''Pooja Phalam'' () is a 1964 Indian

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directed and co-written by

B. N. Reddy Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy (16 November 1908 – 8 November 1977), professionally known as B. N. Reddy, was an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was an early figure in the Telugu cinema. Many of his earlier films like ''Vand ...

. 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 ...

, Savitri and Jamuna, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film is based on the novel ''Poojari'', written by Munipalle Raju.

Plot

Madhu is a Zamindar who is a very gullible person and everyone laughs at him. Once he meets a beautiful girl, Vasanthi who stays in a portion of his house. Vasanthi becomes very friendly and behaves very close with Madhu. Here Madhu mistakes her friendly nature as love. But Vasanthi treats her just like a brother. Meanwhile, Madhu has to leaves to Madras for higher studies where he gets acquaintance with a person Sriram and both of them become close friends. He writes many letters to Vasanthi, but he never gets any reply. When he returns, he finds out Vasanthi and her family left the city without telling anybody. Madhu finds a letter from which he realizes that Vasanthi only saw him as a brother. He gets very depressed and falls sick. Seetha, daughter of his Manager Ramakrishnaiah takes care of Madhu and gives him company. After some time, he recovers from the depression and starts loving Seeta. Parallelly, Govindaiah coparcenary to Madhu's grandfather claims a case in the court that Madhu's property belongs to him. The court handovers the property until the judgment is issued. So, Madhu has to leave his mansion when Ramakrishnaiah gives him shelter. After some time, Madhu is almost in the edge to win the case. Distressed, Govindaiah tries to kill Madhu by making an accident in which he loses his memory. Now Sriram becomes a mental specialist and he strives to regain his friend's memory but could not succeed. Anyway, Madhu wins the case, Govindaiah is arrested and he is taken to his mansion where he slightly remembers memories of Vasanthi. Sriram, Ramakrishnaiah, and everyone is in search of her but fails. Favorably, Vasanthi is married to Sriram and through her words, he discovers the truth. At last, Sriram brings Vasanthi and makes Madhu to regains his sanity. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Madhu and Seeta.

Cast

as Madhu * Savitri as Seeta * Jamuna as Vasanthi *

Jaggayya Kongara Jaggayya (31 December 1928 – 5 March 2004) was an Indian actor, littérateur, journalist, lyricist, dubbing artist and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was known as ''Kanchu Kantham J ...

as Sriram * Gummadi as Ramakrishnaiah * Relangi as Govinda Rao *

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 Govindaiah * Mikkilineni as Bheemudu *

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 Nityanandam *

Potti Prasad Potti Prasad (born Kavivarapu Prasada Rao) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He was introduced to the films by Jandhyala. His notable roles include Chantabbai and Sagara Sangamam. He made his screen debut with Appu ...

as Raja * L. Vijayalakshmi as Neela Nagini *

Rajasree Rajasree (Rajasree Thota Panchajanyam, Kusuma Kumari, born 31 August 1945), also known as Rajasri or Rajashri, is an Indian actress active from 1956 to 1979. She is particularly famous for her portrayal as a princess in several folklore Telug ...

as Rani *

Hemalatha Hemalatha, often credited as Hema, is an Indian actress and dancer. She is acclaimed for her roles as Raghavi in the popular soap opera ''Kana Kaanum Kaalangal'' on STAR Vijay and as Deepa in the superhit Tamil drama serial on Sun TV ''Thend ...

as Vasanthi's mother *Chhaya Devi

Soundtrack

Music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0266862 1960s Telugu-language films 1964 films Films based on Indian novels Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films Films directed by B. N. Reddy