Chaduvukunna Ammayilu

Chaduvukunna Ammayilu (transl. Educated Girls) is a 1963 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao under the Annapurna Pictures banner and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri, Krishna Kumari in the lead roles and music composed by Saluri Rajeswara Rao. The film is based on the Telugu novel Kaalaatheetha Vyakthulu, written by Dr. Sridevi. The film was recorded as a Super Hit at the box office.

Chaduvukunna Ammayilu
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAdurthi Subba Rao
Produced byD. Madhusudhana Rao
Written byTripuraneni Gopichand (dialogues)
Screenplay byD. Madhusudhana Rao
Adurthi Subba Rao
K. Viswanath
Story byDr. Sridevi
Based onKaalaatheetha Vyakthulu (novel)
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Savitri
Krishna Kumari
Music bySaluri Rajeswara Rao
CinematographyP. S. Selvaraj
Edited byT. Krishna
Production
company
Distributed byNavayuga Films
Release date
  • 10 April 1963 (1963-04-10)
Running time
163 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

Sujatha (Savitri), daughter of a wealthy man Raghunatha Rao (Ramanna Pantulu) and Vasantha (Krishnakumari) a middle-class girl are bosom friends. Once while Sujatha is teaching driving to Vasantha, their car accidentally dashes against a motorbike driven by Sekhar (Akkineni Nageswara Rao), a bank employee. The three become friends. Sujatha and Vasantha fall in love with Sekhar. But Sekhar responds to Vasantha. Escaping from a forced marriage, Latha (E. V. Saroja) meets her childhood friends Sujatha and Vasantha. She is trapped by Anand (Padmanabham), whose real aim is to marry Vasantha. He plays to act as helping Vasantha's grandfather Rangaiah (Gummadi) and his wife Mahalakshmi (Hemalatha) when they are in dire straits. After learning that Sekhar is in love with Vasantha, Sujatha agrees to marry police officer Prabhakar (Sobhan Babu), whom her father has chosen for her. Anand deceives and implicates Sekhar in a theft case and Sekhar is on the run. Anand dumps Latha and when he is about to marry Vasantha, Sujatha steps in, proves him the culprit and unites Sekhar with Vasantha.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack
Chaduvukunna Ammayilu
Film score by
Saluri Rajeswara Rao
Released1963
GenreSoundtrack
Length26:48
ProducerSaluri Rajeswara Rao

Music composed by Saluri Rajeswara Rao. All songs are hit tracks. Music released on Audio Company.

S. No.Song TitleLyricsSingerslength
1 "Okate Hridayam Kosamu" Dasaradhi Ghantasala, P. Susheela 3:23
2 "Kila Kila Navvula" C. Narayana Reddy Ghantasala, P. Susheela 3:00
3 "Emandoy Nidura Levandoy" Dasaradhi Ashalatha Kulkarni 3:16
4 "Adavaalla Kopamlo" Arudra Ghantasala, P. Susheela 3:21
5 "Neeko Todu Kavali" Arudra Ghantasala, P. Susheela 3:47
6 "Oho Chakkani Chinnadi" Arudra P. B. Srinivas, Ashalatha Kulkarni 3:27
7 "Emitee Avataram" Kosaraju Madhavapeddi Satyam, Swarnalatha 3:20
8 "Vinipinchani Raagale" Dasaradhi Ghantasala, P.Susheela 3:14

Release & Reception

Chaduvukunna Ammayilu was released on 10 April 1963. Despite facing competition from Lava Kusa, the film ran for 100 days in theatres.[1]

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References
  1. Narasimham, M L (29 December 2016). "Chaduvukunna Ammayilu (1963)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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