 Indian Panorama section. The film won three Filmfare Awards South, three 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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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