Thene Manasulu is the first film for Superstar Krishna featuring in a full length hero role. He earned lot of good appreciation for his energetic acting in this film. Great songs, witty dialogues aided for the success of the film.
Story Details:
Narasaraju (G.S.N.Murthy) is a family man with financial troubles. He steals money from Srinivasarao (Koneti Rao) for the purpose of his daughter Seetha (Sandhyarani)’s wedding. Srinivasarao is a bank employee who gets this sum of money from the bank for the purpose of salaries. As a result of the theft, Srinivasa Rao goes into hiding. His daughter Bhanumathi (Sukanya) along with her mother shift to another city. She gets a job as a secretary. In the mean time, Seetha’s husband Chitti Babu( Rammohan) goes to USA for further studies and gets habituated to the modern culture there. By the time he returns to India, he refuses to accept his wife as she is too traditional for his liking. He incidentally joins as a manager in the company where Bhanumathi works as a secretary. Chitti Babu starts loving Bhanumathi but the latter has another flashback. She gets engaged to a drill master Basavaraju (Krishna) but the wedding gets called off because her father goes to hiding. Nevertheless, Bhanumathi still loves Basavaraju. It is at this juncture Bhanumathi understands that Seetha’s family stay beside her house and also realizes that Chitti Babu is already married but not accepting his wife. Bhanumathi attracts Basavaraju, who leaves the wedding hall without even looking at her-with her intelligence and makes him fall for her. She plays a clever game and gets Seetha and Chitti Babu together. The film ends on a happy note with Bhanumathi and Basavaraju’s wedding.
Performances:
Sandhyarani does a good job as the innocent and traditional role of Seetha. Sukanya is great in the female lead role with interesting characterization. Krishna impresses with great histrionics, energetic acting and good performance in songs. Rammohan is very good in a character with multiple shades.
Technical Aspects:
Music by K.V.Mahadevan is a huge asset for this film. Divi Nunchi Bhuviki, Chandamama Andala Mama, One Two Three Four and Evaro Nee vadu became great hits. Kala Tapasvi K.Vishwanath worked as the co director for this film and trained newcomers Krishna and Rammoham with personal attention. It is said at one point Adurthi Subbarao thought of considering K.Vishwanath as hero in the film, when he couldn’t find the ideal face for this film featuring newcomers. Dialogues by Mullapudi and Athreya are witty. Adurthi Subbarao’s experienced direction is a great asset for this film.