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Thalla? Pellama?
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Wikipedia article
'Thalla? Pellama?' is a 1970 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by N. Trivikrama Rao under the NAT and Ramakrishna Cine Studios banner and directed by N. T. Rama Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Chandrakala and Master Harikrishna, with music composed by T. V. Raju. The film was remade in Hindi as 'Bidaai' (1974) and in Tamil as 'Piriya Vidai' (1975).
Plot
Ramanamma (Santha Kumari) has two sons, elder son Prabhakar (Nagabhushanam) leaves for the city after the marriage and doesn't care about his family. The second son is Sudhakar (N. T. Rama Rao), who is studious & hardworking, after passing the school final, joins the college in Hyderabad. Rao Bahadur Nambitonda (Relangi), uses students for his political gains, which Sudhakar detests his only daughter Padma (Chandrakala) loves and marries Sudhakar. She leaves her luxuries and moves to her in-law's house but she could not endure the poverty in their house and starts misunderstanding her mother-in-law. So, Ramanamma forcibly sends Sudhakar with Padma to his in-law's house. Now Sudhakar wants to teach a lesson to his wife Padma, he makes her do the entire household work and showcases himself as a gambler & drunkard. On the other side, Prabhakar lives in illusions and falls into debt, his son Krishna (Master Hari Krishna) a boy with good habitat who knows about the grandmother, leaves for her. By that time, Ramanamma is at her death bed and Krishna serves her with love & affection. Prabhakar loses his job and he also moves to the village along with his wife (Devika). Padma becomes pregnant and gives birth to a boy, but Sudhakar does not allow her to see the baby. Here Rao Bahadur files a divorce petition on behalf of Padma. In the court, Sudhakar argues that he had played this drama to make Padma understand the mother's affection towards the children and how much she feels when a child is separated from her. Then Padma realizes her mistake and says sorry to Sudhakar. All of them reach the village. Finally, Ramanamma leaves her last breath in the hands of the children.
Cast
*N. T. Rama Rao as Sudhakar
*Chandrakala as Padma
*Master Harikrishna as Krishna
*Chittor V. Nagaiah
*Relangi as Rao Bahadoor Nambitonda
*Ramana Reddy
*Nagabhushanam as Prabhakar
*Satyanarayana
*Prabhakar Reddy
*Mukkamala
*Tyagaraju
*Raavi Kondala Rao
*K. V. Chalam
*Sarathi
*Arja Janardana Rao
*Jagga Rao
*Devika
*Santha Kumari as Ramanamma
*Chaya Devi
*Lakshmi Kanthamma
*Vijaya Lalitha as item number
*Jyothi Lakshmi as item number
Soundtrack
Music composed by T. V. Raju.
References
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