Koduku Kodalu

Koduku Kodalu (transl. Son - Daughter-in-law) is a 1972 Telugu-language drama film, produced by V. Venkateswarlu under the Padmasri Pictures banner[2] and directed by P. Pullaiah.[3] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vanisri in the lead roles and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan.[4][5]

Koduku Kodalu
Theatrical release poster
Directed byP. Pullaiah
Produced byV. Venkateswarlu
Written byAcharya Aatreya (dialogues)
Screenplay byP. Pullaiah
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Vanisri
Music byK. V. Mahadevan
CinematographyK. S. Prasad
Edited byN. M. Shankar
Production
company
Padmasri Pictures[1]
Release date
  • 22 December 1972 (1972-12-22)
Running time
145 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

Raja Shekar (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) a young & energetic guy loves a charming girl Shobha (Vanisri), daughter of a millionaire Srihari Rao (Gummadi). During the time of their engagement, Srihari Rao's sister Durgamma (Suryakantham) denounces Shekar's mother Janakamma (Santha Kumari) as a woman of ill repute. Knowing it, Srihari Rao necks them out when Janakamma also claims it true, distressed Shekar leaves the house accusing his mother. After some time, wanderer Shekar presented in the court for a petty case where the Judge, Raghava Rao recognizes Shekar as his son, so, he acquits and takes him home without revealing his identity. Meanwhile, Srihari Rao compels Shobha for another alliance, so, she runs away, reaches her cousin Geeta (Lakshmi) a nurse who, fortunately, serves Raghava Rao. Afterward, Shekar also learns the truth when he puts Raghava Rao down for deceiving his mother but later he realizes his virtue. Right now, both of them moves for Janakamma but her whereabouts are not known, so, they proceed towards Srihari Rao and proves Janakamma's chastity. At present, Raghava Rao wants to perform the marriage of Geeta & Shekar and for his father's happiness, Shekar too agrees. Parallelly, Janakamma joins as a maid in the house of a wealthy women Vasundhara (P.R.Varalakshmi) whom her husband Jaganatham (Satyanarayana) a vicious person, displays as mentally ill. But actually, she is scared of her husband as it is well known that he is going to kill her for the property. Moreover, Jaganatham ploys, by posing as if he is having a twin brother Satyanandam and plans to marry Shobha in that attire. Thereafter, Jaganatham intrigues that he went a pilgrimage, slaughters Vasundhara, indicts Janakamma and returns as Satyanandam. At this juncture, the case goes into sessions when Raghava Rao witnesses Janakamma, becomes perturbed and informs Shekar. Now, Shekar decides to affirm the truth for which he chases Jaganatham / Satyanandam. On the other side, Shobha discovers Geetha's love on Shekar, so, she departs and fortuitously lands at Satyanandam's house. Eventually, being aware of reality Geeta sacrifices her love. At last, Shekar with the help of Shobha in disguise sees the end of Satyanandam and makes him arrested. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Shekar & Shobha.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack
Koduku Kodalu
Film score by
K. V. Mahadevan
Released1972
GenreSoundtrack
Length26:02
LabelEMI Columbia Audio
ProducerK. V. Mahadevan
K. V. Mahadevan chronology
Bharya Biddalu
(1972)		 Koduku Kodalu
(1972)		 Kanna Thalli
(1972)

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by Acharya Aatreya. Music released on EMI Columbia Audio Company.

S. No.Song TitleSingerslength
1 "Goppolla Chinnadi" Ghantasala 4:11
2 "Nuvvu Nenu Ekkamainamu" Ghantasala, S. Janaki 4:01
3 "Cheyi Cheyi Taggilindhi" Ghantasala, P. Susheela 4:14
4 "Neekemi Telusu" Ghantasala, P. Susheela 3:51
5 "Nuvvu Nenu" P. Susheela 5:32
6 "Idenannamata" S. Janaki, P. Susheela 4:13
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References
  1. "Koduku Kodalu (Overview)". IMDb.
  2. "Koduku Kodalu (Banner)". Filmiclub.
  3. "Koduku Kodalu (Direction)". Know Your Films.
  4. "Koduku Kodalu (Cast & Crew)". gomolo.com.
  5. "Koduku Kodalu (Review)". The Cine Bay.
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