Mangalya Balam

Mangalya Balam is a 1958 Telugu, family drama film, directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. The film dealt with the institution of marriage. The film was made simultaneously with Tamil as Manjal Mahimai Tamil and released onJanuary 1959.

The music was composed by Master Venu. He borrowed only one tune from the Bengali films composer Anupam Ghatak, for the song penu cheekataye lokam from its original version ke tumi amare dako.Mangalyabalam was released onJanuary 1959 and for the first time in the history of Telugu cinema, the hundred days function was held in an open arena, the Municipal High School grounds, Vijayawada with thousands of cine fans participating and presided over by the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Kasu Brahmananda Reddy. Tamil version Manjal Magimai was released onJanuary 1959 and ran for hundred days. ........

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