''Andaman Ammayi'' () is a 1979

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-language

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, produced by T. Govindarajan under the Venus Combines banner and directed by

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. It stars

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, and music composed by

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. The film is a remake of the

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film ''

Andaman Kadhali ''Andaman Kadhali'' () is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan, produced by Muktha Ramaswamy and written by A. S. Prakasam. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Chandra Mohan and Thengai Srinivasan. It was rele ...

'' (1978). It was released on 15 June 1979.

Plot

The film begins with a turtle dove Shekar & Chandra are lovebirds at Andaman whose love blossoms on the island and is secretly knitted. Once Chandra suffers severe fever and Shekar hurries for the doctor when Dr. Vedantha Rao heckles and makes fun of him. In that anger, Shekar strikes him and he dies. Frightened, Shekar escapes from the island while traveling he rescues a rich man on the deck who shelters him, and before dying, he places Shekar as the guardian of his property & daughter Kavitha. After 20 years, Shekar becomes a millionaire and cared for Kavitha more than his life. Once Kavitha wants to visit an art exhibition at Andaman, with a little bit of hesitation Shekar moves. After reaching there Shekar is surprised to see Dr. Vedantha Rao alive when he makes him remember the past and the doctor feels ashamed for his deed and apologizes to Shekar. He requests Shekar to stay with him and he too helps in identifying his wife. Parallelly, in the exhibition, Kavitha gets acquainted with a modern sculptor Madan and falls for him. But he refuses her love then Shekar hits Madan to marry Kavitha for which he is ready to pay anything. Here Madan demands to find his cowardly father who has cheated on his mother. To accomplish his life ambition of making a statue of himself and naming it a cheater. Shekar agrees with it when Madan keeps a condition that the person whom he is going to show must be accepted by his mother. Immediately, Shekar goes in contact with Madan's mother shockingly, she is none other than Chandra when their hearts are melted with joy at the reunion. After that, Shekar clarifies how situations divided them and also asks her to reveal the truth to Madan. But Chandra refuses, as she well knows what would happen the next minute. Here Shekar challenges he will bring out the reality under any circumstances. From there onwards, Shekar tries in many ways to expose his identity through Chandra but fails. At last, Shekar decides to commit suicide to make Chandra come out. At the same time, Madan witnesses the marriage photograph of Shekar & Chandra when he understands the virtue of his father. Soon, Madan rushes, rescues Shekar, and says that now he will make his statue to worship. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Madan & Kavitha.

Cast

as Shekar *

as Chandra * Chandra Mohan as Madan *

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as Dr. Vedantha Rao * Rallapalli as Hanuman Prasad *Potti Prasad *

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as Bhanumathi *

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as Rajamma * Madhavi as Puppy *Lakshmi Sri as Kavitha *Baby Varalakshmi as Rani

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Lyrics were written by

Acharya Aatreya Acharya Aatreya (born Kilambi Venkata Narasimhacharyulu ) (7 May 1921 – 13 September 1989) was an Indian poet, lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He received the state Nandi Award fo ...

References

External links

* {{V. Madhusudhana Rao 1979 drama films 1979 films Films directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Indian drama films Telugu remakes of Tamil films