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directed by L. V. Prasad. The film was produced by Nagireddy and

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under the

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banner as their maiden production. It stars

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in his first leading role after having a brief appearance as a police officer in the film ''

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'' (1949), along with debutant Janaki too in her first leading role. The music composed by Ghantasala. The film won critical acclaim but underperformed commercially. ''Shavukaru'' bought wide fame to the lead actress Janaki and people began referring to her as

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after the film's release. The film was remade in

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as ''

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'' (1965).

Plot

Changayya (Subba Rao) is a wealthy Shavukaru (businessman) whose son Satyam (N. T. Rama Rao) is studying in the city. His neighbour is Ramayya (Srivatsa). Changayya is affectionate towards Ramayya's daughter Subbulu (Janaki) and wants to make her his daughter-in-law. Satyam also likes this idea. But due to some conflict in the village courtesy of Bangarayya, Ramayya becomes the main witness against Changayya citing Changayya's hand in some messy affair. The two families are thereafter estranged. They start with petty fights, getting worse every day resulting in Satyam and Ramayya's son Narayana (Sivaram) both ending up in jail after being framed. The local goonda Sunnapu Rangadu (S. V. Ranga Rao) plans to rob Changayya's place, but his plans are spoiled by Subbulu and Ramayya. Both the families end their differences thereafter and become friends once again. In the end, Satyam and Subbulu marry and live happily.

Cast

as Satyam *

as Subbulu *

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as Shavukaru Changayya * S. V. Ranga Rao as Sunnapu Ranga * Relangi as Varalu *

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as Poolayya * Vallabhajosyula Sivaram as Narayana * Vangara as Pantulu * Sreevatsa as Ramayya *

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as Santhamma *

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as Raami * Seeta as Manikkam

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Ghantasala. Lyrics were written by Samudrala Sr. Singers are

and

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. Playback singers are Ghantasala,

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, Pithapuram Nageswara Rao,

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and

Jikki Pillavalu Gajapathy Krishnaveni (3 November 1935 – 16 August 2004), more famously known as Jikki, was an Indian playback singer from Andhra Pradesh. She sang around 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, and Sinhalese langua ...

References

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* {{L. V. Prasad 1950 films Films directed by L. V. Prasad 1950s Telugu-language films Indian drama films Films scored by Ghantasala (musician) Telugu films remade in other languages 1950 drama films Indian black-and-white films