''Ilavelpu'' () is a 1956

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-language

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

, produced by

L. V. Prasad Akkineni Laxmi Vara Prasada Rao (17 January 1907 – 22 June 1994), known professionally as L. V. Prasad, was an Indian film director, producer, actor, and businessman. He was one of the pioneers of Indian cinema and is the recipient of the Dad ...

under the Lakshmi Productions banner and directed by

D. Yoganand Dasari Yoganand (16 April 1922 – 23 November 2006) was a South Indian film director. Early life Yoganand was born in Madras under British India. His parents were Venkata Das, estate manager under Nawaab Raza Ali Khan of Machilipatnam, and La ...

. 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 ...

Anjali Devi Anjali Devi (; 24 August 1927 – 13 January 2014) was an Indian actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films. She was well known for her role as the Devi Sita in ''Lava Kusa'' as well as for the titular roles in movies like Chenchu ...

and Jamuna, with music composed by Susarla Dakshina Murthy. The film is a remake of the

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film ''

Edhir Paradhathu ''Edhir Paradhathu'' () is a 1954 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Ch. Narayana Moorthy and written by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini, with V. Nagayya, S. V. Sahasranamam, S. Varalakshmi and Frie ...

'' (1954). The film was a box office hit.

Plot

Kantha Rao (Gummadi) is a landlord and a widower, and his son Shekar (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) studies for B.A. Shekar uncle's Mukunda Rao's (Dr. Sivaramakrishnayya) daughter Sarala (Jamuna) loves him. But Sarala's mother Seshamma (Suryakantham) is a very aggressive woman and Shekar stays away from his uncle's family thinking that Sarala might have her mother's qualities. Sarala's brother (Relangi) roams outside the house to escape the torture of his mother. Kantha Rao's lands are tilled by Chandrayya (A. L. Narayana) and his daughter is Sarada (Anjali Devi). Sharada grows up in an ashram as her mother dies in her childhood. She is well versed in Sanskrit and Telugu along with has spiritual ideologies. Once, Shekar visits the ashram and meets Sharada there. He respects her ideologies, falls in love, and proposes to her. Sharada says that she also admires Shekar, but in a way, a fellow human being is liked, but not loved. Instead of giving up, Shekar repeatedly requests her to accept his love. Sharada finally says she would talk to her parents and let them know. When Shekar leaves for China to study further, his flight meets with an accident. Everybody thinks he has died in that accident. Sharada and Sarala get distraught with the news and the story takes a huge twist. Sharada gets forced to marry Sekhar's father Kantha Rao in dramatic circumstances. This is when Shekar saves himself from the accident and returns. He feels shocked seeing his lover in the position of the mother in the house. Sharada requests Shekar to marry Sarala and makes him agree to the wedding. But Sarala has her suspicions about Shekar and Sharada and always thinks they both have something else in mind. Shekar gets upset with this and leaves the house. Sharada gives her life in sacrifice and Shekar and Sarala unite again – eventually making the house a paradise again. Sharada gets all the prayers as the family deity (Ilavelpu) of the house.

Cast

as Sekhar *

as Sharada * Jamuna as Sarala * Gummadi as Kantha Rao * Relangi *

Ramana Reddy Ramana Reddy (1 October 1921 – 11 November 1974) was an Indian character actor, comedian and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning 24 years, he acted in more than 200 movies. Ramana Reddy and Relangi ...

as Govinda Rao * Chalam as Mohan * R. Nageswara Rao as Nannagaru * Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah as Mukunda Rao *

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as Chitti *

Allu Ramalingaiah Allu Ramalingaiah (1 October 1922 – 31 July 2004) was an Indian character actor, comedian, and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. In 1990, He was honoured with the Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema. In 1998, he rec ...

as Manager *

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as Seshamma * Krishna Kumari as Padma *

Surabhi Kamalabai Surabhi Kamalabai (1913–1977) was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu theatre and Telugu cinema. She has the distinction of being the first Telugu actress in a talkie film with '' Bhakta Prahlada'' (1932), directed by H. M. Reddy. She play ...

Soundtrack

Music composed by

Susarla Dakshinamurthi Susarla Dakshinamurthi Jr. (Telugu: సుసర్ల దక్షిణామూర్తి; 1921 – 2012) was an Indian music composer, playback singer, record producer, Carnatic musician, multi-instrumentalist,Ilavelpu in Naati 101 Chitral ...

References

External links

* {{D. Yoganand Indian drama films 1956 films 1950s Telugu-language films Films scored by Susarla Dakshinamurthi Indian black-and-white films Telugu remakes of Tamil films Films directed by D. Yoganand 1956 drama films