'' Kaboye Alludu'' ( Would be Son-in-law) is a 1987

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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 M. Chandra Kumar under the P.V.S. Films banner and directed by

Relangi Narasimha Rao Relangi Narasimha Rao (born 30 September 1951) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominently works in Telugu cinema. He is well known for his comedy films, especially his collaborations with actors Chandra Mohan and Rajendra Pras ...

. It stars

Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist, journalist & scholar who served as the first president of Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian Nationa ...

, Chandra Mohan,

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, Kalpana and music composed by Chakravarthy. It was released on 27 March 1987.

Plot

The film begins with an avaricious couple Govinda Rao & Meenakshi. They lavish a vast sum of dowry for the son Prasad and knit a rich alliance with daughter Rekha without a dowry. However, Prasad is against dowry and falls for Saroja with the same intentions. So, Govinda Rao silently acquires 10 lakhs of dowry from Saroja's father. Before long, the truth is outs when Prasad & Saroja feud to recover the amount. Meanwhile, Govinda Rao finds a guy Rajesh for Rekha, son of a jet-set Peddapuram Siddhaiah. Right now, Govinda Rao finalizes the match, Siddhaiah is about to leave for a foreign trip, so, he informs his son through a letter to halt at Govinda Rao's residence until his return. Besides, two petty thieves, Rambabu & his friend, fortuitously uncover the letter. At present, the tricksters land therein and utilize the fortune, yet Rambabu loves Rekha. After 3 months, Siddhaiah backs and necks them out when Rekha is pregnant, cognizing it, Siddhaiah calls off the match. Thereupon, the elders decide to couple up Rekha with Rambabu when he seeks 2 lakhs of dowry and Govinda Rao is unable to raise the fund. Eventually, Rambabu follows with another nuptial when Govinda Rao realizes his mistake and collapses. At last, Prasad & Rambabu affirm it as a play to reform them against the dowry system. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Rambabu & Rekha.

Cast

as Prasad * Chandra Mohan as Rambabu / Rajesh *

as Rekha *Kalpana as Saroja *

Gollapudi Maruthi Rao Gollapudi Maruti Rao (14 April 1939 – 12 December 2019) was an Indian actor, screenwriter, dramatist, playwright, columnist and dialogue writer known for his works in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu Literature. Rao acted in over 250 ...

as Govinda Rao *

Suthi Veerabhadra Rao Sutti Veerabhadra Rao or Mamidipalli Veerabhadra Rao was a very popular south Indian film actor who played comedians and character artists, as well as a renowned radio and theater artist. Early life Veerabhadra Rao was the only son, and had tw ...

as Saroja 's father *

Suthi Velu Kurumaddali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (7 August 1947 – 16 September 2012), better known by his stage name Suthi Velu, was an Indian actor and comedian known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has acted in more than 200 films, and won four state ...

as Rambabu's sidekick *

Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has s ...

as Peddapuram Siddhaiah *

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 Manager Venkateswara Rao *Kaasi Viswanath as Maddelapalem Madana Gopala Manmadha Rao *KK Sarma *Chidatala Appa Rao as Compounder Appa Rao *

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as Chandramma * Anuradha as

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as Meenakshi

Soundtrack

Soundtrack composed by

K. Chakravarthy K. Chakravarthi (born Kommineni Appa Rao; 8 September 1936 – 3 February 2002) was an Indian music director who primarily worked in Telugu cinema. He made his debut with in 1971 with ''Mooga Prema'' and went on compose music for over 949 films ...

was released through AVM Audio music label. Lyrics were written by

C. Narayana Reddy Cingireddi Narayana Reddy (29 July 1931 – 12 June 2017), popularly known as CiNaRe, was an Indian Telugu-language poet and writer. Reddy had produced over eighty literary works including poems, prose-plays, lyrical plays, translations, a ...

and

Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (born Chembolu Seetharama Sastry; 20 May 1955 – 30 November 2021) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acquired the stage name Sirivennela after writing the ...

References

External links

{{Relangi Narasimha Rao Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Films directed by Relangi Narasimha Rao Indian comedy films 1980s Telugu-language films