''Raitu Kutumbam'' () is a 1972 Indian

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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 ...

directed by

T. Rama Rao Tatineni Rama Rao (1938 – 20 April 2022) was an Indian filmmaker. He directed 75 Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu feature films between 1966 and 2000. Career Rao started his work in the film industry in the late 1950s as the assistant direc ...

. 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 Kanchana, with music composed by

T. Chalapathi Rao Tatineni Chalapathi Rao (22 December 1920 – 22 February 1994) was an Indian music composer who worked in Telugu cinema. His career spanned more than three decades from early 1950s, till 1980s. He was the cousin of T. Prakash Rao. Early life ...

Plot

The film begins in a village where lives a joint family, its elder son Joogaiah is a vagabond, and his wife Annapurna a benevolent rearing the 2 infant brothers-in-law Ramu & Madhu as equal to her daughter Lakshmi. She strives hard for survival by cultivating the leftover land. Spotting it elder one Ramu aids his sister-in-law by quitting his education. Years roll by, and Ramu toils and molds brother Madhu, as a Police officer. Besides, Joogaiah is still habituated to his vices, whose lavish expenses devour the strivings of Ramu. In the same village, Paanakaalu is a cruel moneylender whose only daughter Radha falls for Ramu. Meanwhile, Madhu marries a modern girl Geeta, the daughter of millionaire Venu Gopal Rao, who can't abide by the penniless and shifts to the city. Parallelly, Lakshmi loves their distant relative Lokeswara Rao/Lokam and Ramu wants to knit them. But Lokam's mother Bhoolokamma a shrew, demands Rs. 10.000 as dowry. Though it is not affordable, Ramu's words are for the happiness of the couple. Now, Ramu seeks help for Madhu, who requests Geeta when she insults him, Ramu consoles Madhu and returns. In that critical situation, Ramu raises the fund by selling the property to Paanakaalu. During the time of the marriage, Joogaiah steals the amount. Knowing it, unscrupulous Bhoolokamma calls off the marriage despite tying the knot. Madhu is also absent from the venue as meets with an accident. Eventually, Paanakaalu learns about the love affair of Ramu & Radha, so he intrigues him by auctioning their property. Now Ramu moves to the city along with his family, where Lokam supports him in getting a taxi and he toils to collect the dowry amount. After recovery, Madhu visits the village where he is aware of the misfortune and goes in search of his family. Meanwhile, Lokam plays a drama with the help of Ramu and rectifies his mother. At present, Madhu finds the whereabouts of his family and decides to take care of them, to which Geeta refuses. Humiliated, Madhu quits and stays along with Ramu. After some time, at a party, a guy Sudhakar tries to molest Geeta when Ramu saves her, which makes her realize the mistake and plead for a pardon from Madhu. Simultaneously, Paanakaalu fixes a match for Radha, so, she escapes and reaches Ramu. Paanakaalu follows her and tries to take her against her will, when Ramu shields her, claiming her as his fiancé. On his way back, Paanakaalu spots Joogaiah, who has been troubled by debtors. Here Paanakaalu plots to relieve and bribe him to kill Ramu without knowing the reality. That night, Joogaiah seeks to slay Ramu, in between the combat, they recognize each other when Joogaiah repents and reforms himself. Frustrated Paanakaalu kidnaps Ramu's family. At last, Ramu rescues them and sees the end of Paanakaalu. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Ramu & Radha.

Cast

as Ramu * Kanchana as Radha *

Ramakrishna Ramakrishna Paramahansa ( bn, রামকৃষ্ণ পরমহংস, Ramôkṛṣṇo Pôromohôṅso; , 18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886),——— — also spelled Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, born Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya,, was an In ...

as Madhu *

Krishnam Raju Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju (20 January 1940 – 11 September 2022) was an Indian actor and politician. He was known for his works in Telugu cinema and was widely known as "''Rebel Star''" for his rebellious acting style. He was also the ...

as Sudhakar (Guest) *

V. Nagayya V. Nagayya (born Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya Sarma; 28 March 1904 – 30 December 1978) also known as Chittoor Nagayya was an Indian actor, singer, music composer, and director known for his works in Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, and Telugu theatre. I ...

as Ramu's father * Satyanarayana as Joogaiah *

Dhulipala Dhulipala Sitarama Sastry (24 September 1921 – 13 April 2007), known mononymously by the surname Dhulipala, was an Indian actor and thespian, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He was noted for playing mythological roles, ...

as Panakaalu *

Padmanabham Padmanabham mandal is one of the 46 mandals in Visakhapatnam District in India. It is under the administration of Visakhapatnam revenue division and the headquarters is located at Padmanabham. The Mandal is bounded by Bheemunipatnam, Anandapuram ...

as Lokeswara Rao / Lokam *

Sakshi Ranga Rao Sakshi Ranga Rao (born Rangavajhula Ranga Rao; 15 September 1942 – 27 June 2005) was an Indian character actor who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He appeared in about 450 films over a career spanning four decades, majority of ...

as Sambhaiah *G.V.Subba Rao as Venu Gopal Rao *

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 ...

as Annapurna *

Suryakantham Suryakantam or Sooryakantam (pronounced sūryakāntam) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 17th ''melakarta'' rāgam (parent scale) in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. I ...

as Bhulokamma *

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 Geetha *

Vijaya Lalitha Vijayalalitha or Vijaya Lalitha was an Indian actress who appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films in the 1960s and 1970s. She is best known for her appearances in '' Rani Mera Naam'' (1972), ''Baazigar'' (1972) and '' Saaks ...

as Dancer *Anitha as Lakshmi *Master Aadinarayana Rao as Young Ramu *Master Yerramilli Srinivas as Young Madhu

Soundtrack

Music composed by

References

External links

* {{T. Rama Rao 1970s Telugu-language films 1972 drama films 1972 films Films directed by T. Rama Rao Films scored by T. Chalapathi Rao Indian drama films