''Secretary'' is a 1976 Indian

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-language

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directed by

K. S. Prakash Rao Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao (1914–1996) was an Indian film director, producer, actor and cinematographer known for his works in Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi films. In 1977 he won the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada for ''Ganda Hendt ...

. Starring

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, the music was composed by

K. V. Mahadevan Krishnankoil Venkadachalam Mahadevan (14 March 1918 – 21 June 2001) was an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician known for his works in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, and Kann ...

. It was produced by

D. Ramanaidu Daggubati Ramanaidu (6 June 1936 – 18 February 2015) was an Indian film producer known for his work in Telugu cinema. He founded Suresh Productions in 1964 which became of one of the largest film production companies in India. He was placed i ...

under

Suresh Productions Suresh Productions (also known as Suresh Movies, Vijaya Suresh Combines) is an Indian film production and distribution company known for its works in Telugu cinema. It is established in 1964 by D. Ramanaidu. It is one of India's largest film p ...

banner. The film was based on

Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani (2 April 1940 – 18 May 2018) was an Indian Telugu language, Telugu language novelist. She had a strong fan following since the 1970s and early 1980s, especially among women. Several of her stories were made into films ...

's novel of the same name and was also the last proper film for late Krishna Kumari, even in Telugu.

Plot

The film begins with Jayanthi joining as a secretary in ''Vanitha Vihar'' the society of

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ladies such as Sumitra Devi, Rekha Rani, Mrs.Karunakaram, etc. Whereupon, Jayanthi gets acquainted with an industrialist Raja Shekaram. He likes her as she resembles his deceased past love late Geeta. This irks the remaining ladies as they are indulgent in his smartness & wealth. As a result, Jayanthi is fired. So, Raja Shekaram appoints her as his secretary. However, they squabble frequently due to Raja Shekaram's intimacy with ladies. Later on, Raja Shekaram realizes Jayanthi is his maternal uncle's daughter through their grandmother and they decide to knit. Knowing it, the tycoons begrudge especially Mr & Mrs.Karunakaram as they have an intention to couple up their daughter Prameela with Raja Shekaram. So, they ploy & splits them, showing menace to Raja Shekaram. Parallelly, Jayanthi's grandmother also passes away when she quits the town. Now Mr.Moneybags create notoriety as if she eloped. At present, Jayanthi takes shelter at Dr. Vijayalakshmi as a caretaker for her infant children. Here, Doctor's younger brother Prasad proposes to her which she too accepts. Meanwhile, Raja Shekaram nuptials Prameela with his bestie Sivaram when these big shots mortify and plead pardon from him. Surprisingly, to the wheel of fortune, Prasad happens to be Raja Shekaram's one more buddy. He is cognizant of the nuptials of Prasad & Jayanth when he calms. At last, Prasad & Vijayalakshmi realize the truth and sends Jayanthi back. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Raja Shekaram & Jayanthi.

Cast

as Raja Shekharam *

as Jayanti * Chandra Mohan as Sivaram * Gummadi as Dr. Subrahmanyam * Satyanarayana as Karunakaram *

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as Rekha's husband * Raja Babu as Vasu * Ranganath as Dr. Prasad *

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as Varma *

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as SP Sivaram Reddy ( cameo) *

as Doctor ( cameo) *

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as Prameela * Kanchana as Rekha Rani * Krishna Kumari as Dr.Vijayalakshmi *

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as Sumitra Devi *

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as Kameswaramma *

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as Bamma * Girija as Karunakaram's wife *

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as Vasanthi * Annapoorna as Sunanda *

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*Mamatha *

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as servant maid *

Y. Vijaya Yenigandla Vijaya (born 8 February 1957) is an Indian actress and classical dancer. She has appeared in more than 1000 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages. Early life and education Y. Vijaya was born on 8 February 1957 in Ku ...

*Master Ramu * Baby Rohini

Crew

*Art: G. V. Subba Rao *Choreography: Saleem *Fights: Madhavan *Story:

*Dialogues and Lyrics:

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 ...

*Playback:

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also referred to as SPB or SP Balu or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is wi ...

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 ...

, V. Ramakrishna *Music:

*Editing: K. A. Marthand *Cinematography: Vincent *Producer:

*Director:

*Banner:

*Release Date: 28 April 1976

Music

Music was composed by

. Lyrics were written by

. Music released on AVM Audio Company.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0254763 1976 films 1970s Telugu-language films Indian drama films Films about women in India Indian feminist films Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Films based on Indian novels Films directed by K. S. Prakash Rao Films based on novels by Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani 1970s feminist films 1976 drama films Suresh Productions films