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'Velugu Needalu' is a 1961 Telugu-language film produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao under the Annapurna Pictures banner and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri and music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao.

The film was simultaneously filmed in Tamil as 'Thooya Ullam' .This movie is loosely inspired by bengali movie chalachal.

Plot



Rao Bahadur Venkataramaiah (S. V. Ranga Rao) owns a printing press and a magazine. Vengalappa (Relangi) works for him. Venkataramaiah and his wife Kanaka Durgamma (Suryakantham) adopt a girl Suguna (Baby Sasikala / Savitri). After she gives birth to a child Varalakshmi (Girija), Kanaka Durgamma's affection towards Suguna diminishes and she throws her out. Vengalappa and his wife Santhamma (T. G. Kamala Devi) raise her. Suguna joins M.B.B.S. Chandra Shekar (Akkineni Nageswara Rao), nephew of Vengalappa, who is also a student of the same college and they fall in love. Suguna gives tuition to Subhadramma's (Sandhya) son. Subhadramma's brother Dr. Raghunath (Jaggaiah) returns from London. Chandram is a chain-smoker, afflicted with tuberculosis. Heeding Chandram's words, Suguna marries Raghu. Chandram is admitted to the Union Mission Sanatorium in Madanapalle and is cured. Raghu meets with a fatal accident on his way to receive Chandram. Bowing to Suguna's wish, Chandram marries Varalakshmi and steers the press and the magazine towards profit. Kanaka Durgamma sows suspicion in Varalakshmi about Suguna and Chandram's relationship. Chandram joins the workers in their fight for the bonus. Venkataramaiah brings in new workers. While trying to stop the fight between them, Varalakshmi is grievously injured. Suguna saves her. The shadows are a thing of the past in their family.

Cast



The Tamil cast list is adapted from the book Thiraikalanjiyam Part2

;Telugu

*Akkineni Nageshwara Rao as Chandram

*Savitri as Suguna

*S. V. Ranga Rao as Rao Bahadur Venkataramaiah

*Jaggayya as Dr. Raghunath

*Relangi as Vengalappa

*Padmanabham as Medical Student

*Peketi Sivaram as Sivaram

*Suryakantham as Kanaka Durgamma

*Girija as Varalakshmi

*Rajasulochana as Special appearance in song 'Padavoyi Bharateeyuda'

*E. V. Saroja as Special appearance in song 'Sariganchu Cheerakatti'

*Sandhya as Subhadramma

*T. G. Kamala Devi as Santhamma

*Surabhi Kamalabai

*Mohana as Nurse

*Nagarjuna Akkineni as infant Raghu

;Tamil

;Male cast

*Akkineni Nageshwara Rao

*S. V. Ranga Rao

*K. A. Thangavelu

*K. Balaji

*Natarajan

*Nagarathinam

*Mani

*Dharmaraj

;Tamil

;Female cast

*Savitri

*E. V. Saroja

*M. S. Sundari Bai

*Sandhya

*Surabhi Kamalabai

*T. G. Kamaladevi

*'Baby' Sasikala

*Mohana

*Rajeswari

Production



'Velugu Needalu' was simultaneously filmed in Tamil as 'Thooya Ullam', with K. A. Thangavelu replacing Relangi. 'Thooya Ullam' is the first film that was screened in Shanti Theatre, Chennai. While C. V. Sridhar wrote the dialogues for the film, K. S. Gopalakrishnan who later became a popular director, taught the cast to render the dialogues.

Soundtrack



Music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao.

;Tamil

Udumalai Narayana Kavi and Kannadasan wrote the lyrics.

References




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