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Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu (1991)

Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu poster
Directed by
Kranthi Kumar
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 25m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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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.

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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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