Manavudu Danavudu (Telugu: మానవుడు - దానవుడు) is a 1972 Telugu drama film produced by p. chinnapa reddy of ushasri films and directed by P. Chandrasekhara Reddy.
Shobhan Babu played duel role as Doctor Venu during day time and as Killer Jagan during night time.
Directed byK. Viswanath GenresDrama ActorsShobhan Babu, Vanisri, Nagabhushanam, Sharada Rating72% Shobhan Babu is a struggling poet. Because of his dark complexion, publishers are unwilling to publish his poetry. Nagabushanam is his friend, and a small time con-artist. He agrees to support Shobhan Babu. Shobhan Babu starts to publish his poems in Nagabushanam's name. He agrees to do this as he needs money to marry his sister.
Bhaskar (Shobhan Babu), a Dalit marries Aruna (Sharada), a Higher-caste woman, when she is on her deathbed. Fulfilling her wish to die a 'Sumangali' Bhaskar marries her. Aruna does not die and comes back to life from deadly consumption. After her recovery she understands the enormity of her decision and its consequences. She goes to live with Bhaskar's family. However Aruna finds it unable to accustom in Bhaskar's household. She finds them very much unlike Bhaskar. Their dialect, dressing sense, practices makes her feel the cultural distance. One of the major themes of Dalit Literature, Intercaste marriage is the leitmotif in this movie. Aruna insults Bhaskar on the basis of his lower caste and goes back to her Aunt and Uncle. There she sees that her relatives are more interested in her money than her ill health. Surprisingly, her cousin Kamala marries a man of different religion. She takes care of her family becoming a housewife. She becomes an instrument in Aruna's comprehension of human nature. In the end when Aruna is ill again due to consumption, she finds that she and her children need a safer abode than her own home. She goes to Bhaskar's family, and she sees that outward appearances do not account for inner purity. The Dalit In-law family takes care of Aruna and her two children. Bhaskar comes to her and Aruna dies in his arms apologizing for sacrificing so many lives with her decisions. And thus the title, Balipeetam: The pedestal of Sacrifice. The core issues of Inter-caste marriages and Interpersonal relations are woven into the movie .
, 2h46 Directed byK. Viswanath ActorsSharada, Shobhan Babu, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Jayanthi, Allu Rama Lingiah, Raja Babu Rating75% A psychiatrist (Sobhan Babu) visits a small village for a friend's marriage. Everyone thinks they have seen a ghost. The doctor soon finds out the reason. Sarada (Sharada) is an innocent village woman who likes everyone in the village and everyone in the village likes her. A doctor (Sobhan Babu) working in the village loves her. They marry after convincing her brother (Kaikala Satyanarayana) and village elders. One the day of their firstnight, the doctor goes to attend an emergency patient. The boat taking him capsizes in the river Godavari and he dies. Sharada lost her sanity and forgets everything. Her brother and other villagers acts as if her husband went missing and would return soon. Sharada believes the psychiatrist to be her missing husband. The psychiatrist was told about her miserable story by the village elders. He find that the only way he can help her regain her sanity is by playing along with her madness and act as her husband. The psychiatrist brings them to the town and treat them. His wife (Jayanti) comes to know about the miserable story and cooperates with him. Finally after sometime, she comes to know about the truth and asks everyone to excuse her for troubling them. Sharada and her brother decides to return to the village. She dies in the hands of her brother while crossing the river.