''Aa Naluguru'' () is a 2004 Indian

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-language

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directed by

Chandra Siddhartha Chandra Siddhartha is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. He is known for his directorial works such as ''The Inscrutable Americans'' (2001) which premiered at Milan, New York, Atlanta, London ...

. The film stars

Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist, journalist & scholar who served as the first president of Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian Nationa ...

and

Aamani Aamani is an Indian actress who has predominantly appeared in Telugu films in addition to a few Tamil and Kannada films. She made her debut in a lead role opposite Naresh in the Telugu film '' Jamba Lakidi Pamba'' (1992), directed by E. V. V. ...

with music composed by

R. P. Patnaik Ravindra Prasad Patnaik is an Indian music composer, singer, actor, screenwriter and film director who works in Telugu, Kannada and Tamil. He won three Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards. He has toured the world to perform his live shows. ...

. It is produced by Sarita Patra, and P. Prem Kumar. The film won three

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and also screened at the AISFM Film Festival. It marked the return of Aamani to films after a gap of seven years. The film was later remade in

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in 2006 as '' Sirivantha''.

Plot

The film starts with two messengers of God coming to take the life of Raghuram. He is a kind-hearted idealistic individual who spends half of his income on charity work. He works as the editor of a newspaper. When his managing director asks him to publish tabloid photos to increase circulation, he is ready to resign and sell Papads instead of losing his value. Later he realizes his mistake and reappoints Raghuram as the editor and promises him not to involve in his duty. His wife Bharati, two sons Shekar and Chinna, and a daughter Revathi are quite against his helping attitude. His children compel him to get money for their career (bribe for a job), education (donation fee for engineering seat), and settling in the United States which he feels is completely wrong. He is forced to set aside his morality and take a loan from his neighbor, Kotayya. Unable to bear the defeat of his ideology and moral issues, he commits suicide by consuming poison the same day he gives money to his children. The rest of the film is about how his children and wife realize just how important he was as they prepare for his funeral. At last, everyone realizes that after death only love and affection will come with us so love the people and society.

Cast

as Raghu Ramayya *

as Bharathi *

Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has s ...

as Kotayya *

Subhalekha Sudhakar Suravajhala Sudhakar (born 19 November 1960), known by his stage name Subhalekha Sudhakar, is an Indian actor who works in Telugu and Tamil language films and television. Sudhakar's first Telugu film '' Subhalekha'' (1982) gained him wide reco ...

as Subramanyam *

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as Shekar, Raghu Ramayya's elder son *

Chalapathi Rao Chalapathi Rao (8 May 1944 – 24 December 2022) was an Indian actor and producer known for comedy and villainous roles in Telugu cinema. He acted in different roles in more than 600 films. Personal life and death Rao hailed from Baliparru, K ...

as Messenger of god *

Raghu Babu Yerra Raghu, known professionally as Raghu Babu, is a Telugu comedian well known for his comic expressions and timing. He has worked in many successful films in Telugu industry. He is the eldest son of famous comedian and character actor Giri B ...

as Messenger of god *

Suthi Velu Kurumaddali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (7 August 1947 – 16 September 2012), better known by his stage name Suthi Velu, was an Indian actor and comedian known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has acted in more than 200 films, and won four state ...

as Mallayya, Office Peon *Prem Kumar Patra as G. Venkat Rao, Raghu Ramyya's boss *Giridhar as Suri, Kotaiah's son *Pingpong Surya as Chinna, Raghu Ramayya's younger son *Revathi as Indira, Raghu Ramayya's daughter *Junior Relangi as astrologer *

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as Raghu Ramayya's mother (cameo appearance) *

Rajitha Rajitha is an Indian actress who works in Telugu films. She has been active since the late 1980s. Career Rajitha made her debut in film industry at the age of 18 with the Telugu movie, ''Brahma Rudrulu'' in which she portrayed Akkineni Nage ...

as Subramanyam's wife *Apoorva as Kotayya's wife

Music

Music was composed by

. Lyrics were written by Chaitanya Prasad. Music released on

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Company.

Awards

;

- 2004 * Best Feature Film - Gold - Sarita Patra * Best Actor - Rajendra Prasad * Best Character Actor - Kota Srinivasa Rao

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1601792 2004 films 2000s Telugu-language films Indian drama films Telugu films remade in other languages Films about women in India Social realism in film Films shot in Hyderabad, India Indian feminist films Films about brothers Films about old age Films based on adaptations Films about dysfunctional families Midlife crisis films Indian family films 2004 drama films 2000s feminist films