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Sri Lakshmamma Katha
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Wikipedia article
'Sri Lakshmamma Katha' ( Story of Sri Lakshmamma) is a 1950 Telugu-language Hindu mythological film, produced and directed by Ghantasala Balaramaiah under the Pratibha Productions banner. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi and music composed by C. R. Subburaman.
Plot
Lakshmamma (Anjali Devi), is a noblewoman, the daughter of rich landlord Musalappa Naidu (Gadepalli) who is the head of their village Durgi. She lives very happily along with her mother Peramma (Rajaratnam) and brothers Kotaiah Naidu (Prabhakar Rao) & Chinna Kotaiah Naidu (Master Kundu). On the other side, Venkaiah Naidu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) belongs to Lingapuram, and stays along with two elder brothers Subbaiah Naidu (Kandikonda) & Ramaiah Naidu (Gowrinatha Sastry), mother Venkamma (Seshamamba) and sister Pichamma (G. Varalakshmi) who left her husband. Once Venkaiah visits Durgi where he sees Lakshmamma and falls in love with her. Here Musalappa keeps a condition that the bridegroom must stay along with them. Even though his mother & sister objects to it with his brothers' support Venkaiah marries Lakshmamma. Time passes, and Lakshmamma gives birth to a baby girl she is named Parvathi (Baby Narayani). Meanwhile, Venkaiah gets attracted to a temple dancer Rangasani (Suryaprabha). One night when he is trying to steal Lakshmamma's necklace for Rangasani, she obstructs him, he beats her very badly and leaves her in his house. Kotaiah goes to bring back him but in turn, he is insulted. Now Lakshmamma goes to her in-law's house where she is deserted by her womanizing husband and is subjected to many hardships by her mother-in-law & sister-in-law. Once a hidden treasure is dug out by Lakshmamma, on this occasion Subbaiah & Ramaiah leaves for Kotappakonda temple along with their wives. At that time, Venkamma wants to make Parvathi's marriage with Pichamma's mad son to which Lakshmamma does not agree. Parallelly, Venkaiah sees Rangasani with some other person. In that anger, he returns home when Venkamma & Pichamma make bad propaganda about Lakshmamma and makes him suspect her chastity. Venkaiah stabs Lakshmamma with the knife when lighting occurs, Venkaiah loses his eyesight and Venkamma & Pichamma become dumb. At last, Lakshmamma makes them normal with her devotional power. Finally, Lakshmamma is adored as a deity at Lingapuram.
Cast
*Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Venkaiah Naidu
*Anjali Devi as Sri Lakshmamma
*Kasturi Siva Rao as Rangadu
*Kona Prabhakar Rao as Kotaiah Naidu
*Gadepalli as Musalappa Naidu
*Gowrinatha Sastry as Ramaiah Naidu
*Kandikonda as Subbaiah Naidu
*G. Varalakshmi as Pichamma
*Surabhi Balasaraswathi as Chitti
*Suryaprabha as Rangasani
*Seshamamba as Venkamma
*Rajaratnam as Peramma
*Kanthamma as Viswamaata
*Master Kundu as Chinna Kotaiah Naidu
*Baby Narayani as Parvathi
Crew
*'Art': S. V. S. Rama Rao
*'Choreography': Vedantam Raghavaiah
*'Dialogues Lyrics': Balijepalli Lakshmikantham, Gopalaraya Sharma
*'Playback': Susarla Dakshinamurthi, P. Leela, Jikki, C. R. Subburaman, Kasturi Siva Rao,
*'Music': C. R. Subburaman
*'Editing': G. D. Joshi
*'Cinematography': P. Sridhar
*'Producer Director': Ghantasala Balaramaiah
*'Banner': Pratibha Productions
*'Release Date': 26 February 1950
Soundtrack
Music composed by C. R. Subburaman. Lyrics were written by Balijepalli Lakshmikantham, Gopalaraya Sharma. Music released on Audio Company.
References
Category:Hindu devotional films
Category:1950s Telugu-language films
Category:Indian drama films
Category:1950 drama films
Category:Indian black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by C. R. Subbaraman
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