''Velugu Needalu'' () is a 1961 Telugu-language film produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao under the

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banner and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. 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 ...

and Savitri, with music composed by

Pendyala Nageswara Rao Pendyala Nageswara Rao (6 March 1917 – 31 August 1984), known mononymously by his surname Pendyala, was an Indian composer, multi-instrumentalist, conductor, music producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema along with Tami ...

. The film was simultaneously filmed in Tamil 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 as Chandram * Savitri as Suguna * S. V. Ranga Rao as Rao Bahadur Venkataramaiah *

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as Dr. Raghunath * Relangi as Vengalappa *

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as Medical Student * Peketi Sivaram as Sivaram * Suryakantham as Kanaka Durgamma * Girija as Varalakshmi *

Rajasulochana Chittajallu Rajeevalochana (15 August 1935 – 5 March 2013), better known as Rajasulochana, was an Indian classical dancer and actress. She has acted in more than 300 Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi language films. Early life She w ...

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in song ''Padavoyi Bharateeyuda'' *

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in song ''Sariganchu Cheerakatti'' *Sandhya as Subhadramma * T. G. Kamala Devi as Santhamma * Surabhi Kamalabai * Mohana as Nurse * Nagarjuna Akkineni as infant Raghu ;Telugu ;Male cast * Akkineni Nageshwara Rao * S. V. Ranga Rao * K. A. Thangavelu * K. Balaji *Natarajan *Nagarathinam *Mani *Dharmaraj ;Tamil ;Female cast * Savitri *

* M. S. Sundari Bai *Sandhya * Surabhi Kamalabai *T. G. Kamaladevi *''Baby'' Sasikala *Mohana *Rajeswari

Production

''Velugu Needalu'' was simultaneously filmed in Tamil as ''Thooya Ullam'', with K. A. Thangavelu replacing Relangi. ''Thooya Ullam'' is the first film that was screened in

Shanti Theatre Shanti Theatre was an Indian movie theatre located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Built by G. Umapathy and D. Shanmuga Raja, and inaugurated in January 1961, it was bought by actor Sivaji Ganesan, and was owned by his family since. In May 2016, Shanti ce ...

, Chennai. While C. V. Sridhar wrote the dialogues for the film,

K. S. Gopalakrishnan K. S. Gopalakrishnan was an Indian screenwriter, director, producer, and lyricist, who worked in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. Since the early 1960s, he directed 70 films. He spent most of his career directing and producing movies with soc ...

who later became a popular director, taught the cast to render the dialogues.

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. ;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 w ...

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