Jayam Manade

Jayam Manade (“Victory Is Ours”) is a 1956 Telugu swashbuckler directed by T. Prakash Rao and produced by Sundarlal Nahatha for Rajasri Productions. N. T. Rama Rao and Anjali Devi star, with music by Ghantasala. A Robin Hood-style remake of the 1951 Hindi film Baadal, it was released on 4 May 1956 and runs 160 minutes. It was dubbed into Tamil as Vetri Veeran.

What the story is about

With the emperor away, his kingdom is left in the hands of the weak satrap Mahipathi, and the ruthless army chief Prachanda seizes power and crushes the people. One of his victims is Rosayya, a retired soldier hounded to death by taxes. His son Pratap swears revenge and, with his friends Jogulu and Mallika, slips into the fort, gets the better of Prachanda and leaves him a warning. He then forms a band of rebels who rob the treasuries to help the poor, and Prachanda puts a price on the “bandit’s” head. When Jogulu kidnaps Mahipathi’s daughter Sobha, Pratap stages a rescue and returns her home, and the two begin to fall for each other, though she does not yet know who he really is.

Cast and crew

• N. T. Rama Rao as Pratap
• Anjali Devi as Shobha Devi
• R. Nageswara Rao as Prachanda
• Gummadi as the emperor
• C.S.R. as Mahipathi
• Relangi as Jogulu and Sowcar Janaki as Mallika

Director: T. Prakash Rao. Producer: Sundarlal Nahatha. Music: Ghantasala. Dialogue: Muddukrishna (uncredited).

Making and music

According to The Hindu’s retrospective, Sundarlal Nahatha bought the remake rights of Baadal, which had starred Premnath and Madhubala, for his first independent Telugu production. Muddukrishna wrote the dialogue, though his name appears neither in the titles nor in the songbook. Ghantasala wrote an original score rather than reuse the Hindi songs; the melody of “O Chandamama… Andaala Bhaama” resembles S. D. Burman’s “Ye Raat Ye Chandni Phir Kahan” from Jaal (1952).

Box office

Jayam Manade was a major commercial success, The Hindu reports, helped by its story, performances and music; no figures are given.

Where to watch Jayam Manade

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Jayam Manade and The Hindu retrospective it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.