Manchu Pallaki

Manchu Pallaki
Directed by	Vamsy
Produced by	Mandapaka Ravi Prasad Rao
Written by	Yandamuri Veerendranath (dialogue) Vamsy (screenplay)
Starring	Chiranjeevi, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Rajendra Prasad, Narayan Rao
Music by	Rajan-Nagendra
Cinematography	Hari Anumolu
Editing by	Anil Dattatreya
Release date(s)	November 19, 1982
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Manchu Pallaki (Telugu: మంచు పల్లకీ) is a 1982 Telugu film directed by Vamsy. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Rajendra Prasad, and Narayan Rao in important roles. This film was director Vamsy's debut film as director. The film is a remake of Tamil film Paalaivana Cholai (1981).

Plot

Sekhar (Chiranjeevi), Hari (Rajendra Prasad), Vasu (Narayana Rao) and two other friends are the unemployed youth living in a colony who are looking for jobs and are unable to make a living. Geeta (Suhasini Mani Ratnam) moves into their colony with her father and every body falls for her one trying to make a fool of each other. They tease her but she teaches them a lesson and later they become friends. Sekhar also likes her but does not express it. Geeta changes the lives of all of them by making them earn their living by what they know and implementing it successfully. When Sekhar confesses his love to her he comes to know of a shocking truth that she has a terminal disease and will die soon. But before dying, Geeta helps Vasu by marrying his sister to Sekhar.

Cast

Actor	Character
Chiranjeevi	Sekhar
Suhasini	Gita
Narayana Rao	Vasu
Saichand	Kumar
Rajendra Prasad	Hari
Girish	Gandhi
Sakshi Ranga Rao	Gita's father
P. L. Narayana	Vasu's colleague
Bhimeswara Rao	Doctor
Devadas Kanakala	Sekhar's colleague
Mallikarjuna Rao	Cine director
Master Ali	Vasu's brother
Annapurna	Samalamma

Crew

• Producer: M. R. Prasad Rao
• Screenplay, Direction: Vamsy
• Story: Rajasekhar
• Dialogues: Yandamuri Veerendranath
• Music Director: Rajan-Nagendra
• Playback Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
• Lyrics: Srirangam Srinivasa Rao, Veturi Sundararamamurthy, Gopi
• Art: Chandra
• Associate Director: Madhuchuri Doraswamy Reddy
• Editing: Anil Dattatreya
• Camera: Hari Anumolu
• Presenter: Vemuri Satyanarayana

Lyrics

• pagalu rEyilO jaaraka mundE, velugu cheekaTiga maaraka mundE kalusukunTaam
  (Lyrics: Sree Sree; Playback: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam)
• nee kOsamE mEmandaram
  (Lyrics: Gopi; Playback: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki)
• manishE maNideepam
  (Lyrics: Veturi Sundararamamurthy; Playback: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam)
• mEghamaa, dEhamaa, meravakE ee kshaNam!
  (Lyrics: Veturi Sundararamamurthy; Playback: S. Janaki)

External links

• Manchu Pallaki at the Internet Movie Database
• Manchu Pallaki review at Telugu Cinema.com