''Velugu Needalu'' () is a 1961

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-language film produced by

D. Madhusudhana Rao Dukkipati Madhusudhana Rao (27 July 1917 – 26 March 2006) was an Indian film producer and screenwriter, known for his works in Telugu cinema. He owned the film production houses named Annapurna Pictures Limited based in Chennai. As a pr ...

under the Annapurna Pictures banner and directed by

Adurthi Subba Rao Adurthi Subba Rao (16 December 1912 – 1 October 1975) was an Indian film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. Rao is widely regarded as the intellectual fountain ...

. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri, with music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. The film was simultaneously filmed in

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as ''Thooya Ullam'' ().

Plot

Rao Bahadur Venkataramaiah owns a printing press and a magazine. Vengalappa works for him. Venkataramaiah and his wife Kanaka Durgamma adopt a girl Suguna. After she gives birth to a child Varalakshmi, Kanaka Durgamma's affection towards Suguna diminishes and she throws her out. Vengalappa and his wife Santhamma raise her. Suguna joins M.B.B.S. Chandra Shekar the nephew of Vengalappa, who is also a student of the same college and they fall in love. Suguna gives tuition to Subhadramma's son. Subhadramma's brother Dr. Raghunath returns from London. Chandram is a chain-smoker, afflicted with tuberculosis. Heeding Chandram's words, Suguna marries Raghu. Chandram is admitted to the Union Mission Sanatorium in Madanapalle and is cured. Raghu meets with a fatal accident on his way to receive Chandram. Bowing to Suguna's wish, Chandram marries Varalakshmi and steers the press and the magazine towards profit. Kanaka Durgamma sows suspicion in Varalakshmi about Suguna and Chandram's relationship. Chandram joins the workers in their fight for the bonus. Venkataramaiah brings in new workers. While trying to stop the fight between them, Varalakshmi is grievously injured. Suguna saves her. The shadows are a thing of the past in their family.

Cast

The Telugu cast list is adapted from the book Thiraikalanjiyam Part2 ;Telugu *

Akkineni Nageshwara 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 ...

as Chandram * Savitri as Suguna *

S. V. Ranga Rao Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao (3 July 1918 – 18 July 1974), popularly known as SVR, was an Indian actor, producer, and director known for his works majorly in Telugu and Tamil films. He is regarded as one of the finest actors in the history of ...

as Rao Bahadur Venkataramaiah * Jaggayya as Dr. Raghunath * Relangi as Vengalappa *

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as Medical Student *

Peketi Sivaram Peketi Sivaram (Telugu: పేకేటి శివరాం) (8 October 1918 – 30 December 2006) was an Indian actor and director.http://www.cinegoer.com/archives/december2006/peketi.htm Life sketch He was born on 8 October 1918 in Pekeru ...

as Sivaram *

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as Kanaka Durgamma * Girija as Varalakshmi * Rajasulochana as Special appearance in song ''Padavoyi Bharateeyuda'' * E. V. Saroja as Special appearance in song ''Sariganchu Cheerakatti'' *Sandhya as Subhadramma *

T. G. Kamala Devi T. G. Kamala Devi (born Thota Govindamma; 29 December 1930 – 16 August 2012), also known as Kamala Chandra Babu, was an Indian dubbing artist, playback singer and actor who primarily contributed to Telugu cinema as well as a few Tamil film ...

as Santhamma *

Surabhi Kamalabai Surabhi Kamalabai (1913–1977) was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu theatre and Telugu cinema. She has the distinction of being the first Telugu actress in a talkie film with '' Bhakta Prahlada'' (1932), directed by H. M. Reddy. She play ...

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as Nurse *

Nagarjuna Akkineni Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao (born 29 August 1959), known mononymously as Nagarjuna, is an Indian actor, film producer, television presenter, and entrepreneur. Nagarjuna has acted predominantly in Telugu, along with a few Hindi and Tamil language fil ...

as infant Raghu ;Telugu ;Male cast *

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*Natarajan *Nagarathinam *Mani *Dharmaraj ;Tamil ;Female cast * Savitri * E. V. Saroja *

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*Sandhya *

*T. G. Kamaladevi *''Baby'' Sasikala *Mohana *Rajeswari

Production

''Velugu Needalu'' was simultaneously filmed in

as ''Thooya Ullam'', with

replacing Relangi. ''Thooya Ullam'' is the first film that was screened in Shanti Theatre, Chennai. While

C. V. Sridhar Chitthamoor Vijayaraghavalu Sridhar (22 July 1933 – 20 October 2008) was an Indian screenwriter and film director. He has directed nearly 60 films in Tamil language, Tamil, Hindi language, Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu Languages. Ea ...

wrote the dialogues for the film, K. S. Gopalakrishnan who later became a popular director, taught the cast to render the dialogues.

Soundtrack

Music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. ;Tamil

Udumalai Narayana Kavi [https://idhatri.com/udumalai-narayana-kavi/ Udumalai Narayana KavUdumalai Narayana Kavi Udumalai Narayana Kavi (25 September 1899 – 23 May 1981) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his work in Tamil films. Early life Udumalai Narayana wa ...

and Kannadasan wrote the lyrics.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0264145 1960s multilingual films 1961 drama films 1961 films Films directed by Adurthi Subba Rao Films scored by Pendyala Nageswara Rao Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films Indian multilingual films 1960s Tamil-language films 1960s Telugu-language films