Mannina Maga

Mannina Maga
Directed byGeethapriya
Written byGeethapriya
Screenplay byGeethapriya
Produced by
  • M. V. Venkatachalam
  • Alexander
Starring
CinematographyV. Manohar
Edited byBal G. Yadav
Music byVijaya Bhaskar
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Mannina Maga (pronunciation transl.Son of the soil) is a 1968 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by Geethapriya marking his debut as a solo in film-direction. The film stars Rajkumar, Kalpana and Jayakumari. Produced by Sudarshan Movies banner and written by Geethapriya, the film received rave reviews and went on to win National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada and ran for more than 100 days in cinema halls.

Bangalore Mirror had reported that the attitude of the heroine of rejecting the city for a village life was rare, an affirmation of the possibility or, the difficulty, of sustaining community life in a city is more common.