Maa Babu

Maa Babu (transl. Our Boy) is a 1960 Telugu-language drama film, produced by D. V. S. Raju under the Pragathi Art Productions banner and directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri in the lead roles and music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. The film is a remake of the Hindi film Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan (1959).[1]

Maa Babu
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTatineni Prakash Rao
Produced byD. V. S. Raju
Written bySamudrala Jr (dialogues)
Screenplay byTatineni Prakash Rao
Story byDhruva Chatterjee
Based onChirag Kahan Roshni Kahan (1959)
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Savitri
Music byT. Chalapathi Rao
CinematographyKamal Ghosh
Edited byN. M. Shankar
Production
company
Pragathi Art Productions
Release date
  • 22 December 1960 (1960-12-22)
Running time
143 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

Dr. Anand (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) is a well known respectable doctor in the society, his wife dies on the operating table, giving birth to a baby boy. At the same time, a widowed pregnant lady Ratna Devi (Savitri) has a miscarriage, as Anand promised her to protect the child, he gives his son to Ratna Devi hiding the truth. After that, grief-stricken, Anand becomes a wanderer and returns after four years. Due to affection for his son, he starts being a frequent visitor in their life which does not augur well with Ratna Devi's mother-in-law (Kannamba) and sister-in-law (M. Saroja) who make her life miserable by attributing illicit relation between them and forcibly stops Anand. Shortly thereafter, Anand marries a nurse, Maya (M. N. Rajam) who is a spendthrift, does not get along with Anand, and he finds out that she cannot conceive. Eventually, Anand's dad passes away, he leaves considerable wealth to Anand's child, including a monthly allowance of Rs.10,000. At that time, Maya learns the birth secret of Anand's child, so, she files a case in the court and wins. Therefore, Ratna Devi has to hands over the child to Maya, but the depressed child is not able to stay with Maya and runs away from home. At Present, everybody is in search of the child, in that bedlam, Maya dies in an accident. Finally, the movie ends, Anand giving back the child to Ratna Devi and continues his journey on official duty by dedicating his life to the hospital.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack
Maa Babu
Film score by
T. Chalapathi Rao
Released1960
GenreSoundtrack
Length29:29
ProducerT. Chalapathi Rao

Music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. Music released on Audio Company.

S. NoSong TitleLyricsSingerslength
1 "Enta Kalam Enthadooram" Sri Sri Ghantasala 4:51
2 "Babu Nidura Po" Samudrala Jr P. Susheela 4:34
3 "Chell Chell" Samudrala Jr P. Susheela 4:23
4 "O Daarinapoye Chinnavada" Samudrala Jr Ghantasala, S. Janaki 5:10
5 "Virese Jhum Jhum" Samudrala Jr Jamuna Rani 4:09
6 "Edamma Nee Raju" Samudrala Jr P. Leela 4:16
7 "Srimathigaru" Kosaraju Madhavapeddi Satyam 2:06
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References
  1. "Maa Babu". The Indian Express. 1 January 1961. p. 3.
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