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-language

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directed by

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. The film won four

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& one

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. The song ''Sirimalle Neeve'' was borrowed from music director's own composition ''Baanallu Neene Bhuviyallu Neene'' from the 1976 Kannada movie '' Bayalu Daari''.

Cast

* Ranganath *

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* Deepa *

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* Girija

Plot

Rajesh (Ranganadh) is a film actor who is widowed with a child. He is on the lookout for a teacher for his son. Rajesh's friend's (acted by

Pradeep Shakthi Pradeep Shakthi (25 July 1954 – 20 February 2016) was an Indian Telugu actor, director and businessman. Pradeep Shakthi, born as Raja Vasireddy, was from the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. He was introduced to Telugu cinema by director ...

) sister Sharada (Lakshmi) joins as the boys stay-at-home teacher. Rajesh is still very much attached to his late wife Sita (Deepa). He out on his work most of the time and house is run by his sister (Girija), who imposes her authority in the house by any means. Her doctor Sarat Babu helps her in carrying out some of her nefarious tasks. Rajesh's sister is jealous of Sharada's growing influence on Rajesh and his son and keeps trying to get her to leave by attacking her character. Sharada, however, ignores all the insults in the interest of Rajesh and the child. Rajesh's sister, as a last resort, asks help of the Doctor to get rid of Sharada. The Doctor tries to force himself upon Sharada and when she resists, he boasts that Sita was in love with him and was about to divorce Rajesh, before she died. Rajesh sees and hears all of this and bashes the doctor up. In revenge, the Doctor gets a story published in newspapers which say Sita was having an affair with the Doctor before she died. Seeing the photos in the story, Rajesh believes Sita really cheated on him and is in deep sorrow. Sharada takes it upon herself to prove to Rajesh that Sita was innocent. She is able get her hands on Sita's diary which details how she was forced by her sister-in-law to go to the doctor's house where she was drugged and her photos were taken and used to blackmail her, resulting in her killing herself. Knowing this, Rajesh is relieved from his sorrow and gets the Doctor arrested. Rajesh's sister also understands that her desire to control everything has caused all the problems. The film ends with Rajesh proposing to Sharada, to which she agrees.

Soundtrack

Awards

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* Best Actress -

* Best Music Director - Rajan-Nagendra * Best Lyricist -

Veturi Veturi Sundararama Murthy (29 January 1936 – 22 May 2010), known mononymously by his surname Veturi, was an Indian poet and lyricist who is known for his works in Telugu literature and cinema. Veturi is a recipient of the National Film Award, ...

* Best Child Actress - Baby Rani ;

Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...

* Filmfare Special Jury Award -

26th Filmfare Awards South

References

External links

* {{Singeetam Srinivasa Rao 1977 films Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Films directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao Indian drama films 1977 drama films 1970s Telugu-language films 1970s Indian films