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Mooga Nomu
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Wikipedia article
'Mooga Nomu' is a 1969 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced M. Murugan, M. Saravanan and M. Kumaran of AVM Productions and directed by D. Yoganand. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Jamuna, with music composed by R. Govardhanam. The film is a remake of the Tamil film 'Kalathur Kannamma' (1960).
Plot
Venu is the only son of Rao Bahadoor Raja Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Gopalam, the Zamindar of Ratnagiri. Gauri is the daughter of Somaiah (Chittoor V. Nagaiah), a farmer on their estate. They fall in love and Venu marries Gauri secretly in a temple. After that Venu has to go abroad for higher studies. During his absence, the Zamindar learns of the marriage and orders Gauri to forget his son, due to gratitude to the Zamindar, Gauri promises never to mention their marriage to anyone. At that time Gauri is pregnant, and the Zamindar arranges for the stay of Somaiah and Gauri in a nearby town, where Gauri gives birth to a baby boy, to protect Gauri from insults, Somaiah leaves the baby in an orphanage and lies that the child died.
Meanwhile, Venu returns, and he learns that Gauri and his inquiries lead him to believe that Gauri had led an immoral life. Grief-stricken, he travels from place to place to forget Gauri and takes to drinking as a last resort. After eight years, Venu and Gauri's son Gopi grows up into an intelligent boy and is living in an orphanage. Gauri becomes a teacher in the same school and feels attracted to Gopi. Venu is invited to the orphanage by Sowkar Subbaiah, a rich merchant who wants to marry his daughter Rajani to him, to preside over a school function. Venu takes a fascination for Gopi, who acts in the school drama. After the drama ends, he encounters Gauri again and orders them to dismiss her.
Due to unknown affection, Venu takes Gopi with him to his house. At Gopi's insistence, Venu stops drinking and to give him a mother, also decides to marry Rajani. A seriously ill Somaiah confesses to Gowri that her child is not dead and reveals the identity of Gopi. Gauri tries to contact him but does not find him in the orphanage. In the local temple, Gauri meets Gopi and tells him that she is his mother. On learning from him that Venu is bringing him up and is marrying shortly to find him a mother, she asks him not to mention anything about her. While preparations were going on for the marriage, Gopi informs Rajani that he is the son of Venu. The news of this conflict spreads in the village.
On learning this, Somaiah rushes to the palace to take the boy. Gauri who has followed takes Gopi and tries to move away when she is intercepted by Venu, who demands the boy back. Venu refuses to believe that Gopi is Gauri's son and abuses her for her shameless life. The Zamindar observes that even in such a humiliating situation, Gauri is silent and does not breathe a word about her promise to him. He is moved and acknowledges the truth. Finally, Gopi unites his parents.
Cast
*Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Venu
*Jamuna as Gauri
*S. V. Ranga Rao as Rao Bahadoor Raja Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Gopal
*Chittoor V. Nagaiah as Somaiah
*Rajanala as Subbaiah
*Padmanabham as Ranganna
*Vijaya Lalitha as Rambha
*Geetanjali as Manga
*Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Rajani
*'Master' Brahmaji as Gopi
Soundtrack
Music composed by R. Govardhanam.
References
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