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-language

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film directed by P. Pullayya. It stars

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and Kanchana. The film was produced by V. Venkateswarlu. Music was composed by

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. It is a remake of the

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film ''

Kadhalikka Neramillai ''Kadhalikka Neramillai'' () is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film produced and directed by C. V. Sridhar, who also conceived and co-wrote its script with Chitralaya Gopu. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Bala ...

'' (1964).

Plot

Buchabbai is a millionaire with two daughters, Kanchanamala and Ratnamala. During their studies away from their hometown, Kanchana falls for a handsome guy, Srinivasa Rao / Vasu, the son of another bigshot Subbarayudu. After their return home, Kanchana and Ratna once squabble with Ranga Rao, the assistant manager of their estate. They persuade their father to sack him; hence Ranga declares a strike in front of their house when Ranga and Ratna are smitten. Parallelly, Varahala Raju, son of Buchabbai, is passionate about directing a film for which he daily pesters his father. He also loves Meenakshi, the daughter of their manager, Yedukondalu. Right now, Ranga learns that Buchabbai wants to make a prosperous alliance with his daughters. So, he plans and disguises his close friend, neither Vasu, as his tycoon father, Srinivasa Bhupathi, and makes Buchabbai plead for his nuptials with the support of the girls. Besides, destiny made Subbarayudu and Buchabbai childhood friends, and they decided to knit Kanchana with Vasu. At first, Vasu gets startled looking at his father therein but feels happy knowing about his wedding. Unfortunately, their play breaks out, so Subbarayadu and Buchabbai file a Police complaint. Being aware of it, Ranga makes a Plan B by posing himself as two. Soon, Buchabbai and Subbarayadu rush to amend their mistake, but it is too late as Ranga and Vasu are prisoned. After that, the story takes several comic twists and turns when Ranga and Vasu succeed in marrying their love interests by fooling Buchabbai.

Cast

as Ranga Rao * Kanchana as Kanchanamala *

as Ratnamala *

as Srinivasa Rao / Vasu * Relangi as Buchabbai * Gummadi as Subbarayudu * Chalam as Varahala Raj Kapoor *

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as Manager Yedukondalu * Dr. Sivaramakrishnayya as Veera Naidu *

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as Master * K. V. Chalam as Inspector Subba Rao * Jagga Rao as S.P. * Santha Kumari as Santhamma * Girija as Meenakshi / Laila

Production

The film was a remake of Tamil film ''

'' (1964),

reprised her role from the original.

Music

Music was composed by

. Pullayya insisted Master Venu to retain the tunes from the original film in Telugu, which Venu was not okay with. He expressed his concern to Pullayya's wife Santhakumari who encouraged him having faith in talent. Except for the song "Vennela Reyi", other songs were retained from the original. "Vennela Reyi" was the replacement for the song "Naalam Naalam". This tune was retained despite Pullayya expressing his anger for using a new tune.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt0256282 1960s Telugu-language films 1960s Indian films 1965 films 1965 romantic comedy films Films directed by P. Pullayya Indian black-and-white films Indian romantic comedy films Telugu remakes of Tamil films Films scored by Master Venu Films about father–son relationships