Thoorpu Padamara

Thoorpu Padamara (transl. East and West)[1] is a 1976 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. A remake of the Tamil film Apoorva Raagangal (1975), it revolves around a man (Narasimha Raju) who falls in love with a much older woman (Srividya) while the woman's daughter (Madhavi) is drawn to the man's father (Kaikala Satyanarayana). The rest of the story revolves around the four characters and their problems. The film was released on 23 October 1976 and became a commercial success.

Thoorpu Padamara
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Directed by	Dasari Narayana Rao
Produced by	K. Raghava
Screenplay by	Dasari Narayana Rao
Based on	Apoorva Raagangal by K. Balachander
Starring	Narasimha Raju Srividya Madhavi Kaikala Satyanarayana
Music by	Ramesh Naidu
Cinematography	K. S. Mani
Edited by	K. Balu
Production company	Pratap Art Productions
Release date	23 October 1976 (1976-10-23)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

Cast

• Narasimha Raju as the rebel[2]
• Srividya as the singer[2]
• Madhavi as the singer's daughter[2]
• Kaikala Satyanarayana as the rebel's father[2]
• C. Narayana Reddy as himself[3]

Production

Thoorpu Padamara, a remake of K. Balachander's Tamil film Apoorva Raagangal (1975), was written and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao.[4] It was produced by K. Raghava under Pratap Art Productions, photographed by K. S. Mani and edited by K. Balu.[5] Srividya reprised her role from the Tamil original.[2][4]

Themes

Thoorpu Padamara, like Narayana Rao's other films, explores "human relation dynamics".[4] According to Sridhar Sattiraju of Telugu360, the entire story can be summed in one of the film's dialogues which translates to: "Why the ‘Twain shall never meet, conveyed the essence of what happens when improbable relationships exist between say, a father-in-law and a daughter-in-law or say, a mother-in-law and son-in-law".[6]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Ramesh Naidu, and the lyrics were written by C. Narayana Reddy.[7][8] Instead of reusing the songs from Apoorva Raagangal, Naidu was given freedom by Narayana Rao to compose original songs.[6]

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Shivaranjani"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:16
2.	"Swaramulu Yedaina"	P. Susheela	4:41
3.	"Thoorupu Padamara"	P. Susheela, Kovela Santha	6:24
4.	"Jathiswaram"	Vani Jairam	1:04
5.	"Navvuthaaru"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	2:52

Release

Thoorpu Padamara was released on 23 October 1976,[5] and became a commercial success.[9]

References

1. Narwekar, Sanjit (1994). Directory of Indian Film-makers and Films. Flicks Books. p. 260.
2. "tUrpu — paDamara ( 1976 )". Ghantasala.info. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
3. Nadadhur, Srivathsan (13 June 2017). "C Narayana Reddy: He owned the literary throne". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
4. Parankusam, Aditya (4 June 2017). "Dasari A multi-faceted talent". The Hans India. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
5. Yagna (4 February 2020). "Thoorpu Padamara (1976) Cast and Crew". ActionCutOk. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
6. Sattiraju, Sridhar (31 May 2017). "The Legend and the Legacy of Dasari Narayana Rao". Telugu360. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
7. "Thoorpu Padamara". Gaana.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
8. "Thoorpu Padamara". AVDigital. EMI. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
9. Ranjith, Gabbeta (31 July 2018). "Legendary producer Kotipalli Raghava is no more". Telangana Today. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

External links

• Thoorpu Padamara on IMDb