''Thodallullu'' () is a 1988

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

-language

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

, produced by G.V.G. Raju under the Vijaya Lakshmi Movies banner and directed by

Relangi Narasimha Rao Relangi Narasimha Rao (born 30 September 1951) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominently works in Telugu cinema. He is well known for his comedy films, especially his collaborations with actors Chandra Mohan and Rajendra Pras ...

. It stars

Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist, journalist & scholar who served as the first president of Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian Nationa ...

, Chandra Mohan,

Gautami Gautami Tadimalla (born 2 July 1969), known mononymously as Gautami, is an Indian actress and politician who has worked mainly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films in addition to Hindi, and Kannada films. She was one of the leading South India ...

and music composed by

Raj–Koti Thotakura Somaraju and Saluri Koteswara Rao, popularly known as Raj–Koti were Indian film music composers, singer-songwriters, record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalists duo in Telugu cinema, In a notable career spanning a decade ...

Plot

The film begins with 3 families sharing a single compound, Bhaskar a bus conductor, Narasimham a typist, and Dharma Rao an accountant. Narasimham has three daughters, Lakshmi, Uma, & Aruna. Lakshmi is knitted to a loaf Mohan one that bothers them. At present, Narasimham is engaged to find an alliance for Uma but in vain. Meanwhile, Aruna is a headstrong woman, who aspires to couple up with Mr. Moneybag. Besides, Dharma Rao is honest, but his wife Varalakshmi is accustomed to spendthrift life for her vanity. Eventually, Bhaskar maintains an affinity with his neighbors and falls for Aruna, but she is hostile. In theinterim, Narasimham and Uma attempt suicide due to frequent match refusals when Bhaskar saves them. Thereafter, he detects that their opposite resident, LIC Agent Sudhakar likes Uma, so he performs their espousal. Aside from that, Dharma Rao endures a huge financial crisis, so, he amends, but is caught and terminated. In addition, his elder daughter Rani dies. Therein, Bhaskar aids and succeeds in acquiring his job back. Moreover, reforms Mohan too. Realizing Bhaskar's love everyone appeals to Aruna for wedlock which she denies. Parallelly, Aruna is clutched by a shark Ramesh. Being cognizant of it, Bhaskar protects her with the help of Mohan & Sudhakar when she understands his righteousness. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Bhaskar & Aruna.

Cast

as Bhaskar *

as Aruna * Chandra Mohan as Mohan * Satyanarayana as Narasimham *

Subhalekha Sudhakar Suravajhala Sudhakar (born 19 November 1960), known by his stage name Subhalekha Sudhakar, is an Indian actor who works in Telugu and Tamil language films and television. Sudhakar's first Telugu film '' Subhalekha'' (1982) gained him wide reco ...

as Sudhakar *

Suthi Velu Kurumaddali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (7 August 1947 – 16 September 2012), better known by his stage name Suthi Velu, was an Indian actor and comedian known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has acted in more than 200 films, and won four state ...

as Dharma Rao *Vinod as Ramesh *Vijaya Rangaraju as Mangal Singh * Haranath as Manager *Bhimeswara Rao as Venkatraju *K. K. Sarma as Marriage Broker *Gadiraju Subba Rao as House Owner * Srilakshmi as Lakshmi *

Rajyalakshmi Rajyalakshmi Chandu, better known by her stage name Sankarabharanam Rajyalakshmi (born 18 December 1964) is an Indian actress. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1980s in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films. She was well noted fo ...

as Uma *P. R. Varalakshmi as Varalakshmi *Kuyili in

item number In Indian cinema, an item number or item song is a musical number inserted into a film that may or may not have any relevance to the plot. The term is commonly used within Indian films (Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Punjabi, and Be ...

Rajitha Rajitha is an Indian actress who works in Telugu films. She has been active since the late 1980s. Career Rajitha made her debut in film industry at the age of 18 with the Telugu movie, ''Brahma Rudrulu'' in which she portrayed Akkineni Nage ...

as Rani *

Nirmalamma Nirmalamma (18 July 1920 – 19 February 2009) was an Indian actress in the Telugu cinema. She has acted in more than 800 films. She was well known for her grandmother roles in several films.She won two Nandi Awards. Early life She was born in ...

as Papayamma

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Music released on LEO Audio Company.

References

External links

{{Relangi Narasimha Rao Indian comedy films Films directed by Relangi Narasimha Rao Films scored by Raj–Koti 1980s Telugu-language films 1988 comedy films 1988 films