Seetamalakshmi
Seetamalakshmi is a 1978 Telugu film written and directed by K. Viswanath.[1] Talluri Rameswari won the Nandi Award in this, her debut film. It was remade in Tamil as Enippadigal, with Sivakumar and in Hindi as Sitara in 1980, starring Mithun Chakraborty and Zarina Wahab.[2]
| Seetamalakshmi | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | K. Viswanath |
| Produced by | Murari – Naidu |
| Written by | K. Viswanath (story) Jandhyala (dialogues) |
| Starring | Talluri Rameshwari Chandra Mohan Sridhar Vankayala Satyanarayana Tulasi |
| Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
| Cinematography | U. Rajagopal |
| Edited by | G. G. Krishna Rao |
Release date | 1978 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
Kondayya (Chandramohan) and Seetalu (Rameshwari) work in a touring theatre in a village Kurabalakota and are in love. While essentially illiterate, they love watching movies and learn to recite the film dialogues and songs. A film producer who comes to the village makes a false promise to make Seetalu heroine in his films. Seetalu goes to Hyderabad along with Kondayya. After facing many difficulties, with the help of painter Sridhar, Seetalu finally becomes a heroine. Her success brings her relatives for want of her money. Kondayya slowly realizes that he cannot fit in that cine urban culture. He returns to the village. How the young lovers unite is the rest of the drama.
Credits
Cast
- Talluri Rameshwari as Seetalu
- Chandra Mohan as Kondayya
- Sridhar
- Vankayala Satyanarayana as Railway Station Master
- Eashwara Rao
- Dubbing Janaki
- Master Tulasiram as Pallavi
- Master Hari
- Pallavi
- P. L. Narayana
- Sakshi Ranga Rao
Crew
- Director: K. Vishwanath
- Assistant Director: Nanduri Vijay
- Producers: Murari – Naidu
- Production Company : Yuva Chitra
- Story: K. Vishwanath
- Dialogues: Jandhyala
- Screenplay: K. Vishwanath, Jandhyala and K. Murari
- Art Director: Thota Tharani
- Director of Photography: U. Rajagopal
- Film Editing : G. G. Krishna Rao
- Music Director: K. V. Mahadevan
- Assistant Composer: Puhalendi
- Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishnasastri and Veturi Sundararama Murthy
- Playback singers: S. P. Balasubramanyam, P. Susheela, G. Anand, Vani Jayaram and Vijayalakshmi Sarma
Soundtrack
- "Chalu Chalu Ee Virasalu" (Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishnasastri; Singers: G. Anand and Vijayalakshmi Sarma
- "Kokoroko Koruko Em Kavalo Koruko" (Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy; Singers: P. Susheela and S. P. Balasubramanyam)
- "Maavi Chigugu Tinagane Koyila Palikena" (Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishnasastri; Singers: P. Susheela and S. P. Balasubramanyam)
- "Nuvvitta Nenitta Kookunte Inketta" (Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy; Singers: P. Susheela and S. P. Balasubramanyam)
- "Pade Pade Padutunna Padina Pate" (Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy; Singer: P. Susheela; Cast: Tulasi)
- "Seetalu Singaram Malakshmi Bangaram" (Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy; Singers: P. Susheela and S. P. Balasubramanyam)
- "Ye Pata Ne Padanu Bratuke Pataina Pasivadanu" (Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy; Singers: P. Susheela, Vani Jayaram and Vijayalakshmi Sarma)