''Inti Guttu'' () is a 1958 Indian Telugu-language

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

, produced by Akella Sastry and directed by

Vedantam Raghavayya Vedantam Raghavayya (8 June 1919 –19,October 1971) was an Indian film director, dance choreographer, and actor known for his work in Telugu and Tamil cinema. An accomplished Kuchipudi dancer, he was honoured with the title "Bharata Kala Prapur ...

. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Savitri with music composed by M. S. Prakash. It is a partly based on the

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film ''

Munimji ''Munimji'' () is a 1955 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film starring Dev Anand and Nalini Jaywant, and directed by Subodh Mukherjee. The story idea was by Ranjan, the screenplay was by Nasir Hussain, and dialogues by Nasir Hussain and ...

'' (1955).

Plot

Zamindar Tirumala Rao leads a jollity life with his benevolent wife, Mahalakshmi, and will be blessed with a child. Parallelly, his shrew sibling Nanchari, who is also carrying, intrudes into their house with her husband, Seshachalam. The two deliver baby boys, Gopal & Prabhakar, at a time when the avid Simhachalam couple swap them to usurp the wealth. After a while, Mahalakshmi's cousin Madhava Rao serves a sentence in prison when his wife, Ranganayaki, pleads for shelter. Nevertheless, Nanchari gets her out and injects her into Tirumala Rao. Incognizant Madhava Rao absconds to view Ranganayaki and reaches therein. Exploiting it, sly Nanchari makes Tirumala Rao expel Mahalakshmi by imputing taint. So, she attempts suicide and seeks asylum in an orphanage. Following, the Simhachalam couple disposes of Gopal at the gate of the same orphanage, counterfeiting his death. Destiny makes Mahalakshmi adopt him, which Simhachalam also beholds and informs Nanchari. Later, they have a baby girl, Shobha. Forthwith, Tirumala Rao affirms her espousal with Prabhakar. Since the siblings' nuptial is engaged, Nanchari is scared, but Simhachalam comforts her, saying let's get on if it comes. Years pass, and Prabhakar becomes a menacing hoodlum conducting havoc loots in the town with his moll Rita. Gopal is a spirited cop nurtured by Mahalakshmi, who is specially assigned to capture these criminals. Though Simhachalam passes away, Tirumala Rao stands on to knit Prabhakar & Shobha, which Nanchari bans from time to time. Gopal starts his investigation with his acolyte Bhadrachalam and turns tough nut to mobsters. During a burglary, they identify Prabhakar's vehicle as driven by Rita. Gopal misinterprets her for Shobha and joins the disguised form of a driver at Tirumala Rao's residence. Due to police suspicion hikes, Prabhakar heists his house for assets, which Nanchari & Shobha view, but be quiet. Gopal chases Shobha when they crush, and he learns that Prabhakar is the culprit. Nanchari gazes at Shobha's love affair and confirms Gopal is the true heir of his brother, knowing his whereabouts. Once, Prabhakar walks to warn Gopal that Mahalakshmi is delighted to get him wrong like her own. At this, she is aware of the dark shade of Prabhakar and Gopal's endearment of Shobha. So, she takes a word from Gopal to forget Shobha in favor of her son. Tirumala Rao collapses, becoming conscious of Prabhakar's hellish hue. Ergo, to reform him, he forcibly arranges wedlock for Prabhakar & Shobha when Nanchari is absent. Parallelly, Gopal is ready to round up the gang, which Mahalakshmi notifies Prabhakar, and he seizes him. During the nuptial, Mahalakshmi also covetously enters when Nanchari lands to bar it when Prabhakar assaults her and skips, locking Shobha. Before leaving her breath, Nanchari divulges her sins with Gopal's birth secret and unites Tirumala Rao & Mahalakshmi. At last, Gopal ceases Prabhakar and merges with his family. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Gopal & Sobha.

Cast

* N. T. Rama Rao as Gopal * Savitri as Sobha * Gummadi as Tirumala Rao * Relangi as Bhadrachalam * R. Nageswara Rao as Prabhakaram *K. V. S. Sarma as Swamiji *Mahankali Venkaiah as Seshachalam *Jagga Rao * Suryakantham as Nancharamma * Rajasulochana as Rita *

Pushpavalli Kandala Venkata Pushpavalli Tayaramma (3 January 1926 – 28 April 1991), known mononymously as Pushpavalli, was an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Telugu and Tamil films. She entered the film industry as a child actress with a sma ...

as Mahalakshmamma

Production

''Inti Guttu'' is a remake of the

film ''

'' (1955), but differs in many respects: the hero disguises himself as an aged driver, unlike the original where he disguises as an accountant. An original creation to ''Inti Guttu'' was the patriarch's sister, who was not present in the Hindi version. In ''Munimji'', the woman whom the patriarch secretly married swaps her newly born son with his deceased wife's child, but in ''Inti Guttu'', the sister's husband interchanges the children.

Soundtrack

Music composed by M. S. Prakash. Lyrics were written by

Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry (16 June 1905 – 12 September 1965) was a Telugu writer. Lifesketch Their family has settled in Bandar (Machilipatnam) during his childhood. He has passed B.A. in Machilipatnam and M.A. in Telugu and Sanskrit in Mad ...

References

External links

* {{Vedantam Raghavayya 1958 drama films 1958 films Films directed by Vedantam Raghavayya Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films Telugu remakes of Hindi films