''Preminchi Choodu'' () is a 1965 Indian

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-language

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film directed by

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. It stars

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and Kanchana. The film was produced by V. Venkateswarlu. Music was composed by

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. The film is a remake of the

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film ''

Kadhalikka Neramillai ''Kadhalikka Neramillai'' () is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film produced and directed by C. V. Sridhar, who also conceived and co-wrote its script with Chitralaya Gopu. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Balaia ...

'' (1964).

Plot

The film begins in an estate where its proprietor Buchabbai has two daughters Kanchanamala & Ratnamala. During their studies, Kanchana falls for a handsome guy Srinivasa Rao / Vasu, the son of another big shot Subbarayudu. After their return, once, Kanchana & Ratna squabble with a naughty guy Ranga Rao that works as the assistant manager at their father's office. So, they terminate him hence Ranga declares a strike in front of their house when Ranga & Ratna are smitten. Parallelly, a glimpse, Varahala Raju the son of Buchabbai, is impassioned to direct a movie for which he pesters his father. Plus, he loves Meenakshi the daughter of their manager Yedukondalu. Right now, Ranga learns that Buchabbai wants to make a rich alliance with his daughters. So, he plans and disguises his bestie, neither Vasu as his tycoon father Srinivasa Bhupathi, and makes Buchabbai plead for his nuptials with the support of the girls. Besides destiny makes Subbarayudu & Buchabbai childhood friends and they decide to knit Kanchana with Vasu. At first, Vasu gets startled looking at his father therein but feels happy knowing about his wedding. But unfortunately, their play breaks out, and as a result, Subbarayadu and Buchabbai file a Police complaint. Being cognizant of it, Ranga makes a Plan B by posing himself as two. Soon, Buchabbai and Subbarayadu rush to amend their mistake, but it's too late as Ranga & Vasu are prisoned. After that, the story takes several comic twists and turns when Ranga & Vasu succeed in marrying their love interests by fooling Buchabbai.

Cast

as Ranga Rao * Kanchana as Kanchanamala *

as Ratnamala *

as Srinivasa Rao / Vasu * Relangi as Buchabbai * Gummadi as Subbarayudu * Chalam as Varahala Raj Kapoor *

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as Manager Yedukondalu * Dr. Sivaramakrishnayya as Veera Naidu *

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 Master * K. V. Chalam as Inspector Subba Rao * Jagga Rao as S.P. *

Santha Kumari Santha Kumari (born Vellaala Subbamma; 17 May 1920 – 16 January 2006) was an Indian musical artist and actress. She was married to the Telugu film director and producer P. Pullayya. Early years Vellaala Subbamma was born in Proddatur town, ...

as Santhamma * Girija as Meenakshi / Laila

Production

The film was a remake of Tamil film ''

'' (1964),

reprised her role from the original.

Music

Music was composed by

. Pullayya insisted Master Venu to retain the tunes from the original film in Telugu, which Venu was not okay with. He expressed his concern to Pullayya's wife Santhakumari who encouraged him having faith in talent. Except for the song "Vennela Reyi", other songs were retained from the original. "Vennela Reyi" was the replacement for the song "Naalam Naalam". This tune was retained despite Pullayya expressing his anger for using a new tune.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt0256282 1960s Telugu-language films 1965 films 1965 romantic comedy films Films directed by P. Pullayya Indian black-and-white films Indian romantic comedy films Telugu remakes of Tamil films Films scored by Master Venu