''Thoorpu Padamara'' () is a 1976 Indian

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romantic drama film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

written and directed by

Dasari Narayana Rao Dasari Narayana Rao (4 May 1947 – 30 May 2017) was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, lyricist, and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, in addition to Hindi cinema. He has directed more than 150 ...

. A remake of the

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film ''

Apoorva Raagangal ''Apoorva Raagangal'' (; ) is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. It stars Kamal Haasan, Sundarrajan, Srividya and Jayasudha, while Nagesh and Rajinikanth, in his feature film debut, pla ...

'' (1975), it revolves around a rebel ( Narasimha Raju) who falls in love with a much older woman (

Srividya Srividya (24 July 1953 – 19 October 2006), also known as Sreevidya, was an Indian actress best known for her work predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films, along with few Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. In a career spanning for 40 years, ...

) while the woman's daughter ( Madhavi) is drawn to the rebel's father (

Kaikala Satyanarayana Kaikala Satyanarayana (25 July 1935 – 23 December 2022) was an Indian actor, producer, director, and politician who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He appeared in over 750 films and served as the Member of Parliament in the 11th Lok Sa ...

). The rest of the story revolves around the four characters and their problems. The film was released on 23 October 1976 and became a commercial success.

Plot

Suryam, a young rebel, is nursed back to health by a lonely classical singer Shivaranjani, who is significantly older than him. Though the two fall in love and want to be together, they find many obstacles in their paths.

Cast

* Narasimha Raju as Suryam *

as Shivaranjani * Madhavi as Kalyani *

as Suryam's father *

Mohan Babu Manchu Bhakthavatsalam, credited and also known as Mohan Babu, is an Indian actor and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. An alumnus of the Madras Film Institute, Mohan Babu has acted in more than 500 films in lead, su ...

as Shivaranjani's ex-husband *

Nagesh Nagesh (born Cheyur Krishnarao Nageshwaran; (27 September 1933 – 31 January 2009) was an Indian actor, mostly remembered for his roles as a comedian in Tamil films during the 1960s. Nagesh was born in Dharapuram. He acted in over 1,000 Cine ...

as Shivaranjani's family doctor *

C. Narayana Reddy Cingireddi Narayana Reddy (29 July 1931 – 12 June 2017), popularly known as CiNaRe, was an Indian Telugu-language poet and writer. Reddy had produced over eighty literary works including poems, prose-plays, lyrical plays, translations, a ...

as himself *Murali Mohan as himself

Production

''Thoorpu Padamara'', a remake of

K. Balachander Kailasam Balachander (9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian film maker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil cinema. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, and the Indian film industry knew him as a master of u ...

film ''

'' (1975), was written and directed by

. It was produced by K. Raghava under Pratap Art Productions, photographed by K. S. Mani and edited by K. Balu.

and

reprised their roles from the Tamil original.

Themes

''Thoorpu Padamara'', like Narayana Rao's other films, explores "human relation dynamics". According to Sridhar Sattiraju of ''Telugu360'', the entire story can be summed in one of the film's dialogues which translates to: "Why the ‘Twain shall never meet, conveyed the essence of what happens when improbable relationships exist between say, a father-in-law and a daughter-in-law or say, a mother-in-law and son-in-law".

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

Ramesh Naidu Pasupuleti Ramesh Naidu (1933–1988) was an Indian music composer, multi instrumentalist, and singer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He garnered the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the film Megha Sandesam i ...

, and the lyrics were written by

. Instead of reusing the songs from ''Apoorva Raagangal'', Naidu was given freedom by Narayana Rao to compose original songs.

Release

''Thoorpu Padamara'' was released on 23 October 1976, and became a commercial success.

References

External links

* {{Dasari Narayana Rao 1976 romantic drama films 1970s Telugu-language films Films about singers Films directed by Dasari Narayana Rao Indian romantic drama films Sexuality and age in fiction Telugu remakes of Tamil films