''Manchu Pallaki'' () is a 1982 Indian

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-language film directed by

Vamsy Vamsy (born Nallamilli Bavireddy) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, littérateur, composer, poet, producer, actor and cartoonist known for his works in Telugu cinema, and television. He got breakthrough with ''Sitaara'' (1984), which wo ...

in his debut. The film stars

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, Suhasini,

Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar who served as the first president of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independen ...

and Sai Chand, with music composed by

Rajan–Nagendra Rajan–Nagendra was an Indian musical duo who were prominent composers of film music in Kannada and Telugu cinema from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Rajan, along with his brother Nagendra, created a niche for themselves for nearly four dec ...

. It is a remake of the

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film '' Palaivana Solai'' (1981).

Plot

Sekhar, Hari, Vasu, Kumar and Gandhi are unemployed youths living in a colony who are looking for jobs and are unable to make a living. Geeta moves into their colony with her father and everybody falls for her, one trying to make a fool of the 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 learns that she has a terminal disease and will die soon. But before dying, Geeta helps Vasu by marrying his sister to Sekhar.

Cast

Production

''Manchu Pallaki'', a remake of the 1981 Tamil film '' Palaivana Cholai'', was the directorial debut of

who also wrote the screenplay. Suhasini was chosen to reprise her role from the original.

Soundtrack

Music composed by

References

External links

* {{Vamsy 1982 films 1980s Telugu-language films Films directed by Vamsy Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Telugu remakes of Tamil films 1982 directorial debut films