''Ladies Tailor'' is a 1986 Indian
Telugu
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-language
comedy film
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, produced by K. Sarada Devi under the
Sri Sravanthi Movies
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banner, presented by
Sravanthi Ravi Kishore
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and written and directed by
Vamsy
Vamsy (born Nallamilli Bavireddy) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, littérateur, composer, poet, producer, actor and cartoonist known for his works in Telugu cinema, and television. He got breakthrough with ''Sitaara'' (1984), which wo ...
. It stars
Rajendra Prasad
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and
Archana, with music composed by
Ilaiyaraaja
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.
The film was dubbed into Tamil under the same name. The movie was remade in Marathi as ''Kuthe Kuthe Shodu Mi Tila'' (1990) and in Hindi in 2006 with the same name as the original.
Plot
The film begins in a village where a proficient ladies' tailor, Sundaram, is a slacker & strong proponent of a fluke that molds him into affluent. He turns a deaf ear to his disciple Sitaramudu, and friend, Battala Satyam, a cloth vendor, urging him to work. Once, a
Koyadora prophecies that Sundaram has kingship by knitting a lady luck possessing a mole on her right thigh. He shares it with his mates, but they are terrified of the chieftain Venkata Ratnam, who will abide by any roguery on women. He is under penalty, so they decide to prevail before his arrival by watching out for his confidant, Seenu. Sundaram starts his task with big business by stitching a blouse for unstable Venkataratnam's sibling Sundari, who roams across. He alleges three girls, Nagamani, Neelaveni, & Daiya, flirting with them and oaths to espouse. Constantly, he makes trials to extract the real one when Seenu senses from his acts. Due to lack of time, Sundaram wittily chases the puzzle and collapses absence at the trio. Thus, he plans to flee but fortuitously spots the mole on a newly deployed school teacher, Sujatha.
Meanwhile, Venkata Ratnam acquits Sundaram's buddies to handle Seenu with the bribe. Sundaram reboots his play with Sujatha but truly loves her, and she, too, reciprocates. However, the trio clusters him by fixing their alliance. Parallelly, Sujatha is forwarding to training, so he affirms to walk out with her. Here, as a flabbergast, Sundari conceives when everyone accuses Sundaram, and villagers & trio surround him. On the verge of Venkata Ratnam slaying him, Sujatha breaks the actual killer as Sitaramudu. Then, Venkata Ratnam turns his rage, which Sujatha subdues. She also detests Sundaram's idiocy for his betrayal of women. Sundaram dies out of remorse, pleads pardon, and opts to quit. At last, Sujatha bars him, and they wedlock. Finally, the movie ends comically, with Sundaram discerning the girl with a mole as Sundari.
Cast
Production
Development
Sravanthi Ravi Kishore along with his friends Thammudu Satyam and Vemuri Satyanarayana together formed a production company Sravanthi Film Arts. ''Ladies Tailor'' became company's first project.
Casting and filming
Archana whom initially auditioned for Vamsy's previous film ''Sitara'' was chosen as one of the lead actresses alongside Sandhya from Guntur and Deepa. For Tanikella Bharani's role, Vamsy's initial choice was Nutan Prasad however due to date issues, Bharani did the role instead.
The film was mostly shot in and around Rajolu, Thatipaka, and Manepalli of West Godavari district.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...
and all lyrics were written by
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (born Chembolu Seetharama Sastry; 20 May 1955 – 30 November 2021) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acquired the stage name Sirivennela after writing the ...
.
Songs were released through ECHO music label.
The song "Ekkada Ekkada" was composed and recorded after it was picturised as opposed to the usual norm of shooting after the song got recorded.
References
External links
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1986 films
1986 comedy films
Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja
Telugu films remade in other languages
Films directed by Vamsy
Fictional tailors
1980s Telugu-language films