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{{Infobox film
| name = Manchu Pallaki
| image = Manchu Pallaki.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Vamsy]]
| producer = M. R. Prasad Rao
| writer = [[Yandamuri Veerendranath]] {{small|(dialogues)}}
| story = Rajasekhar
| screenplay = Vamsy
| starring = [[Chiranjeevi]]<br>[[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]]<br>[[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]]
| music = [[Rajan–Nagendra]]
| cinematography = [[Hari Anumolu]]
| editing = Anil Dattatreya
| based_on = ''[[Palaivana Solai (1981 film)|Paalaivana Solai]]'' (1981)
| studio = Godavari Chitra
| released = {{film date|df=y|1982|11|19}}
| runtime = 132 mins
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
}}

'''''Manchu Pallaki''''' ({{translation}} ''Snow Palanquin'') is a 1982 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[romance film]], produced by M. R. Prasad Rao and directed by [[Vamsy]]. It stars [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]], [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]] and [[Sai Chand]], with music composed by [[Rajan–Nagendra]]. This film was director [[Vamsy]]'s debut as film director. The film is a remake of the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Palaivana Solai (1981 film)|Paalaivana Solai]]'' (1981).

==Plot==
Sekhar ([[Chiranjeevi]]), Hari ([[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]]), Vasu (Narayana Rao), Kumar ([[Sai Chand]]) and Gandhi (Girish) are the unemployed youth living in a colony who are looking for jobs and are unable to make a living. Geeta (Suhasini) moves into their colony with her father and everybody falls for her, one trying to make a fool of the other. They tease her, but she teaches them a lesson and later they become friends. Sekhar also likes her, but does not express it. Geeta changes the lives of all of them by making them earn their living by what they know and implementing it successfully. When Sekhar confesses his love to her he comes to know of a shocking truth that she has a terminal disease and will die soon. But before dying, Geeta helps Vasu by marrying his sister to Sekhar.

==Cast==
*[[Chiranjeevi]] as Sekhar<ref name="page 1" />
*[[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]] as Geeta<ref name="page 1" />
*[[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]] as Hari<ref name="page 1" />
*Narayana Rao as Vasu<ref name="page 1" />
*[[Sai Chand]] as Kumar<ref name="page 1" />
*Girish as Gandhi<ref name="page 1" />
*[[Sakshi Ranga Rao]] as Gita's father<ref name="page 1" />
*[[P. L. Narayana]] as Vasu's colleague<ref name="page 1" />
*[[Annapoorna (actress)|Annapurna]] as Samalamma<ref name="page 1" />
*Bhimeswara Rao as a doctor<ref name="page 1" />
*[[Devadas Kanakala]] as Sekhar's colleague<ref name="page 1" />

== Production ==
''Manchu Pallaki'', a remake of the 1981 Tamil film ''[[Palaivana Solai (1981 film)|Palaivana Cholai]]'', was the directorial debut of [[Vamsy]] who also wrote the screenplay. [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]] was chosen to reprise her role from the original.<ref name="page 1">{{Cite web |last=Sri |date=10 September 2008 |title=Retrospect: Manchu Pallaki (1982) |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/retro_manchupallaki1982.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021084156/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/retro_manchupallaki1982.php |archive-date=21 October 2011 |access-date=29 January 2021 |website=Telugucinema.com}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Manchu Pallaki
| type = film
| artist = [[Rajan–Nagendra]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1982
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length = 19:04
| label = SEA Records
| producer = [[Rajan–Nagendra]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}

Music composed by [[Rajan–Nagendra]].<ref name="page 1" />
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!S.No!!Song Title !!Lyrics !!Singers !!length
|-
|1
|"Neekosame"
|[[Mailavarapu Gopi]]
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam|SP Balu]]
|4:46
|-
|2
|"Meghama"
|[[Veturi Sundararama Murthy]]
|[[S. Janaki]]
|4:59
|-
|3
|"Pagalureyiloo"
|[[Sri Sri (writer)|Sri Sri]]
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam|SP Balu]]
|4:45
|-
|4
|"Manishe Manideepam"
|[[Sri Sri (writer)|Sri Sri]]
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam|SP Balu]]
|4:34
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0248168|title=Manchu Pallaki}}

{{Vamsy}}

[[Category:1982 films]]
[[Category:Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Vamsy]]
[[Category:Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra]]
[[Category:Telugu remakes of Tamil films]]
[[Category:1982 directorial debut films]]

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