Manchivadu

Manchivadu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	V. Madhusudhan Rao
Produced by	T. Govindarajan
Written by	Acharya Aatreya (dialogues)
Screenplay by	V. Madhusudhan Rao
Story by	P. Krishnan
Based on	Baalu Belagithu (1970)
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Vanisri Kanchana
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Cinematography	P. S. Selvaraj
Edited by	K. Satyam
Production company	Venus Combines
Release date	11 October 1973 (1973-10-11)
Running time	145 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Manchivadu (English: Good Man) is a 1973 Telugu, drama film, produced by T. Govindarajan on Venus Combines banner and directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vanisri, Kanchana in the lead roles and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film is a remake of Kannada movie Baalu Belagithu (1970), which was also remade in Hindi as Humshakal (1974) and in Tamil as Oorukku Uzhaippavan (1976).

Chandra (Vanisri) is a poor girl and lives with her ailing mother. Once when she is out for buying medicine for her mother a goon tries to outrage her modesty and follows till her house. Satyam (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) is also a poor youth. Incidentally, he comes across Chandra and saves her from the clutches of the goon. On the request of the dying old lady, Satyam promises to take care of her daughter. In order to keep his promise, Satyam takes care of Chandra. However, soon society starts questioning about their relationship. In a fit of rage, Satyam marries Chandra in a temple. The newly-wedded woman knows nothing about her husband and thus asks him about his work and designation. He tells her that he works in Ratan Mahal in different position according to the demand of the situation.

But unfortunately, he is the owner of Ratan Mahal Anand, having six-year-old daughter Rani (Baby Sumathi) and his wife Lalitha (Kanchana) is a mental patient who is under treatment in a psychiatric center. Raju (Satyanarayana) is a gang leader and forces young girls to blackmail rich men and Anand is in search of him with help of his friend Chakram (Raja Babu).

After some time Chandra gives birth to a baby boy and Lalitha recovers from her mental illness. However, doctor warns that any kind of shock would affect her health again. After returning home, Lalitha insists on visiting a temple. Inside the temple premises, Rani gets lost and coincidentally, Chandra takes her back to her mother. For this act of kindness, Lalitha develops the friendship with Chandra and invites her to Ratan Mahal. Both the ladies also talk about their respective husband. Things take a shocking turn when Chandra's baby is ill and reaches Ratan Mahal to find her husband Satyam playing the role of Anand, the husband of Lalitha and the boss of the Ratan Mahal. She accuses him of cheating both the women. After recalling doctor's warning about not giving any shock to Lalitha, he denies about playing the double role. He tells Chandra that he is Anand and doesn’t know anything about her.