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-language

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, produced by

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and directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao. It stars

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and

Jayalalithaa Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016) was an Indian politician and actress who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years over six terms between 1991 and 2016. From 9 February 1989 to 5 December 2 ...

, with music composed by

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. The film was remade in Tamil as ''

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'' and in Hindi as ''

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''. The storyline was also an inspiration for the 2008 Telugu film ''

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'' (2008).

Plot

The film begins in a Zamindary family, Janardhan Rao, its paterfamilias, holds high esteem in society. He lives along with his wife Kaasulamma, two sons Krishna, & Bhaskar/ Bachi, and an infant daughter Ammulu. The elder one Krishna is altruistic whereas the younger Bachi is a vagabond. Since Krishna is the stepbrother to Bachi, he always shows resentment. Krishna is in a crush on her maternal aunt Rajyalakshmi's daughter Radha. Besides, Bachi's misdeeds increase day by day, and Janardhan Rao cuts his allowance. So, he attempts theft when his father collapses from a heart attack. Before dying, he entrusts the entire authority to Krishna and secretly reveals a hidden treasure of their family hierarchy. Here, homicidal Bachi ploys to drown Krishna and forges in an accident. Knowing it, Ammulu becomes terminally ill due to angst about Krishna. Now, Rajayalakshmi decides to hand over the property to Bachi and knit Radha with him. Whereat, her son Prasad wants to prevent injustice. At that juncture, fortuitously, he spots a person Seenu who resembles Krishna. Prasad seeks his help, trains him well and he infiltrates Krishna. Here, Bachi is not ready to accept it, so, he makes various attempts to falsify Seenu but in vain. At present, Rajyalakshmi decides the nuptial of Krishna & Radha when perturbed Prasad divulges the reality. Thereupon, Seenu affirms himself as Krishna who has escaped from death and entered in disguise to reform his brother which no one believes and he is thrown out. During that plight, Krishna remembers the hidden treasure through which he brings out his veracity. Bachi follows and again tries to slaughter him. In the combat, Krishna rescues Baachi against harm. At last, Baachi repents and pleads for pardon from Krishna. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Krishna & Radha.

Cast

as Krishna / Seenu *

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as Radha *

Jaggayya Kongara Jaggayya (31 December 1928 – 5 March 2004) was an Indian actor, littérateur, journalist, lyricist, dubbing artist and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was known as ''Kanchu Kantham J ...

as Bhaskar "Bachi" * Gummadi as Zamindar Jannardhan Rao *

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as Diwanji * Relangi as Prasadam * Chadalavada as Miriyala Parathpara Rao *

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* G. Varalakshmi as Rajyalakshmi * Suryakantam as Kasulamma * Girija as Varam * ''Baby'' Padmini as Ammalu

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. The song "Soggade Chinni Nayana" was used as the title of a 2016 film.

Accolades

Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu The Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The award was first given in 1964 for films released around 1963. Here is a list of the award winners a ...

–

(1966) * Nandi Award for Third Best Feature Film - Bronze (1966)

References

External links

* {{Filmfare Best Telugu Film 1960s Telugu-language films 1966 films Films directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Telugu films remade in other languages