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Sumangali (1965 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Sumangali' is a 1965 Telugu-language drama film, produced by T. Govindarajan under the Venus Pictures & Ashok Movies banner and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri, with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film is a remake of the Tamil film 'Sarada' (1962).
Plot
Prof. Viswam (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) leads a happy life with his mother Visalakshamma (G. Varalakshmi) & sister Uma (Vasanthi). Meanwhile, Viswam gets an appointment in a renowned college owned by Srihari Rao (Gummadi), his only daughter Sarada (Savitri) studies in the same college and admires Viswam's ideologies and they fall in love. Srihari Rao opposes it, as Sarada's alliance is fixed with his nephew Shekar (Jaggayya). But Sarada marries Viswam against her father's wish. Knowing it, depressed, Shekar leaves the house and becomes a wanderer as he loves Sarada since childhood. Soon Viswam reaches his hometown, picks up a new job, and when the couple is dreaming about happy married life the things get shattered. Viswam meets with an accident in which he becomes impotent. Now Sarada's life is subliminal but she stands up with courage and protects her husband with celibacy. Parallelly, Shekar lands in the same city where he is acquainted with Viswam and they become good friends. Distressed, Viswam is not able to tolerate the torture faced by Sarada, so, he tries to commit suicide when Shekar protects him and gives him a piece of advice to perform remarriage to his wife. At that moment, Viswam gets relaxed, takes accepts his mother, thereafter, Viswam learns about the relationship between Shekar & Sarada, so, he convinces him also. But devoted Sarada refuses the proposal when Viswam forcibly makes her agree. During the time of the wedding, Sarada takes poison declaring the Indian women's devotion to marriage. Finally, the movie ends with Sarada departing in the lap of Viswam.
Cast
*Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Viswam
*Savitri as Sarada
*Jaggayya as Shekar
*Chittor V. Nagaiah as Venkata Chalam
*Gummadi as Srihari Rao
*Relangi as Dharma Raju
*Padmanabham as Kondandam
*G. Varalakshmi as Visalakshamma
*Girija as Dharma Raju's wife
*Sandhya as Srihari Rao's wife
*Vasanthi as Uma
*Sobhan Babu (Cameo appearance)
*Jayanthi (Cameo appearance)
Crew
*'Art': G. V. Subba Rao
*'Choreography': P. L. Gopala Krishnan
*'Lyrics - Dialogues': Acharya Aatreya
*'Playback': Ghantasala, P. Susheela, S. Janaki, P. B. Sreenivas, Jamuna Rani, L. R. Eswari, Swarnalata, Vasantha
*'Music': K. V. Mahadevan
*'Story': K. S. Gopala Krishna
*'Editing': T. Krishna
*'Cinematography': P. L. Roy
*'Producer': T. Govindarajan
*'Screenplay - Director': Adurthi Subba Rao
*'Banner': Venus Pictures & Ashok Movies
*'Release Date': 1 January 1965
Soundtrack
Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The song 'Kotha Pelli Koothura' is a blockbuster. Lyrics were written by Acharya Aatreya. Music released on Audio Company.
References
Category:Indian drama films
Category:Telugu remakes of Tamil films
Category:Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan
Category:Films directed by Adurthi Subba Rao
Category:1965 drama films
Category:1965 films
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