''Mister Pellam'' () is a 1993 Telugu-language

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produced by Gawara Partha Sarathi under the Sri Chamundi Chitra banner and directed by Bapu. It stars

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, Aamani and music composed by M. M. Keeravani. This film is inspired by '' Mr. Mom'' and was recorded as a ''Hit'' at the box office. The film won the

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several ...

. The film won six

Nandi Awards The Nandi Awards are the awards that recognise the excellence in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu television, and Lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. Presented annually by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the award is named after ...

Plot

Balaji is a bank employee married to housewife Jhansi, with 2 lovely kids. He gets promoted to head cashier and as per the rules, gets one key for the bank vault with the other key presented to the bank manager. He celebrates it by buying a television set (the first in the colony!) but due to the treacherous and cunning plan by Bharani along with another bank employee as his aid, Balaji is found accountable for a 1 lakh loss to the bank. He gets suspended from the bank on the day of the promotion itself but to his surprise, he doesn't get recruited into any other job from the next day as he has a negative record. Jhansi convinces Balaji that she'd use her B.Com. qualification to get work in Annapurna Foods company, whose managing director is her friend from the 12th grade. She goes to meet Gopal Krishna, her friend in the office. After using her wit/charm/brains in tackling a business issue in the board meeting at which she is coincidentally present, Jhansi gets the job as vice president for a Sales division, with a pay of 10 thousand a month. She tells her husband that she secured a job with 3 thousand monthly pay. Meanwhile, Balaji challenges Jhansi that he can take care of the house as he considers it a very easy job and he struggles at home. He cannot make his kids get ready for school, cannot cook at home, and cannot manage even simple chores. He hates Jhansi working in the office while he sits at home, but his hands are tied. A few fights ensure between the couple over the same issues and finally, after the Krishnashtami celebration events at Gopal's house, Balaji loses his rag. He accuses Jhansi that she wanted her husband to feel bad about himself which is why she took him to Gopal's house to show him how wealthy and happy Gopal is. Jhansi gets a 20 grand bonus in office for a massive increase in sales and her savings amount to 85 grand. She borrows 15K from Gopal and gives 1 lakh to Balaji asking him to submit it in the bank, which makes Balaji angry. He cannot believe that even his wife would think that her husband had stolen the money and left the house. He calls Bharani from a payphone and tells him that he cracked their vile plan of theirs. Meanwhile, Jhansi takes the help of her friend Gopal and calls the bank chairman to tell him about the false case. Everything falls in line at the end and the couple patch up their differences.

Cast

as Balaji /

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* Aamani as Jhansi / Lakshmi Goddess * A.V.S as Gopala Krishna *

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as Bank Manager *

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as Narasaya / Narada *

Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam (20 September 1954 – 7 December 2013) was a popular Indian actor, comedian and film director who worked in Telugu cinema. He was established as one of the highly paid and top most leading comedians in Telugu film in ...

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* Master Uday * Baby Anuradha

Soundtrack

Music composed by M. M. Keeravani. Music released on AKASH Audio Company.

Awards

; National Film Awards * Best Feature Film in Telugu ;

- 1993(in Telugu) * Best Feature Film - Gold - G. Parthasaradhy *

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- Aamani * Best Male Playback Singer - S.P.Balasubramanyam * Second Best Story Writer -

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* Best Makeup Artist - Nageswara Rao * Special Jury Award - A.V.S

References

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* {{Bapu (film director) 1993 films Indian comedy films Films scored by M. M. Keeravani Indian feminist films Films about social issues in India Films about women in India Social realism in film Films shot in Hyderabad, India Films about sexual abuse Films with screenplays by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana Films directed by Bapu 1990s Telugu-language films Best Telugu Feature Film National Film Award winners 1993 comedy films 1990s feminist films