CineGoer.com - Box-Office Records And Collections - 'Nippulanti Manishi' A Successful Remake

Home > Box-Office Records And Collections > 'Nippulanti Manishi' A Successful Remake

'Nippulanti Manishi' A Successful Remake

October 09, 2007

NTR

Ravi Chitra Films' Nippulanti Manishi was a remake of Zanjeer [1973], which catapulted Amitabh Bachchan to stardom. The Telugu remake, released on 25th October, 1974, was also a huge success and ran for 100 days in 8 centres. It also had a silver jubilee run [with shifts] in Vijayawada.

The film had NTR playing the lead role [a straightforward police officer], which was played by Amitabh Bachchan in the original. While Latha played the role of Jaya Bachchan, it also featured Kaikala Satyanarayana in the role that Pran played in the original.

With story by the hit writer duo Salim-Javed and screenplay and direction by SD Lal, the film was an instant success.

The music was by Satyam, lyrics by CiNaRe-Arudra-Kosaraju, cinematography by SS Lal, dialogues by Gollapudi, editing by K. Balu, art by B. Chalam, choreography by Heeralal & Chinni-Sampath, and action by KS Madhavan.

Music director Satyam copied a song 'Yaari Hai Iman Mera', originally composed by Kalyanji-Anandji and written by Gulshan Bawra for Zanjeer and the song [Snehamera Jeevitam] was picturised on NTR and Satyanarayana.

The following are the centres where the film had a 100-day run:

S. No.	Center	Theater Name
1	Vijayawada	Urvasi
2	Vizag	Dasapalla Chitralaya
3	Rajahmundry	Minerva Talkies
4	Guntur	Shesh Mahal
5	Ongole	Sridevi
6	Nellore	Vinayaka Cinema
7	Tirupati	Pratap Talkies
8	Hyderabad	Sangam Theatre

The following is the text of the press note issued by NTR in 1975 on the eve of the silver jubilee of the film.