''Bangaaru Kalalu'' () is a 1974

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, produced by

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under

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banner and directed by

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. It stars

Akkineni Nageswara Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1923 – 22 January 2014), widely known as ANR, was an Indian actor and producer, known for his works majorly in Telugu cinema. He starred in many landmark films in his seventy five-year career, and became on ...

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and

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, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film was based on

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's novel of the same name.

Plot

The film begins with Purushotham a rectitude who has two sons Ravi & Venu and also rears a girl Saroja daughter of Lakshmi who used to be a governess to his children. Saroja is entrapped and deceived by a vicious Seshagiri when everyone assumes she is dead. After five years, Ravi in search of a job meets his father's friend Raja Rao when his daughter Jyoth loves Ravi, and with his aid Ravi start-up the industry. Once, on the occasion of Jyothi's birthday, Ravi is surprised to see Saroja as a dancer. Perturbed Ravi secretly meets her when she reveals the betrayal of Seshagiri and also regarding her baby girl, Uma. Now Ravi takes up the responsibility for the baby and accommodates Saroja as a nurse at his friend Dr. Prasad. Parallelly, Ravi prospers and Purushotham & Raja Rao fixes the alliance of Ravi & Jyothi. At this junction, Chidambaram a sly maternal uncle of Ravi joins as his manager who shacks hands with Seshagiri, both of them make-believe that Ravi has illicit relations with Saroja and also exploits Venu to sue his brother. Here Ravi faces a lot of humiliation but withstands it. Soon, they all realize his virtue after witnessing Saroja. At this point, shockingly, Seshagiri is spotted dead and Ravi incriminates himself. Just before the judgment, Purushotham arrives & announces himself as the homicide and also affirms Saroja as his daughter. At last, Purushotham passes away. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Ravi & Jyothi.

Cast

as Ravi *

as Saroja *

as Jyothi *

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as Purushotham *

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as Raja Rao * Satyanarayana as Seshagiri * Raja Babu as Venu *

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as Chidambaram *

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as Dr.Prasad * Bhanu Prakash * Chitti Babu as Narasimham * Suryakantam as Jamuna Bai * Mamatha as Radha * Meena Kumari * Pushpalata * Sumathi Koushil * Baby Anuradha as Uma

Crew

*Art: G. V. Subba Rao *Choreography: Heeralal, Sundaram *Dialogues: Madhukuri Johnson, Gopi *Lyrics:

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 ...

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*Playback: Ghantasala,

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, V. Ramakrishna,

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, Raghuram *Music: S. Rajeswara Rao *Story:

*Editing: M. S. Mani *Cinematography: P. S. Selvaraj *Producer:

*Screenplay - Director:

*Banner:

*Release Date: 4 June 1974

Soundtrack

Music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. Music released on Audio Company.

Other

* VCDs & DVDs on - VOLGA Videos,

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References

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1974 films Indian drama films Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao Films based on Indian novels 1970s Telugu-language films Films directed by Adurthi Subba Rao Films based on novels by Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani {{1970s-Telugu-film-stub