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| Mana Desam | |
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| Directed by | L. V. Prasad |
| Written by | Samudrala Sr.(dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | L. V. Prasad |
| Based on | Vipradas bySarat Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| Produced by | Raja Saheb of Mirzapur Krishnaveni(Presents) |
| Starring | V. Nagayya C. H. Narayana Rao Krishnaveni |
| Cinematography | M. A. Rehman |
| Edited by | M. V. Rajan |
| Music by | Ghantasala |
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Running time | 172 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Mana Desam (transl. Our Country) is a 1949 IndianTelugu-languagedrama film directed byL. V. Prasad. It was produced by Raja Saheb of Mirzapur under theSobhanachala Pictures banner, and presented byKrishnaveni. It starsV. Nagayya,C. H. Narayana Rao and Krishnaveni, with music composed byGhantasala. The film is the debut of actorN. T. Rama Rao in the film industry. It is based on theBengali novelVipradas bySarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, and is set against the backdrop of theIndian independence movement.[1]
The story is set in 1942. Ramnath is a respectable rich man living in a village with his wife Janaki, son Nehru, brother Madhu and a doting step-mother Yasodha, who does not like Madhu's active participation in the freedom struggle, fearing that he may be jailed. Janaki's uncle, a lawyer, visits them with his city-bred daughter Sobha. She takes a liking for Madhu but is against his political leanings.
Ramnath shifts his family to Madras. Madhu is arrested for participating in the movement against British rule. A changed Sobha too jumps into the freedom struggle. Unable to trace her, the police take Ramnath into custody. An enraged Yasodha too joins the movement and goes to jail. But both are soon released. Madhu, on parole, comes home and Janaki treats him like her son. By then she is critically ill. Once the parole is over, the police come to pick him up. On seeing them, Janaki dies of shock. The police drag a deranged Madhu. After serving the sentence, Madhu, still in a mentally deranged condition, is released. Yasodha blames Ramnath for her son's plight. A dejected Ramnath leaves the house with his son. But, worried about his brother, he returns home and saves him from a fall. Dramatically, Madhu regains normality. India gets independence and the family participates in the celebrations.
The film's soundtrack is composed byGhantasala.[2]