Srivariki Premalekha
Srivariki Premalekha (English : A Love Letter to the Husband) is a 1984 Telugu language romantic comedy film written, and directed by Jandhyala; and produced by Cherukuri Ramoji Rao. It is also commercial hit during that period, with many actors subsequently established in the cinema field. The story is based on a Novel titled Premalekha, published in "Chatura" magazine, written by Potturi Vijayalakshmi.
| Srivariki Premalekha | |
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| Directed by | Jandhyala |
| Produced by | Cherukuri Ramoji Rao |
| Written by | Potturi Vijayalakshmi (story) Jandhyala (dialogues and screenplay) |
| Starring | Naresh Poornima Suthi Veerabhadra Rao Srilakshmi Aruna Mucherla |
| Music by | Pasupuleti Ramesh Naidu |
| Cinematography | S. Gopal Reddy |
| Edited by | Goutam Raju |
Production company | |
Release date | 24 February 1984 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
This comedy film revolves around a blind Love letter (Prema Lekha) written by Swarna (Poornima) to Ananda Rao (Naresh), because in a bet with her friends, she writes a blind love letter to an unknown person if the reply will come early from that boy, it will proves Swarna's theory that a boy can be easily wooed by a girl. While posting the letter she forgot to mention the from address then her friend randomly chooses a name called Sony in an advertisement and randomly choose the Ananda Rao sent the address to Hindustan Shipping Board. Ananda Rao works in Hindustan shipping board Visakhapatnam. After the reading of the letter he pledges to marry the girl who wrote the letter and tries to find her with the help of his Maternal Uncle Suryam(Vidya Sagar)-. His father Parandhamayya (Suthi Veerabhadra Rao) is highly abusive and openly scolds him. His office colleague Margaret tries to exploit his innocence and introduces Soni (Mucherla Aruna) as that girl. Meanwhile, after losing the bet and it was proved that her theory was wrong, she comes to Vizag for a vacation in her sister's house. Coincidentally, Ananda Rao becomes her neighbour and they become good friends, but Swarna had started to have feelings for Anand Rao. After that, she decides to propose to him for the marriage, but before that, he expresses his feelings to Soni and he says he was trying to convince his parents. Feeling dejected, Swarna went back to her village and accepts the marriage proposal on the condition that her parents give no dowry. Anandrao's brother Bhaskaram (Nutan Prasad) meets Soni and suspects her identity. And he finds out the truth, as a beggar. Then he escapes from the beggars' association members and he reveals the truth in front of Ananda Rao. Actually Soni's real name is Rita, she loves a boy called Robert and her sister Margaret doesn't like their relationship, then when he is in out of station, she lies her that he died in an accident. Feeling dejected she decided to move on. After that, Margaret encourages her to love Ananda Rao. When Bhaskaram came to her house as a beggar, Robert came back home. The argument goes on with Rita and her sister. After hearing this story, Ananda Rao goes to meet her and sees her with Robert, then Rita apologies for her acts to Ananda Rao. Feeling dejected and convinced by their brother's words, he decides to marry, which his father has arranged. Here the bride is none other than Swarna. Meanwhile, Swarna decides to commit suicide because of love failure and she consumes a diamond ring which her father had given to her for marriage. Then she saw Ananda Rao as bridegroom and misunderstands him as a cheat. Then Anand Rao confesses his story to her and decides to call off the marriage. Then she tells him her story and reveals that she was Soni. Then she tells him that she consumed the diamond ring to commit suicide, because she had feelings on Anand Rao. The tension arose, then Swarna's father says coolly that it's not a diamond ring, it's an ordinary stone shaped as a diamond, he want to manage with those stones to the bridegrooms family. After a lot of chaos, Anand Rao and Swarna finally marry and live happily ever after.
Credits
Cast
- Naresh as Ananda Rao
- Poornima as Swarna
- Suthi Veerabhadra Rao as Parandhamayya
- Nutan Prasad as Bhaskaram
- Subbaraya Sharma as Purohitudu
- S. K. Misro as Bhimudu (Parandhamayya'a gumastha)
- Melkote as Ananda Rao's Boss
- Jit Mohan Mitra as Hanumaanlu
- Mucherla Aruna as Soni/Rita
- Potti Prasad as Harmonium
- Rallapalli as Sarangaramudu "Saraa"
- Sangeetha as Kamakshi
- Srilakshmi as Poorna
- Suthivelu as Ananda Rao (cameo appearance)
- Vidyasagar as Suryam
- Viswanatham as Marichembu
- P. L. Narayana
- B. Chakravarthy (Jr ANR)
- Pavala Syamala
Crew
- Director: Jandhyala
- Story: Potturi Vijayalakshmi
- Dialogues and Screenplay: Jandhyala
- Producer: Cherukuri Ramoji Rao
- Production Company: Ushakiran Movies
- Original Music: Pasupuleti Ramesh Naidu
- Cinematography: S. Gopal Reddy
- Film Editing: Goutam Raju
- Art Director: Bhaskar Raju
- Dance Director: Siva Subramanyam
- Stills: Gowri Shankar
- Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy
- Playback singers: S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubramaniam and S.P. Shailaja
Soundtrack
- "Lipileni Kanti Baasa" (Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy; Singers: S. P. Balasubramanyam and S. Janaki)
- "Manasa Thullipadake" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: S. Janaki)
- "Pelladu Pelladu" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singers: S. P. Balasubramanyam and S. P. Sailaja)
- "Raghuvamsa Sudha" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singers: S. P. Sailaja and S. P. Balasubramanyam)
- "Sarigamapadani" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: S. P. Balasubramanyam)
- "Tholisaari Mimmalni" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: S. Janaki)