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-language

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

, produced by S. Ramalingaraju under the Tarakanama Movies banner and directed by

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. It stars

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, Chandra Mohan and

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, with music composed by Saluri Vasu Rao. It was released on 1 January 1987. The film is the debut of actress ''Seetha'' in the Telugu film industry.

Plot

The film begins in a village where a rich landlord Viswanatham has 3 daughters Devi, Swarna, and Mamatha respectively; and a son Manohar. The first two got married and the sons-in-law Govardhanam & Lakshmikanth are greedy for Viswanatham's wealth. Wherefore, they pretend fake affection for him. Here, Viswanatham's brother-in-law whom he calls by various names claims them as deceptive which he denies. Meanwhile, Viswanatham receives a letter from his childhood friend Udaya Bhaskaram that his son is visiting their village. But, unfortunately, he is overdue when Vidyasagar a journalist lands therein whom they mistake as Udaya Bhaskaram's son and gives hospitality. Currently, Vidyasagar & Mamatha falls in love. After some time, the truth comes forward when Mamatha quits the house and knits Vidyasagar. Meanwhile, Viswanatham & his brother-in-law move for a pilgrimage, and the bus they are traveling meets with a disastrous accident in which Viswanatham dies. Thereafter, his children receive a funny will in which it is written that Viswanatham's fixed deposit amount of 50 lakhs is picked up by the daughter who takes divorced or widowed. Therefrom, a comic tale when the 3 couples take divorce. At last, it is revealed that Viswanatham is alive and made a play to find out whether his children's affection is true or false. Finally, everyone apologizes to him and the movie ends on a happy note with Viswanatham performing the remarriage of his daughters & sons-in-law.

Cast

as Vidyasagar * Chandra Mohan as Lakshmikanth *

as Mamatha *

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as Govardhanam *

Dasari Narayana Rao Dasari Narayana Rao (4 May 1947 – 30 May 2017) was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, lyricist, and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, in addition to Hindi cinema. He has directed more than 150 ...

as himself (Guest) *

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as Viswanatham *

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as Various Names *

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as Lawyer Dharmalingam *

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as Justice Paramahamsa *

Raavi Kondala Rao Raavi Kondala Rao (11 February 1932 – 28 July 2020) was an Indian actor, screenwriter, playwright, and journalist who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acted in over 400 films. He won Nandi Award for Best Story Writer for '' Pe ...

as Govardhanam's Manager *

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as Lawyer Nookaraju *Eeswar Rao as Manohar *

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as Beggar *Krishna Chaitanya as Bus Conductor *Gadiraju Subba Raju as Client * Sulakshana as Swarna *

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as Jayasila *Manochitra as Devi *

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as Bank Manager *Dubbing Janaki as Dharmalingam's wife *Kalpana Rai as Vidyaratnam

Crew

*Art: Somanath, Bhaskara Rao *Choreography: Anthony, Raju, Nambiraju *Lyrics:

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*Playback:

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, V. Ramakrishna, Madhavapeddi Ramesh,

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, S. P. Sailaja *Story: Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy *Dialogues: Diwakar Babu *Music: Saluri Vasu Rao *Editing: D. Rajagopal *Cinematography: B. Koteswara Rao *Publicity Designer: Lanka Bhaskar *Producer: S. Ramalinga Raju *Screenplay- Director:

*Banner: Tharakanama Movies

Soundtrack

Music composed by Saluri Vasu Rao was released through

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. Lyrics were written by

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Others

* VCDs and DVDs on - Santosh Video Company,

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