''Chaduvukunna Ammayilu'' () is a 1963 Indian

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directed by

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. 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 ...

, Savitri, Krishna Kumari with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. It was produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao under the

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banner. The film is based on the Telugu novel ''Kaalaatheetha Vyakthulu'', written by Dr. Sridevi. The film was recorded as a ''Super Hit'' at the box office.

Plot

Sujatha, daughter of a wealthy man, Raghunatha Rao and Vasantha, a middle-class girl are bosom friends. Once while Sujatha is teaching driving to Vasantha, their car accidentally dashes against a motorbike driven by Sekhar, a bank employee. The three become friends. Sujatha and Vasantha fall in love with Sekhar. But Sekhar responds to Vasantha. Escaping from a forced marriage, Latha meets her childhood friends Sujatha and Vasantha. She is trapped by Anand, whose real aim is to marry Vasantha. He plays to act as helping Vasantha's grandfather Rangayya and his wife Mahalakshmi when they are in dire straits. After learning that Sekhar is in love with Vasantha, Sujatha agrees to marry police officer Prabhakar, whom her father has chosen for her. Anand deceives and implicates Sekhar in a theft case and Sekhar is on the run. Anand dumps Latha and when he is about to marry Vasantha, Sujatha steps in, proves him the culprit and unites Sekhar with Vasantha.

Cast

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as Sekhar * Savitri as Sujatha * Krishna Kumari as Vasantha *

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as Venkata Rangayya * Relangi as Bramhanandayya *

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as Anand *

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as Prabhakar *

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as Bank Agent *Vinnakota Ramanna Panthulu * Suryakantham as Vardhanamma *

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as Mahalakshmamma *

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as Latha

Crew

* Art: G. V. Subba Rao * Choreography: Pasumarti * Dialogues:

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* Playback: Ghantasala,

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Madhavapeddi Satyam Madhavapeddi Satyam (11 March 1922 – 18 December 2000) was an Indian playback singer and actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He entered films as a singer-actor in Y. V. Rao's Tamil-Hindi bilingual movie ''Ramadas'' in the year 194 ...

, Swarnalatha, Ashalatha Kulkarni * Lyrics:

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* Associate Director: K. Viswanath * Story: Dr. Sridevi * Screenplay: D. Madhusudhana Rao, Adurthi Subba Rao,

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* Music: S. Rajeswara Rao * Editor: T. Krishna * Cinematography: P. S. Selvaraj * Producer: D. Madhusudhana Rao * Director:

* Banner:

* Release Date: 10 April 1963

Music

Music was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.

Release & Reception

''Chaduvukunna Ammayilu'' was released on 10 April 1963. Despite facing competition from ''

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'', the film ran for 100 days in theatres.

References

External links

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Chaduvukunna Ammayilu film review at Cinegoer.com
{{Adurthi Subba Rao 1963 films 1960s Telugu-language films Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films Films based on Indian novels Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao Films directed by Adurthi Subba Rao