''Sri Tirupatamma Katha'' () is a 1963 Indian

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, based on the life of

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Tirupatamma, produced by Donepoodi Krishna Murthy under the Gokul Productions banner and directed by B. S. Narayana. It stars

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, Krishna Kumari, and music composed by Pamarthi.

Plot

The film begins approximately 200 years ago, in a village Gopineni Paalem

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where a couple, Kolla Sivaramayya & Rangamma are blessed with a baby girl Tirupatamma with the grace of

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. Years roll by, and Tirupatamma grows as an ardent devotee of the Lord. Once, her cousin Gopaiah visits and falls for her. Despite, the refusal of his mother Venkamma & sister-in-law Chandramma he knits her with the aid of elder Mallaiah. Soon after, Tirupatamma faces the music and cannot get time for her husband. Hence, frustrated Gopaiah is infatuated with a ''Deva Daasi'' Padmavati. Being cognizant of it, Mallaiah stops funding him. So, he heists the jewelry of his wife for which Tirupatamma is convicted, thus, viragos torment enhances. Behold of it, Mallaiah decides to retrieve his brother when he implores Padmavati which she denies. Consequently, he forcibly vacates her when Gopaiah bars and Padmavati pleads to move out. Following this, Venkamma & Chandramma denounces Tirupatamma and makes him suspect her chastity when enraged Gopaiah stabs her. Suddenly, a flame erupts whereby, Venkamma is burned and Chandramma loses her eyesight when they divulge the actuality. As of now, Tirupatamma heals them with her devotional power and breathes last. Eventually, repentant Gopaiah follows her by self-inflicting. At last, Lord appears and claims that Tirupatamma is born to affirm that wife & husband are inseparable both in life & death. Finally, Tirupatamma is adored as a deity at

temple till today.

Cast

as Gopalanna * Krishna Kumari as Tirupatamma *

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as Mallaiah * Mikkilineni as Subbaiah * Ramana Reddy as Joogulu * Satyanarayana *

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

Lord Venkateswara Venkateswara, also known by various other names, is a form of the Hindu god Vishnu. Venkateswara is the presiding deity of the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, located in Tirupati, Sri Balaji District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Etymology Venkatesw ...

* Vangara as Priest * Chadalavada as Shankaraiah *

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as Venkamma *

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as Lokamma * Rajasulochana as Padmavathi *

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as Chandramma *Surabhi Balasaraswathi as Kaamulu

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Pamarthi.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt0288258 1960s Telugu-language films 1960s Indian films