Film

Manase Mandiram

1966 · 2h 38m

Manase Mandiram (English: The Heart is a Temple) is a 1966 Telugu language romantic drama film, produced by Yarra Appa Rao on Sri Krishna Sai Films banner and directed by C. V. Sridhar. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri in the lead roles and music composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The film was a remake of Tamil film Nenjil Or Aalayam (1962), Sridhar remade the film in Hindi as Dil Ek Mandir (1963). It was also remade in Malayalam as Hridayam Oru Kshethram (1976), and in Kannada as Kumkuma Rakshe (1977).

Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Dr. Raghu

Savitri

Seeta

Kongara Jaggayya

Ramu

Gummadi

Father

Relangi Venkata Ramaiah

Devaiah

Nagabhushanam

Kantham's Husband

Chalam

Joogulu

Girija

Kaasulu

Sharada

Kantham

Nirmalamma

Uma's Mother

Baby Shantikala

Uma

P. Santha Kumari

Raghu's Mother

• C. V. SridharDirector · Story · Screenplay
• Yarra Appa RaoProducer
• N. M. ShankarEditor

Release date

July 22, 1966

Status

Released

Original language

Telugu

Runtime

2h 38m