Preminchi Choodu
Preminchi Choodu (transl. Love and See) is a 1965 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film, produced by V. Venkateswarlu under the Padmasri Pictures banner and directed by P. Pullaiah. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jaggaiah, Rajasree, Kanchana with music composed by Master Venu. The film is a remake of the Tamil film Kadhalikka Neramillai (1964).
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| Telugu | ప్రేమించి చూడు |
| Directed by | P. Pullaiah |
| Produced by | V. Venkateswarlu |
| Written by | Mullapudi Venkata Ramana (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | P. Pullaiah |
| Story by | C. V. Sridhar |
| Based on | Kadhalikka Neramillai |
| Starring | Akkineni Nageswara Rao Jaggaiah Kanchana Rajasree |
| Music by | Master Venu |
| Cinematography | P. L. Roy |
| Edited by | N. M. Shankar |
Production company | Padmasri Pictures |
| Distributed by | Sri Films |
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Running time | 160 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
Buchabbai (Relangi) the proprietor of an estate, has two daughters Kanchanamala & Ratnamala (Kanchana & Rajasree) and a son Varahala Raju (Chalam), whose life ambition to direct a movie. In the city, Kanchanamala loves a handsome guy Srinivasa Rao / Vasu (Jaggaiah), son of a big contractor Subbarayudu (Gummadi). After completing their studies Kanchana & Ratna returns back when they have a petty quarrel with a young guy Ranga Rao (Akkineni Nageswara Rao), who works as an assistant manager in their estate. So, they influence Buchabbai to terminate him from the service. Distressed, Ranga starts a strike in front of Buchabbai's bungalow in a tent. After a few comic scenes, Ranga & Ratna fall in love when Ranga learns that Buchabbai wants to make a rich alliance to his daughters whereas he is an ordinary school teacher's (Raavi Kondala Rao) son. Therefore, Ranga plots, call his best friend who is none other than Vasu and poses him as his father Srinivasa Bhupathi a multi-millionaire, in disguise. Now they make Buchabbai plead for the marriage. After some time, Ranga & Vasu reveal the truth before the girls when they too join the play. Parallelly, a sidetrack runs, Varahala Raju always teases & suffers his father to finance his film, he selects their manager Yedukondalu's (Allu Ramalingaiah) daughter Meenakshi (Girija) as the heroine and trains her when they love each other. Meanwhile, Subbarayudu lands at Buchabbai's estate, surprisingly, they are childhood friends and in the conversation, they fix the alliance of Vasu & Kanchana. Here Vasu gets shocked looking at his father but feels happy knowing that his match has fixed with Kanchana. But unfortunately, once, Subbarayadu accidentally gets acquaintance with Ranga's father when he finds out the reality, informs Buchabbai, both of them give a Police complaint and also give instructions to Ratna & Kanchana to be careful but they make known to their fiancée. Immediately, Ranga plans by making everyone believe that he is two and confuses them. Soon, Buchabbai & Subbarayadu rushes to get back the complaint but by the time, it is too late and Ranga & Vasu get arrested. There onwards, the story talks so many humorous twists & turns when Ranga & Vasu fool's Buchabbai and succeeds in marrying their love interests.
Cast
- Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Ranga Rao
- Kanchana as Kanchanamala
- Rajasree as Ratnamala
- Jaggaiah as Srinivasa Rao / Vasu
- Relangi as Buchabbai
- Gummadi as Subbarayudu
- Chalam as Varahala Raju
- Allu Ramalingaiah as Manager Yedukondalu
- Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah as Veera Naidu
- Raavi Kondala Rao as Master
- K. V. Chalam as Inspector Subba Rao
- Jagga Rao as S.P.
- Santha Kumari as Shanthamma
- Girija as Meenakshi / Laila
Production
The film was a remake of Tamil film Kadhalikka Neramillai (1964), Rajashree reprised her role from the original.[1][2]
Soundtrack
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| Released | 1965 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 34:20 |
| Producer | Master Venu |
Music composed by Master Venu. Pullaiah insisted Master Venu to retain the tunes from the original film in Telugu, which Venu was not okay with. He expressed his concern to Pullaiah's wife Santhakumari who encouraged him having faith in talent. Except for the song "Vennela Reyi", other songs were retained from the original. "Vennela Reyi" was the replacement for the song "Naalam Naalam". This tune was retained despite Pullaiah expressing his anger for using a new tune.[3]
| S. No. | Song Title | Lyrics | Singers | length |
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| 1 | "Medameeda Meda Katti" | Mullapudi Venkata Ramana | P. B. Srinivas | 5:49 |
| 2 | "Andale Thongi Choose" | Dasaradhi | P. Susheela, L. R. Eswari, Basaveshwari | 4:09 |
| 3 | "Dorikeru Doragaru" | C. Narayana Reddy | Ghantasala, P. Susheela | 3:04 |
| 4 | "Kalakalalade Kannulu" | Arudra | L. R. Eswari, M. S. Raju | 3:39 |
| 5 | "Adi Oka Idile" | Acharya Athreya | P. B. Srinivas, P. Susheela | 5:04 |
| 6 | "Mee Andala Chetulu" | Arudra | P. B. Srinivas | 4:54 |
| 7 | "Preminchi Choodu Pilla" | Acharya Athreya | Ghantasala | 4:07 |
| 8 | "Vennela Reyi" | Dasaradhi | P. B. Srinivas, P. Susheela | 3:34 |
References
- "Away from the arc lights". The Hindu. 17 March 2006. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- "The north-south non-divide". The Hindu. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- Narasimham, M. L. (24 September 2018). "Composer's choice: how Master Venu defied his producer to make his own tune for a song in 'Preminchi Choodu'". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 August 2020.