Manushulu Mamathalu

Manushulu Mamathalu 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.

Plot
Zamindar Raja Rao dotes on his only daughter, Radha. He shelters a broken household in Godavari floods, consisting of Venu & his mother, Kanakamma. From childhood, Venu & Radha grew up in camaraderie, and she wishes to marry him. Seshu, the debauched nephew of Raja Rao, harbours evil intentions to marry Radha, but his advances are denied, making him envious. Besides, Gopala Rao, the intimate insider of Raja Rao, is a chief engineer who resides with his daughter Indira and Bhaskar, his deceased sibling's son. On one occasion, Gopal Rao moves the bridal connection of Bhaskar & Radha. Then, Radha proposes Venu, but he cannot agree since his dream & ambition is to become an Engineer, and the wedlock hinders his goal. Ergo, Radha nuptials Bhaskar. At her hand & aid, Venu walks to Gopal Rao for higher studies, which frees up the room. Parallelly, Indira starts endearing & nearing him, but he tries to cut her off.

Meanwhile, Bhaskar begins a construction business and acquires a prestigious Sagar Dam contract. Troublesome Seshu, who is waiting for a shot, clutches Bhaskar via his paramour Vani and hooks him on to vices. Plus, he swindles their totality by grabbing the authority. Accordingly, Radha goes into perceptual grief, which devastates her. Time passes, and Venu triumphs as a meritor and becomes the chief engineer at Sagar Dam. Consequently, he unearths Seshu's fraud of faulty construction and withholds their bills. Knowing it, Bhaskar accuses Venu of being faithless, and Radha heads to him. Whereat, he divulges the actuality, and she states him to be righteousness. However, Venu affirms Radha does hard. Simultaneously, Gopal Rao steps with Indira's proposal, which Venu accepts if he is ready to pay for the project repair. Nevertheless, Indira bestows the amount as a friend and states she does not want a forcible alliance. Here, Seshu ruses to blame the affair between Venu & Radha before Bhaskar when he smacks & expels him. Moreover, Vani makes Bhaskar perceive his slip and let him go. Forthwith, enraged Seshu avenges to blast the bridge, but Venu shields it, risking death. At last, Venu gets betrothed to Indira on Radha's word. Finally, the movie ends happily.

Cast

 * Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Venu
 * Savitri as Radha
 * Jayalalithaa as Indira
 * Jaggayya as Bhaskar
 * Gummadi as Raja Rao
 * Ramana Reddy as Gopalam
 * Prabhakar Reddy as Seshu
 * Rajasree as Vani
 * Hemalatha as Kanakamma

Soundtrack
The music was composed by T. Chalapathi Rao.

Accolades
The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu.