''Subhalekha'' () is a 1982

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-language comedy-drama film, produced by

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and V. V. Sastry under the Prasanthi Creations banner and directed by K. Viswanath. It stars

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and Sumalata , with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film was recorded as a ''Super Hit'' at the box office. It was the first time they worked together; after this success, they went on to make two more movies: '' Swayamkrushi'' in 1987 and ''

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'' in 1992. The film was made at a time when Chiranjeevi had started getting lead actor roles and followed the immensely successful film '' Intlo Ramayya Veedilo Krishnayya''. After making ''Saptapadi'', in which he dealt with the

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of the caste system, K. Viswanath followed up with this film in which he dealt with the social malady of the dowry system and is inspired by famous writer Gurazada Venkata Apparao's work ''

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''. The film is the debut of famous actor ''

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'', his character in the film became so popular that after that, he has been credited with this feature title before his name.

Plot

Narasimha Murthy (

) is a multi-talented person who works as a waiter in a star hotel, (filming location: Dolphin Hotel, Visakhapatnam) since he is unable to pass his B.A. exams. He meets Sujatha ( Sumalata), a lecturer who works in a college run by councilor Ankella Adiseshayya ( Satyanarayana). Mohan (Girish), who is an engineer and elder son of Adiseshayya, comes to Sujatha's place with his father for a marriage proposal. During this, Sujata stands up and has an argument with Adiseshayya when the latter demands exorbitant amounts as dowry. This creates a rift between Sujata and her parents who fear that this act of Sujatha might ostracize them from society. Adiseshayya also dismisses Sujatha from her job. During this difficult phase, Murthy, as a friend, provides solace to Sujatha; their relationship is mistaken as an affair and Sujatha is forced to leave her home. Murthy creates a big ruckus during the felicitation function of Adiseshayya and humiliates him. Adiseshayya retaliates by hiring goons to beat up Murthy and also gets him dismissed from his job. Left with no choice, Murti takes Sujatha to Hyderabad and meets Rao (Arun), whom he had met during the latter's stay in the hotel where Murti worked. Rao, who is in a senior post in Allwyn, hires Sujatha. Back home, Lakshmi (

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), younger sister of Sujatha, falls in love with Murali (

), who is the younger son of Adiseshayya. Murali threatens his father with suicide and forces his father to let him marry Lakshmi. Left without a choice, Adiseshayya, who had dreamed of getting a lot of dowries since his son is a doctor accepts the proposal with the very little dowry. After marriage, Lakshmi leaves to Sujatha's place where Murthy arranges for a marriage between Sujatha and Rao. Lakshmi, with consent from her husband, files a suit against Adiseshayya to surrender his son, Murali to her since she paid for him during her marriage to teach Adiseshayya a lesson. Seeing this notice, Adiseshayya, his son, and Lakshmi's parents come to Hyderabad just before Sujatha's marriage. The climax deals with how Adiseshayya is taught a lesson and also ends with the marriage of Murthy and Sujata as per the wishes of the latter. Adiseshayya returns home to find that his elder son Mohan had married the widowed cousin of Murthy.

Cast

as Narasimha Murthy * Sumalata as Sujatha * Satyanarayana as Ankella Adiseshayya *

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as Lawyer Chillara Bhavani Sankaram * Ramana Murthy as Jagannatham * Sudhakar as Murali * Rallapalli as Gurnadham *

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as Bhavanarayana * Girish as Mohan * Arun as Rao * Potti Prasad as Server Subba Rao * Vankayala Satyanarayana as Principal Challeswara Rao * Hemasundar as Hotel Properter Bhatt * C.H.Krishnamurthy as Srinivasa Rao * Jeet Mohan Mitra as Kesava Rao * Krishna Chaitanya * Dham as Peon *

as Lakshmi * Pushpakumari as Sujatha's mother * Anupama as Satyavathi * Malini *

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as Narasimha Murthy's grandmother

Crew

* Dialogues:

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* Lyrics:

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and

Annamayya Tallapaka Annamacharya (Telugu : తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య) ( IAST: taḷḷapāka annamācārya; 22 May 1408 – 4 April 1503), also popularly known as Annamayya, was a 15th-century Hindu saint and the e ...

* Music: K. V. Mahadevan * Playback singers:

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, S. Janaki, P. Susheela,

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& Poornachander Rao * Choreographer: Parupalli Seshu * Assistant Music Director: Puhalendi * Art:

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* Cinematography: Lok Singh * Editor: G. G. Krishna Rao * Producers:

& V. V. Sastry * Story - Screenplay - Director: K. Viswanath * Production Company: Prasanthi Creations * DVD release: S.V. Entertainments

Soundtrack

Music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Music was released on SAREGAMA Audio Company.

Awards

;

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, - , 1982 ,

(for 1st time) , Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor , , - , 1982 , K. Viswanath ,

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, ;

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* 1982 -

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- '' K. Viswanath''(in

)

Reception

* The movie was very well received by both critics and audiences and did very well at the box office and perhaps would have done even better if it had been released a bit later: It was released within five weeks of ''Intlo Ramayya Veedilo Krishnayya'' which was running very successfully at that time. * Was remade into Hindi as '' Shubh Kaamna'' (1983) by actor

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who played the role played by

in the direction of K. Viswanath. Rakesh Roshan had earlier remade ''Subhodayam'' into Hindi as '' Kaamchor''.

References

External links

* {{Kasinathuni Viswanath 1980s Telugu-language films 1982 films Films directed by K. Viswanath Telugu films remade in other languages Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Geetha Arts films