''Murali Krishna'' is a 1964

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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 V. Venkateswarlu under the Padmasri Pictures banner and directed by P. Pullaiah. 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 Jamuna, with music composed by

Master Venu Madduri Venugopal better known as Master Venu (1916–1981) was an Indian music composer of the Telugu and Tamil cinemas and the father of the actor Bhanu Chander. He was born 1916 in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India and died 1981 in Chenn ...

Plot

The film begins with Murali the only daughter of retired army officer Bhayankar. She falls in love with young and energetic Dr. Krishna and they marry. Murali is impressed by a self-portrait painted by Kantam; mistaking him for a woman Murali keeps in contact with him through letters. Surprisingly, one day, Murali gets a letter from him declaring himself a man called Laxmikantam and that he is in love with her. At that moment, Murali's bestie Srilatha tells her to end the matter but she decides to undergo a Srilatha marriage with Kantam. The act makes Murali's life miserable; unfortunately, Kantham is a friend of Krishna, and, on learning of the love affair and realizing the girl is his wife, he decides to unite them by sacrificing his love. He quietly serves divorce papers to Murali and leaves the city. Murali collapses and she realizes the truth through Kantam's letter. Nevertheless, she requests Srilatha to marry Kantam and moves to her father Bhayankar's house where she faces his bereavement. In the meantime, Srilatha marries Kantham by narrating the entire story. On the other side, Krishna establishes a hospital in a remote village and everyone in that area credits him for his amiable nature. Once, the village Zamindar Raghuramaiah is admitted to the hospital in a serious condition when Krishna saves him. Poornima the daughter of Zamindar is a widow who loves Krishna. Fortunately, Murali lands as a nurse in the nearby town hospital as Karuna. Murali & Poornima get acquainted with each other and becomes good friends. Murali understands Poornima's feelings, she wants to fix her alliance with Krishna without knowing the reality and she too convinces Raghuramaiah. Now Murali steps to talk with Krishna and she gets shocked by seeing him, even though she decides to do so the act. Murali leaves a letter to Krishna regarding the matter and leaves the village. Here Krishna recognizes her handwriting and immediately rushes for her. Eventually, Kantham & Srilatha find out Krishna's address, reach there, and reveals the truth. Meanwhile, Murali meets with an accident and she has been brought to Krishna's hospital. Dismayed Krishna is not able to perform the surgery, Poornima motivates him and he stands up with courage and saves Murali.

Cast

as Dr. Krishna * Jamuna as Murali *

S. V. Ranga Rao Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao (3 July 1918 – 18 July 1974), popularly known as SVR, was an Indian actor, producer, and director known for his works majorly in Telugu and Tamil films. He is regarded as one of the finest actors in the history of ...

as Col. Bhayankar * Gummadi as Raghuramaiah * Haranath as Lakshmikantham *

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 Vaikuntanatha Varma *

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 Koti *

Peketi Sivaram Peketi Sivaram (Telugu: పేకేటి శివరాం) (8 October 1918 – 30 December 2006) was an Indian actor and director.http://www.cinegoer.com/archives/december2006/peketi.htm Life sketch He was born on 8 October 1918 in Pekeru ...

as Lakshmikantham's Friend * Suryakantham as Lavanyam * Sharada as Srilatha *

Geetanjali __NOTOC__ ''Gitanjali'' ( bn, গীতাঞ্জলি, lit='Song offering') is a collection of poems by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature, for the English translation, Gitanjali:''Song Offer ...

as Poornima * L. Vijayalakshmi as Dancer * Jhansi as Parvatham

Crew

*Art: G. V. Subba Rao *Choreography: Vempati Satyam *Dialogues:

Acharya Aatreya Acharya Aatreya (born Kilambi Venkata Narasimhacharyulu ) (7 May 1921 – 13 September 1989) was an Indian poet, lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He received the state Nandi Award fo ...

*Lyrics:

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 ...

Dasaradhi . Daasarathi krishnamacharya, popularly known as Daasarathi, also spelled as Daasharathi (22 July 1925 – 5 November 1987) () was a Telugu poet and writer. Daasarathi holds the titles ''Abhyudhaya kavi'' and ''Kalaprapurna''. He was also the ...

, Acharya Aatreya *Playback: Ghantasala,

P. Susheela Pulapaka Susheela (born 13 November 1935), popularly known as P. Susheela, is an Indian playback singer associated with the South Indian cinema primarily from Andhra Pradesh for over six decades. She is one of the greatest and best-known playba ...

S. Janaki Sistla Janaki (born 23 April 1938) is an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer from Andhra Pradesh. She is referred to respectfully as "Janaki Amma" and Nightingale of South India. She is one of the best-known playback singers in ...

, Jamuna Rani *Music:

*Story: P. Radha *Editing: R. Hanumantha Rao *Cinematography: Madhav Bulbule *Producer: V. Venkateswarlu *Screenplay - Director: P. Pullaiah *Banner: Padmasri Pictures *Release Date: 14 February 1964

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. The song "Nee Sukhame Ne Koruthunna" is a blockbuster. Music released on Audio Company.

References

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External links

Murali Krishna film at IMDb.
1964 films Indian black-and-white films 1960s Telugu-language films Films directed by P. Pullayya Films scored by Master Venu