Matti Manushulu

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{{Infobox film

| name = Matti Manushulu

| director = B. Narsing Rao

| producer = K. Mukherjee
Veda Kumar

| writer = B. Narsing Rao

| screenplay = B. Narsing Rao

| story = B. Narsing Rao

| starring = Archana

Moin Ali Beg

| cinematography = Apurba Kishore Bir

| released = {{Film date|1990}}

| music = Ilaiyaraaja

| runtime = 1hr 27 min

| country = India

| language = Telugu

| budget =

}}

Matti Manushulu ({{Translation|The Mud People}}) is a 1990 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by B. Narsing Rao starring Archana.{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19890615-award-winning-b.-narasinga-rao-brings-quality-to-telugu-cinema-816201-1989-06-15 |title=Award-winning B. Narasinga Rao brings quality to Telugu cinema |website=India Today |date=15 June 1989 |access-date=2020-02-26}} The film won the Best Feature Film in Telugu at the 38th National Film Awards, "For portraying the stark reality of pain which has been underlined with the warm hues of life" as cited by the Jury.{{Cite web |url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/79_38thNfacatalogue.pdf |title=38th National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=9 January 2012}}

Plot

The film explores the lives of woman labourers and construction workers of Urban India.

International honors

The film won Diploma of Merit award at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival in 1991.{{Cite web |url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20081221/1134082.html |title=Telugu creative genius Narsingh Rao's films regale Delhi |date=2008-12-21 |publisher=News.webindia123.com |access-date=2012-08-27}} The film was subsequently screened at the 1990 International Film Festival of India.{{Cite web |url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/134_IPCatalogue1990.pdf |title=1990 IFFI |website=Iffi.nic.in |access-date=20 August 2016}}

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