''Seetamalakshmi'' is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language film written and directed by K. Viswanath. The film stars Talluri Rameswari (in her Telugu debut) and Chandra Mohan. It was released on 27 July 1978. It won two state

Nandi Awards The Nandi Awards are annual awards presented by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to recognise excellence in Telugu cinema, theatre, and television, as well as lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. The awards are named after the monolithic ...

and a Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu for Talluri Rameswari. ''Seetamalakshmi'' was remade in Tamil as '' Enippadigal'' (1979), and in

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as ''Sitara'' (1980).

Plot

Kondayya ( Chandra Mohan) and Seetalu ( Rameswari) work in a touring theatre in a village and are in love. While essentially illiterate, they love watching movies and learn to recite the film dialogues and songs. A film producer who comes to the village makes a false promise to make Seetalu heroine in his films. Seetalu goes to Hyderabad along with Kondayya. After facing many difficulties, with the help of painter Sridhar, Seetalu finally becomes a heroine. Her success brings her relatives for want of her money. Kondayya slowly realizes that he cannot fit in that cine urban culture. He returns to the village. How the young lovers unite is the rest of the drama.

Credits

Cast

* Talluri Rameswari as Seetalu * Chandra Mohan as Kondayya * Sridhar * Vankayala Satyanarayana as Railway Station Master * Eeswara Rao * Dubbing Janaki * Master Tulasiram as Pallavi * Master Hari * Pallavi * P. L. Narayana *

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Crew

* Art Director:

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Soundtrack

* "Chalu Chalu Ee Virasalu" (Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishnasastri; Singers: G. Anand and Vijayalakshmi Sarma * "Kokoroko Koruko Em Kavalo Koruko" (Lyrics:

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, ...

; Singers: P. Susheela and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam) * "Maavi Chiguru Tinagane Kovila Palikena" (Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishnasastri; Singers: P. Susheela and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam) * "Nuvvitta Nenitta Kookunte Inketta" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singers: P. Susheela and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam) * "Pade Pade Padutunna Padina Pate" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: P. Susheela; Cast: Tulasi) * "Seetalu Singaram Malacchi Bangaram" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singers: P. Susheela and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam) * "Ey Pata Ne Padanu Bratuke Pataina Pasivadanu" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singers: P. Susheela, Vani Jayaram and Vijayalakshmi Sarma)

Awards

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- 1978(in Telugu) * Best Child Actress - Baby Thulasi * Best Lyricist - Devulapalli Krishnasastri ;

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 Award for Best Actress - Telugu - Talluri Rameswari (1978)

References

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{{Kasinathuni Viswanath 1978 films 1970s Telugu-language films 1970s Indian films Indian drama films Films set in a movie theatre Films directed by K. Viswanath Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Telugu films remade in other languages 1978 drama films