Iddaru Mitrulu (1961 film)

Iddaru Mitrulu (transl. Two Friends) is a 1961 Telugu-language drama film, produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao under Annapurna Pictures and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Raja Sulochana, E. V. Saroja in the lead roles and music composed by Saluri Rajeswara Rao. The film is a remake of 1957 Bengali film Tasher Ghar (1957) and was also remade in Tamil as Ennai Pol Oruvan starring Sivaji Ganesan.

Iddaru Mitrulu
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAdurthi Subba Rao
Produced byD. Madhusudhana Rao
Written byKorrapati Gangadhara Rao (dialogues)
Screenplay byK. Viswanath
D. Madhusudhana Rao
Adurthi Subba Rao
(Telugu adaption)
Story byGora Sastry
Based onTasher Ghar (1957)
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Raja Sulochana
E. V. Saroja
Music bySaluri Rajeswara Rao
CinematographyP. S. Selvaraj
Edited byM. S. Mani
Production
company
Release date
  • 29 December 1961 (1961-12-29)
[1]
Running time
165 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

The film is the first Telugu film in which an actor portrayed a dual role. This film is the first debut to lyricist Dasarathi and dialogue writer Korrapati Gangadhara Rao and it is the first film of music director Saluri Rajeswara Rao in this banner; after that he has given music for maximum movies (8 movies) in this banner.

Plot

The film begins on two strangers Ajay & Vijay (both Akkineni Nageswara Rao) who lookalike meets in an accident and start sharing their miseries. Ajay is a multi-millionaire, studying abroad and returns knowing regarding his father's death. During that plight, his malevolent & sly manager Bhanoji Rao (Gummadi) who counterfeits as a loyalist, throws him into huge debts to usurp his wealth. On the other side, Vijay is a graduate belongs to a poor family, suffering from unemployment, his sister Meena (Sarada) is discarded by her in-laws for dowry and his innocent devotional father Ramadasu (Ramana Reddy) does not support them. Right now, both of them decides to exchange places for a year with a mutual agreement. Ajay is very happy with affection & family bondage at Vijay's place. But Vijay is caught by Ajay's blind paternal aunt (G. Varalakshmi) through her senses and rages on Vijay. However, after knowing the reality from Ajay she too aids them. There onwards, Vijay foils Bhanoji Rao's plots when he also finds out he has the jewelry of Ajay's mother and also created a duplicate legitimate that Ajay has to compulsorily marry his only daughter Sarala (Raja Sulochana). To get rid off these puzzling situations and expose the falsity of Bhanoji Rao Vijay moves close with Sarala but after understanding her virtue he truly falls for her. Parallelly, Ajay joins as a mechanic for livelihood and falls in love with colleague Prakash's (Nanduri Muralikrishna) sister Padma (E. V. Saroja).

Moreover, Ajay could not witnesses the agony of Meena, so, he threatens his coward brother-in-law Bujji (Padmanabham) to turn back his wife. Terror-stricken Bujji secretly visits his in-law's without knowledge of his avaricious father Parandhamaiah (Relangi). After some time Meena becomes pregnant when neighbors heckle and suspect her chastity. So, Ajay immediately meets Parandhamaiah but he refuses to accept Meena until Vijay pays the dowry amount. To make it decisive Ajay approaches Vijay, unfortunately by the time, Vijay leaves to a picnic with Sarala and breaks out the mystery behind the stolen treasure. Here helpless Ajay forges his own signature, draws the required amount, sends Meena to her in-law's house but he was caught and taken into custody. Meanwhile, Bhanoji Rao learns about the agreement between Ajay & Vijay so, he ploys to hasten the marriage of Sarala with Vijay to gain authority over Ajay's Property. Subsequently, Vijay astutely gives a check to Bhanoji Rao and confesses him. At last, Vijay is about to leave the house when Ajay stops him and shares half of his property with him. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriages of Ajay with Padma and Vijay with Sarala.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack
Iddaru Mitrulu
Film score by
Saluri Rajeswara Rao
Released1961
GenreSoundtrack
Length27:44
ProducerSaluri Rajeswara Rao
Saluri Rajeswara Rao chronology
Bhakta Jayadeva
(1961)		 Iddaru Mitrulu
(1961)		 Bharya Bhartalu
(1961)

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

S. NoSong TitleLyricsSingerslength
1 "Hello Hello O Ammayi" Aarudhra Ghantasala, P. Susheela 3:12
2 "Ee Musi Musi Navvulu" Aarudhra Ghantasala, P. Susheela 3:41
3 "Khushi Khushi Ga Navvuthu" Dasaradhi Ghantasala, P. Susheela 3:41
4 "Oho Oho Ninne Korega" Sri Sri Ghantasala, P. Susheela 3:23
5 "Padavela Radhika" Sri Sri Ghantasala, P. Susheela 3:20
6 "Chakkani Chukka Sarasaku Raave" Aarudhra P. B. Sreenivas, P. Susheela 3:17
7 "Navvali Navvali" Dasaradhi P. Susheela 4:29
8 "Srirama" Kosaraju Madhavapeddi Satyam 2:41
9 "Oho Fashionla" P. Susheela 4:24
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References
  1. "IDDARU MITHRULU (1961)". The Hindu.
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