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Running time 169 minutes Country India Language Telugu Maro Charitra ( lit. Another History) is a 1978 Indian film written and directed.

It stars and in the lead with appearing in prominent roles. The film deals with romance between a boy and a girl. Upon release, it was commercially successful and remains a cult classic. Owing to its success in, the film was released in the neighboring states of and without being dubbed into the respective languages. Balachander won a at the in 1979. Later in 1981, Balachander remade the film in as with Kamal Haasan reprising his role. Saritha, the female lead, was, however, replaced by actress.

5.1 surround sound music mp3 tamil songs free download. The Hindi remake became a success as well. Both the films were listed among 's 100 greatest Indian films of all time in 2013. Contents • • • • • • • • • • Plot [ ] The story revolves around a Telugu girl and Tamil boy who fall in love. Their families interfere and ask them to stay away from each other for a whole year which results in a tragic end. Cast [ ] • as Balu • as Swapna • as Sandhya • • Kakinada Syamala • as K. Venkateswara Rao • Jaya Vijaya as Kanakam • as Pattabhi Production [ ] Rama Arangannal, who produced Balachander's previous films agreed to produce the film. Balachander decided to launch Kamal as a lead actor in upon the latter's request.

Kamal had entered Telugu cinema through the director's (1976), albeit playing a supporting role. That was followed by a dubbed version of the Tamil film released during the same period. As both the films had a 100-day run at the theatres, Kamal was approached by many Telugu film producers. The actor had to refuse all the offers citing that he wanted to be launched as a lead actor through a film directed by Balachander, his mentor. As Kamal is a Tamil, Balachander characterised his role as a Tamil man who falls in love with a Telugu girl and developed the screenplay. Most of Kamal's dialogues were in Tamil. The film was made by Balachander with the sole intention of introducing Kamal Haasan as a lead actor in Telugu cinema.

Having chosen the male lead, Balachander was on a lookout for a female counterpart. As the film deals with cross-cultural romance, he decided to cast a new actor to play the female lead. To choose the character, he auditioned a number of girls and finally ended up choosing a 'dark-skinned girl with big eyes' named Abhilasha, who was in tenth grade. Though the members of the production unit were unsatisfied with her dark complexion and for being fat. Balachander went ahead in finalising her for the role as he felt she had a look and was of the right age to fit in the role. Later, she was rechristened by Balachander himself. In a 2005 interview with The Hindu, she said that she was the 162nd girl to be auditioned for the film, while also noting that she did not even look good in the photographs that was sent to Balachander.