''Runanubandham'' () is a 1960 Indian

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-language

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, produced by

P. Adinarayana Rao Penupatruni Adinarayana Rao (21 August 1915 – 19 August 1991) was an Indian music director, film producer, lyricist and play writer. He co-founded "Aswini Pictures" with Akkineni Nageswara Rao and produced some movies in Telugu and Tamil langu ...

under the Anjali Pictures banner and directed by

Vedantam Raghavayya Vedantam Raghavayya ( te, వేదాంతం రాఘవయ్య) (8 June 1919 – 1971) was an Indian film director, dance choreographer, Kuchipudi exponent, actor, producer, and musician known for his works in Telugu cinema, Telugu theat ...

. 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

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 ...

, with music composed by

. This film had its beginning sequence in

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Plot

Lakshmi (Anjali Devi) an orphan lives in a village, and Subbanna (Gummadi) a local goon treats her as his sister. In the same village, Pratap Rao (C.S.R), a zamindar converts his property into gold, due to fear of the land ceiling act and decides to leave the city. Unfortunately, that night, their house catches fire in which Zamindar dies and his wife Kantham (Nirmalamma) & son Raghu (Master Gopi) are rescued by Lakshmi. Before breathes her last, Kantham reveals her ambition to see her son as a doctor when Lakshmi promises her to fulfill her dream. Thereafter, Lakshmi shifts to the city join Raghu in the school, and start working as a servant at school headmaster Narasimham's (Relangi) house. Here Suryam (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) nephew of the headmaster falls for her and he too decides to take part in her responsibility. Meanwhile, Subbanna digs out the hidden treasure from the burnt house, hands over it to Govt, and moves in search of Lakshmi & Raghu. After crossing many hurdles, Subbanna finds the whereabouts of Lakshmi until then Pratap Rao's cousin Veerabhadraiah (Rajanala) seizes the property and the concerned authorities deny Subbanna's words when self-esteem Lakshmi leaves that place. Parallelly, Narasimham's wife Gajalakshmi (Suryakantham) learns about the love affair of Lakshmi & Suryam, so, she ploys, by attributing an illicit relationship between Lakshmi & Subbanna and performs Suryam's marriage with her daughter Padma (Girija). Knowing it, angered Subbanna seeks to kill Gajalakshmi, thereby, lands in jail. Now Lakshmi is left alone but stands up with courage and toils to fulfill her aim. Years roll by, and Lakshmi succeeds in making Raghu (Haranath) a doctor. At present, Raghu wants to construct a hospital to serve the destitute. Then, Lakshmi remembers his father's treasure. On the other side, Veerabhadraiah finds out that Raghu is alive, so, he intrigues to eliminate him. At the same time, Subbanna releases and brings out the truth from Gajalakshmi. Immediately, Suryam rushes for Lakshmi, by that time, Veerabhadraiah kidnaps Lakshmi & Raghu. Suryam & Subbanna rescues them, in which Lakshmi dies while guarding Raghu against harm. Finally, the movie ends with Raghu constructing a memorial hospital in the name of Lakshmi.

Cast

as Lakshmi *

as Suryam * Gummadi as Subbanna * Suryakantham as Gajalakshmi * Haranath as Dr. Raghu & Raghu (dual role) *Master Gopi as Young Raghu * Relangi as Narasimham * Rajanala as Veerabhadraiah * C.S.R as Zamindar Pratap Rao *

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as Seetaiah *

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 Panthulu * Girija as Padma *

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as Kantham

Crew

*Art: Vaali, Sekhar *Choreography: Vempati *Story — 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:

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Kosaraju Kosaraju Raghavayya (23 June 1905 – 27 October 1987), known mononumously by his surname Kosaraju, was an Indian lyricist and poet known for his works in Telugu cinema. He wrote about 3,000 songs in 350 films. His lyrics are steeped in Telu ...

*Playback: Ghantasala,

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P. B. Sreenivas Prathivadhi Bhayankara Sreenivas (22 September 1930 – 14 April 2013) widely known as P. B. Sreenivas was an Indian playback singer, composer, harmonium player, lyricist, littérateur, and poet known for his works in South cinema, and Bollyw ...

*Editing: N. S. Prakasam *Cinematography: C. Nageswara Rao *Music — Producer:

*Screenplay — Director:

*Banner: Anjali Pictures *Release Date: 7 December 1960

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Music released on EMI Columbia Audio Company.

References

{{Vedantam Raghavayya Indian drama films