''Chitti Tammudu'' is a 1962 Telugu

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directed by K. B. Tilak. The film is based on the 1838 English novel ''

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'' by

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The plot

The story is about the problems faced by children in

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s, irregularities by the management and the related consequences. Ramu (Jaggayya) and Subhadra (Devika) love one other. Ramu urgently leaves to Kashmir, and returns home to find that his beloved Subhadra is pregnant, and that her father had died of that insult. She delivers a boy in a mission hospital and dies. The boy is admitted to an orphanage and named Chiranjeevi. Hostel warden Tayaramma (Suryakantam) feeds the orphans with insufficient food and they are starving. Ramu has an elder sister Seetha (Sandhya) and younger brother Srihari (Kanta Rao). Seetha is wife of a lawyer (Ramana Reddy). Ramu dies of chronic cough and mental agony, leaving the property in charge of his brother-in-law.

Cast

Soundtrack

There are about 7 songs in the film. * "Adagali Adagali Adigedevaro Telali" (Singers:

P. Susheela Pulapaka Susheela (born 13 November 1935), popularly known as P. Susheela, is an Indian playback singer associated with the South Indian cinema primarily from Andhra Pradesh for over six decades. She is one of the greatest and best-known playba ...

S. Janaki Sistla Janaki (born 23 April 1938) is an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer from Andhra Pradesh. She is referred to respectfully as "Janaki Amma" and Nightingale of South India. She is one of the best-known playback singers in ...

and group) * "Ayyo Rama Ayyo Rama Lamba Rasta" (Singers:

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 ...

and

Swarnalatha Swarnalatha (29 April 1973 – 12 September 2010) was an Indian playback singer. She is considered to be as Humming Queen Of India and Nightingale Of Tamil Cinema. In a career spanning almost 22 years (from 1987 until her death), she recorded ...

) * "Dikkuleni Vaariki Devude Dikku" (Singer: P. Susheela) * "Maya Bazar Lokam Samiranga" (Singer: P. Susheela) * "Merupu Merisindoyi Mava" (Singer: P. Susheela) * "Neevu Nenu Jabili Muvvuramu Unnamuga" (Singers: P. Susheela and Ghantasala; Cast: Devika and Jaggayya) * "Yesko Naa Raja" (Singers: P. Susheela and Maddali)

References

{{Oliver Twist 1960s Telugu-language films 1962 films Indian black-and-white films Films based on Oliver Twist Films scored by Pendyala Nageswara Rao Films directed by K. B. Tilak