Adarsa Kutumbam (English: Ideal Family) is a 1969 Telugu drama film, produced by A. V. Subba Rao under the Prasad Art Productions banner and directed by K. Pratyagatma. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jayalalithaa in the lead roles and music composed by Saluri Rajeswara Rao.
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Directed by | K. Pratyagatma |
Produced by | A. V. Subba Rao |
Written by | Acharya Aatreya (dialogues) |
Screenplay by | K. Pratyagatma Acharya Aatreya |
Story by | K. Pratyagatma |
Starring | Akkineni Nageswara Rao Jayalalitha |
Music by | Saluri Rajeswara Rao |
Cinematography | P. S. Selvaraj |
Edited by | J. Krshna Swamy Balu |
Production company | Prasad Art Productions |
Distributed by | Navayuga Films |
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Running time | 175 mins |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Screenplay
The film deals with a joint family, Raghavendra Rao (Chittor V. Nagaiah), head of the family, his wife Rajyalakshmi (Hemalatha), four sons and a daughter. The elder son Pattabhi (Gummadi) and his wife Janaki (Anjali) look after the house finances, agricultural work and taking good care of guests in an admirable fashion. The second son Prakasam (Nagabhushanam) is simply involved in village politics and wastes time therein, and his wife Jaya (S. Varalakshmi) is a lazy woman who doesn’t contribute anything to the welfare of the family. The third son Pratap (Bheemaraju) is a body builder who is obsessed with diet, fitness, and workouts and is not bothering about his wife Rama (Geethanjali). The youngest one Prasad (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) is the only educated person in the family who studies in the town. He falls in love with Saroja (Jayalalithaa) a doctor. The only daughter is Chandra (Anitha), her husband Suryam (Padmanabham), suffers from night blindness. He doesn’t do any work and passes time lazily by living in his in-law's house. To make things worse, his mother Durgamma (Suryakantham) always visits the house and creates rifts in the family. Pattabhi and Janaki’s good will is mistaken as inability and all these people make use of their innocence. Meanwhile, Prasad marries Saroja at this juncture and she enters the family when everybody is in a mess with unnecessary expenditures, arguments, and cheatings. So Prasad and Saroja decide to separate the family and they do so by cheating them. The rest of the story is how they reunite the affections and relations between family members.
- Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Prasad
- Jayalalithaa as Saroja
- Chittor V. Nagaiah as Raghavendra Rao
- Gummadi as Pattabhi
- Nagabhushanam as Prakasam
- Padmanabham as Suryam
- Ramana Reddy as Damodaram
- Sakshi Ranga Rao as Appaiah Panthulu
- Bheemaraju as Pratap
- Anjali Devi as Janaki
- S. Varalakshmi as Jaya
- Suryakantham as Durgamma
- Hemalata as Rajyam
- Geethanjali as Rama
- Vijaya Lalitha as Dancer
- Surabhi Balasaraswathi as Rajaki
- Anitha as Chandra
- Art: G. V. Subba Rao
- Choreography: Chinni - Sampath, Chopra
- Screenplay: K. Pratyagatma, Athreya
- Dialogues: Acharya Aatreya
- Lyrics: Kosaraju, Athreya, C. Narayana Reddy
- Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, Jayadev
- Music: Saluri Rajeswara Rao
- Cinematography: P. S. Selvaraj
- Editing: J. Krishna Swamy, T. V. Balu
- Producer: A. V. Subba Rao
- Story - Director: K. Pratyagatma
- Banner: Prasad Art Productions
- Release Date: 6 June 1969
Aadarsa Kutumbam | ||||
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Film score by Saluri Rajeswara Rao | ||||
Released | 1969 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 26:15 | |||
Producer | Saluri Rajeswara Rao | |||
Saluri Rajeswara Rao chronology | ||||
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Music composed by Saluri Rajeswara Rao. Music released on Audio Company.
S. No. | Song Title | Lyrics | Singers | length |
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1 | "Hello Saru" | C. Narayana Reddy | Ghantasala, P. Susheela | 3:36 |
2 | "Bidiyamela O Cheli" | C. Narayana Reddy | Ghantasala, P. Susheela | 3:02 |
3 | "Cheyi Cheyi" | Acharya Aatreya | Ghantasala, P. Susheela | 3:53 |
4 | "Kaligajja Kanlanamma" | Acharya Aatreya | P. Susheela | 3:43 |
5 | "Surya Vamsamu" | Kosaraju | Ghantasala | 4:47 |
6 | "Edukondala Venkateswara" | Kosaraju | Ghantasala | 3:21 |
7 | "Yei Yeira Chostavera" | C. Narayana Reddy | Ghantasala, P. Susheela | 3:53 |
- National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu - 1969