A married couple die in an accident, leaving behind a son. As he grows up and becomes successful, he comes across reincarnations of his father and mother as youngsters, and vows to bring them back together.
Acting
ANR's final role opposite his real son and grandson.
Direction
Vikram Kumar weaving three timelines without losing emotional thread.
Writing
Screenplay that pays off every setup across 80 years.
Director
Vikram Kumar
Nagarjuna Akkineni
Nageswar Rao / Seetharamudu / Bittu
Nageshwara Rao Akkineni
Chaitanya
Naga Chaitanya Akkineni
Nagarjuna / Radha Mohan
Shriya Saran
Rama Lakshmi / Anjali
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Krishna Veni / Priya
Brahmanandam
Girish Karnad
Ali Basha
Leonardo DiCaprio
Posani Krishna Murali
Inspector Dharma
Jayaprakash Reddy
Home Minister J.P.
Shankar Melkote
Yashwanth Rayudu
Saranya Ponvannan
Seetharamudu's Mother
Satya Krishnan
Lecturer
Tejaswi Madivada
Divya
M. S. Narayana
Father Francis
Duvvasi Mohan
Home Minister's Assistant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
ANR died in January 2014; Manam released in May. His scenes were his final performance, making the film's meditation on mortality almost unbearably meta.
The Akkineni family—ANR, Nagarjuna, Naga Chaitanya—had never shared screen space before. This was essentially Tollywood royalty documenting its own dynasty.
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