''Dr. Anand'' is a 1966 Indian

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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. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

, produced by D. Venkatapathi Reddy under the Ravindra Art Productions banner and directed by

V. Madhusudhana Rao Veeramachineni Madhusudhana Rao (27 July 1917 – 11 January 2012) was an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is popularly known as ‘Victory’ Madhusudhana Rao. He directed ...

. It stars

N. T. Rama Rao Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for seven years over three terms. He starred ...

Anjali Devi Anjali Devi (; 24 August 1927 – 13 January 2014) was an Indian actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films. She was well known for her role as the Devi Sita in '' Lava Kusa'' as well as for the titular roles in movies like Chen ...

, Kanchana with music composed by

K. V. Mahadevan Krishnankoil Venkadachalam Mahadevan (14 March 1918 – 21 June 2001) was an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician known for his works in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada films. He is best known for his contributio ...

Plot

Dr. Anand is high-esteemed in society and lives with his wife Madhavi & 2 kids. Tragically, Madhavi is a cancer patient, but Anand with no courage, treats her and is occupied with the hospital. Hence, Madhavi insists him to nuptial again which he denies. Once Anand visits a dance consort of popular Vijaya who fractures her leg in between and is hospitalized. Whereat, she gets emotionally imbalanced, suffered from panic attacks when Anand boosts her willpower, gives moral support, and the two are infatuated. As a result, rumors spread when Anand drives Vijaya away, but cannot abscond from her memories as passionately. Hence Anand proceeds, amid, he lifts to a heart patient his doppelganger who dies. Exploiting it, Anand swaps with him and declares his death. After that, approaches Vijaya, and they spend a delightful time for a while, then his game breaks out when Vijaya loathes him and he quits. Devastated, Anand meets with an accident in which his face is damaged. After recovery, he is aware of the inauguration of his statue at the hospital as a tribute and lands therein. However, all fail to detect him. Following, he visits home where he spots Madhavi's health is deteriorating. Thus, Anand introduces as his friend starts medicating her, and nurtures the infants. As of now, Anand accused of a homicide of his own, apprehended, and convicted in court. At last, Vijaya arrives and proves his actuality. Finally, the movie ends with Vijaya uniting Anand with his family and dedicating her life to an orphanage in the name of Anand.

Cast

as Dr. Anand *

as Madhavi * Kanchana as Vijaya *

V. Nagayya V. Nagayya (born Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya Sarma; 28 March 1904 – 30 December 1978) also known as Chittoor Nagayya was an Indian actor, singer, music composer, and director known for his works in Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, and Telugu theatre. ...

as Justice Dharma Rao *

Ramana Reddy Ramana Reddy (1 October 1921 – 11 November 1974) was an Indian character actor, comedian and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning 24 years, he acted in more than 200 movies. Ramana Reddy and Relang ...

as Dr. Mrutyunjaya Rao *

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as Chalapathi Rao * Raja Babu as Nookalu * Chadalavada as Kotayya *

Rama Prabha Rama Prabha is an Indian actress who performs in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. She has acted in more than 1,400 films and is credited as a character artist who shared screen space with superstars across all generation of South Indian Cinem ...

as Mathi * ''Baby'' Padmini as Baby *''Master'' Adinarayana Rao as Babu

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Music released by Audio Company.

References

External links

* {{V. Madhusudhana Rao Indian drama films Films directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan