Mana Voori Pandavulu
Manavoori Pandavulu (transl. Our village's Pandavas) is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Bapu and written by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, dealing with the struggle against the feudal system in their own unique way. The film is remake of Kannada movie Paduvaaralli Pandavaru directed by Puttanna Kanagal. In 1980, he also remade it in Hindi as Hum Paanch starring Mithun Chakraborty.[1][2]
| Manavoori Pandavulu | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Bapu |
| Produced by | Jaya Krishna |
| Written by | Mullapudi Venkata Ramana |
| Starring | Krishnam Raju Chiranjeevi Rao Gopal Rao |
| Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
| Cinematography | Balu Mahendra |
Release date | 9 November 1978 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Film Companion while compiling the 25 Greatest Telugu Films of the Decade, called Rangasthalam as an updated version of this movie.[3]
Synopsis
The film revolves around Krishna (played by Krishnam Raju) who brings together an unlikely group of 5 youngsters to help in creating awareness among their villagers to revolt against the cruel village head, Rambhoopal (Rao Gopal Rao) and his henchmen. Even though being a revolutionary theme, the movie was wonderfully made without the usual noise that accompanies the leftist movies and fashioned on the lines of the great epic Mahabharata. Amazing performances by all the actors (Krishnam Raju, Raogopal Rao, Allu Ramalingaiah etc.) and wonderful technical backup make this movie another classic from Bapu. The film also has Chiranjeevi as a very young actor (his second movie to be released) in the role of Parthu.
Manavoori Pandavulu is the story of five youngsters come together in village to protest against the village chief
because village chief is cruel he receive 2x rent from the village farmers there income totally depend on rain , when villagers told that whole past story to the five youngsters the first person who protest against the village chief is PARTHU ( Chiranjeevi ) the four come together , & then some villages join five youngsters
Village chief tries to break five youngsters friendship & then tries to kill them
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Cast
- Krishnam Raju as Krishna
- Rao Gopal Rao as Rambhoopal (Dora vaaru)
- Murali Mohan as Ramudu
- Prasad Babu as Bheemanna
- Chiranjeevi as Parthu
- Allu Ramalingaiah as Kannappa
- Shoba as Sundari
- Geetha as Sinni
- Kanta Rao as Dharmaiah
- Sarathi as Rambhoopal's son
- Jhansi as Santhamma
- Halam as Oorvasi
- Bhanuchander
- Jayamalini
- Vijaya Bhaskar
Soundtrack
All music is composed by K. V. Mahadevan.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jendaa Pai Kapiraju" | Arudra | S. P. Balu, G. Anand, M. S. Ramarao | |
| 2. | "Manchiki Cheddaki" | Arudra | S. P. Balu | |
| 3. | "Nalla Nallani" | Kosaraju | G. Anand, S. P. Sailaja | |
| 4. | "Orey Pichchi Sannaasee" | Arudra | S. P. Balu | |
| 5. | "Pandavulu" | Arudra | S. P. Balu, G. Anand, M. S. Ramarao | |
| 6. | "Piriki Mandhu Thaagi" | Arudra | S. P. Balu | |
| 7. | "Sitralu Seyakuro" | Arudra | S. P. Balu | |
| 8. | "Swagatham Suswagatham" | Arudra | Rao Gopal Rao, P. Susheela |
Box-office
Katakataala Rudraiah and Mana Voori Pandavulu were released within a gap of 10 days and both the films became blockbusters.[4]