''Bratuku Teruvu'' () is a 1953 Telugu-language

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, produced by Kovelamudi Bhaskar Rao under the Bhaskar Productions banner and directed by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao. 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 ...

and Savitri, with music composed by Ghantasala. The film was also dubbed in

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as ''Bale Raman'' (1956), remade in

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as ''

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'' (1969) and later in Tamil as ''

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'' (1972).

Plot

Mohan Rao (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) is an unemployed graduate who suffers from poverty & debts and he is the only person to nourish his huge family. So, he reaches the town in search of a job but could not succeed. Desperate, Mohan understands the reality, so, he changes his attire and starts a new life. Once he gets acquainted with a Zamindar Balasaheb (S. V. Ranga Rao) who appreciates his intelligence and offers him a job provided he should be alone. Mohan joins in the job lying as a single to feed his family. After completion of studies, Balasaheb's daughter Meena (Savitri) returns home and starts loving Mohan. Now the situation becomes delicate, Mohan is in a dichotomy and not able to reveal the truth. On the double, in the village, Mohan's sister Kotamma (Suryakantham) steals the money sent by him. Learning it, their mother leaves the house along with Mohan's family and reaches the town in search of Mohan. Accidentally, Mohan meets them and keeps them separately. Eventually, Mohan's house in the village is occasioned by debtors. So, Kotamma & her husband Lokabhi Ramaiah (Relangi) also reach the town and takes shelter at Bhushaiah's house, the friend of Balasaheb. Mohan spots and brings them back. At present, Mohan leads a double life and makes a daring effort to avoid all parties knowing the truth. Meanwhile, Balasaheb makes Meena's marriage proposal with Mohan by luring him with a lot of money to which Mohan gets attracted. He decides to conceive his family so that everyone can live happily. The rest of the story is about what happens?

Cast

Akkineni Nageshwara 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 ...

as Mohan Rao * Savitri as Meena *

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as Lalitha * S. V. Ranga Rao as Zamindar Balasaheb * Relangi as Lokabhi Ramaiah * Suryakantam as Kotamma

Soundtrack

Music composed by Ghantasala. Lyrics were written by

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. The song ''Andame Aanandam'' is an evergreen blockbuster.

Bale Raman (Tamil) Songs

The music was composed by T. A. Kalyanam. Lyrics were by Kanaga Surabhi. Playback singers are Ghantasala,

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, P. Seenivasan,

P. Leela Porayathu Leela (19 May 1934 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian playback singer, Carnatic vocalist and a music director. She has recorded more than 5,000 songs in various Indian languages including Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, ...

Jikki Pillavalu Gajapathy Krishnaveni (3 November 1935 – 16 August 2004), more famously known as Jikki, was an Indian playback singer from Andhra Pradesh. She sang around 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, and Sinhalese langua ...

, A. P. Komala & Udutha Sarojini. All the tunes for all the songs for both languages are the same. The song ''Engume Aanandham Aanandhame Jeevanin Magarandham'' is still very popular.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0263155 1953 films 1950s Telugu-language films Indian black-and-white films Telugu films remade in other languages Films scored by Ghantasala (musician) Indian drama films Films directed by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao 1953 drama films Films scored by C. R. Subbaraman Films scored by T. A. Kalyanam