The Word in Heart) is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy and starring Jagapathi Babu, Srikanth and Mahima Chaudhary.

Due to Shankar's antipathies toward love, but on request of Vasanth, he walks to view his friend's sweetheart.

On Radhika's wedding, she elopes with Raghu, which leads to the mortification of Shankar's family and his father's death.

Besides, Shankar fixes Priya's alliance as grief-stricken; she approaches Vasanth and expresses her passion, which he denies, and consumes poison.

Griddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot praised the presence of both a strong friendship and a beautiful love story.

[5] A critic from Andhra Today wrote that "Produced on Chandrakiran Films and directed by S.V.Krishna Reddy, known for neat entertainers, Manasulo Maata is a fresh treatment to a love story".

[7] In an interview, Ravi Kishore held himself responsible for the film's failure as he "failed to produce it in an effective way".