Mannina Maga (Kannada: ಮಣ್ಣಿನ ಮಗ) is a 1968 Indian Kannada language drama film directed by Geethapriya marking his debut as a solo in film-direction. The film stars Rajkumar, Kalpana and Jayakumari in the lead roles. Produced by Sudarshan Movies banner and written by Geethapriya, the film received rave reviews and went on to win National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada and ran for more than 100 days in cinema halls.
Kumar (Rajkumar) is a range forest officer who goes to the Nagarhole National forest to protect the natural resources. His main rival is the poacher Anand (Vishnuvardhan) who unknown to him has been kidnapped and raised by Venkatappa Naika (Balakrishna) to exact revenge on his father. In the final scenes, Anand gets hold of Kumar's mother and asks him to not interfere or that he will set fire to the forest. But Kumar shoots Anand, fatally injuring him in the chest. Venkatappa then comes in climax and reveals that Anand is Kumar's own brother and he had done this to take revenge on his family. He tries to kill Kumar, but Anand kills him and dies on the lap of his mother.
, 2h18 Directed byGeethapriya GenresDrama, Romance ActorsVishnuvardhan, Aarathi, Vaishali Kasaravalli, Leelavathi, Uma Shivakumar, Shivaram Rating72% The film is about a doctor (Vishnuvardhan) who is desperately seeking an assistant doctor. Soon he meets a girl (Arati) who is also a doctor. Arati likes him at the very first instant but is disappointed to know that he is looking for a female doctor as an assistant first, instead of a wife.