Overview

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).

Cast

Nageshwara Rao Akkineni

Dr. Raghu

Savitri

Seeta

Kongara Jaggayya

Ramu

Gummadi

Father

Relangi Venkata Ramaiah

Devaiah

Nagabhushanam

Kantham's Husband

Girija

Kaasulu

Sharada

Kantham

P. Santha Kumari

Raghu's Mother