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Manase Mandiram (transl. The Heart is a Temple) is a 1966 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film, produced by Yarra Appa Rao and directed by C. V. Sridhar. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri, with music composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The film was a remake of Sridhar's own Tamil film Nenjil Or Aalayam (1962).[1]

Manase Mandiram
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	C. V. Sridhar
Screenplay by	C. V. Sridhar
Story by	C. V. Sridhar
Produced by	Yarra Appa Rao
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Savitri
Cinematography	Balu
Edited by	N. M. Shankar
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Sri Krishna Sai Films
Distributed by	Sri Films
Release date	22 July 1966 (1966-07-22)
Running time	158 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

Dr. Raghu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) dedicated his life to his medical profession and runs a cancer hospital. Once Seeta (Savitri) his ex-lover, who was forcibly married to a wise person Ramu (Jaggayya) arrives at his hospital and her husband is diagnosed with cancer and terminally ill. Raghu & Seeta are very much uncomfortable interacting in front of Ramu. Seeta suspects that Raghu will not be able to give proper treatment to Ramu because of his love interest in her. Now, Raghu ensures Radha that he will make Ramu recover. Parallelly, Ramu overhears the conversation, and later takes a promise from Seeta that she should marry Raghu after his death. Now Ramu is to undergo major surgery under Raghu which will decide his fate. Here Raghu is seized with a feeling that he can't afford to fail in the surgery as it might seem that he was biased due to Seeta. So, he toils a lot for the preparation without proper food & sleep. At last, the surgery successfully takes place but unfortunately, Raghu dies out of hypertension. Finally, the movie ends with Ramu & Seeta constructing a memorial hospital in the name of Raghu.

Cast

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Dr. Raghu
• Savitri as Seeta
• Jaggayya as Ramu
• Gummadi as Father
• Relangi as Devaiah
• Nagabhushanam as Kantham's husband
• Chalam as Jogulu
• Santha Kumari as Raghu's mother
• Girija as Kasulu
• Sharada as Kantham
• Jhansi as Nurse
• Nirmalamma as Uma's mother
• Baby Shantikala as Uma

Soundtrack

Manase Mandiram
Film score by M. S. Viswanathan
Released	1966
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	18:53
Producer	M. S. Viswanathan

Music composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[2]

S. No.	Song Title	Lyrics	Singers	length
1	"Annadhi Neevena"	Acharya Aatreya	P. Susheela	4:57
2	"Challaga Undali"	Acharya Aatreya	Ghantasala	3:37
3	"Allaru Muddu Kade"	Acharya Aatreya	P. Susheela	3:38
4	"Rupuleni"	Karthik	Ghantasala, L. R. Eswari	3:15
5	"Thalachinade Jariginadaa"	Acharya Aatreya	P. B. Sreenivas	3:26

References

External links

• Manase Mandiram at IMDb

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