''Eedu Jodu'' () is a 1963 Indian

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-language film produced and directed by

K. B. Tilak Korlipara Balagangadhara Tilak (14 January 1926 – 23 September 2010), popularly known as K. B. Tilak, was an Indian independence activist, film director and producer. Early life He was born at Denduluru in West Godavari district, Andhra P ...

. The film stars Jaggayya, Jamuna,

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, Chalam and Manimala. It was released on 17 May 1963 and became a commercial success. The director remade the film in Hindi in 1971 as '' Kangan''.

Plot

Cast

* Jaggayya as Venu * Jamuna as Santha *

as Lakshmipathy * Chalam as Anji * Manimala as Sobha * T. V. Ramana Reddy as Chalapati * Chadalavada as Rangamma's husband * K. V. S. Sharma as Lakshmipathy's guru *

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as Rangamma *

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as Sundaramma * Malathi as Parvathamma *

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as Ramalingachari

Production

''Eedu Jodu'' was produced and directed by

under Anupama Films, and written by S. R. Pinisetty. Cinematography was handled by V. V. Ram Chowdary, and editing by C. H. Venkateswara Rao. The film was the debut of Manimala, who played Sobha, in

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. While some scenes were shot at Narasu Studios and Prasad Productions, ''Eedu Jodu'' was predominantly filmed in a bungalow owned by Tilak's friend, Ch. Subbarao in Nungambakkam,

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. The song "Idhemi Lahiri Idhemi Gaaradi" was filmed at

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, and

K. S. Prakash Rao Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao (1914–1996) was an Indian film director, producer, actor and cinematographer known for his works in Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi films. In 1977 he won the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada for ''Ganda Hendt ...

directed the song "Pancharu Pancharu Pancharu" at Tilak's request as Tilak had other commitments. When Tilak contracted fever, he asked his friend Pratibha Sastri to direct a scene picturised on Venu ( Jaggayya) and Santha ( Jamuna) to avoid production delays; Sastri agreed, and completed a day's work. A scene where Lakshmipathy (

) asks Santha to remove her ''

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'' was found to be objectionable by G. P. Sastry of the

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, so it was removed and replaced with a divorce scene.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Pendyala, and the lyrics were written by

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Release and reception

''Eedu Jodu'' was released on 17 May 1963, and became a commercial success. The film was remade in

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

as '' Kangan'' (1971), with Tilak again directing.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=7284340 1960s Telugu-language films Films directed by K. B. Tilak Telugu films remade in other languages