Abbayigaru
| Abbaigaru | |
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| Directed by | E. V. V. Satyanarayana |
| Written by | Jandhyala (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | E. V. V. Satyanarayana |
| Story by | K. Bhagyaraj |
| Based on | Mallammana Pavaada |
| Produced by | M. Narasimha Rao |
| Starring | Venkatesh Meena |
| Cinematography | V. Srinivasa Reddy |
| Edited by | K. Ravindra Babu |
| Music by | M. M. Keeravani |
Production company | Raasi Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 154 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Abbaigaru is a 1993 Indian Telugu-language comedy-drama film, produced by M. Narasimha Rao under Raasi Movies and directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. It stars Venkatesh, Meena and music composed by M. M. Keeravani.[1][2] The film recorded as a Super Hit at the box office.[3]
The movie is a remake of the 1987 Tamil movie Enga Chinna Rasa, whose story was inspired by the Kannada novel Mallammana Pavada by B. Puttaswamayya, which incidentally went on to be adapted into a 1969 Kannada movie Mallammana Pavaada. The screenplay of the Kannada movie was written by Telugu director P. Pullaiah based on his 1955 Telugu movie with similar story titled Ardhangi, which itself was based on Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of the Bengali novel Swayamsidda, written by Manilal Banerjee. Swayamsiddha went on to be made into a 1975 Bengali movie of same name.[4] Ardhangi was remade in Tamil as Pennin Perumai and in Hindi twice as Bahurani in 1963 and as Jyoti in 1981. Enga Chinna Rasa also went on to be remade in Hindi as Beta, in Kannada as Annayya and in Odia as Santana (1998). The film was dubbed in Tamil as Chinna Yejaman.[5]
Plot
Dora Babu (Venkatesh) is the only child of a multi-millionaire Venkatraidu (Nutan Prasad), who can provide his son with anything he wants, but he loves his mother who ends up dying and his only desire is his mother's love. Venkatraidu cheers him up by remarrying a women Nagamani (Jayachitra), a greedy lady who loves money, thinking that she will care for his son as her natural son. Nagamani and her brother (Kota Srinivasa Rao) make Venkatraidu paralyzed, consider him as a mental patient and eventually lock him in a room of the family home. Dora Babu becomes devoted to Nagamani, she raises Dora Babu as an uneducated boy since he does anything she says, loves her a lot does whatever she asks of him.
Dora Babu meets Sudha (Meena) in a marriage and keeps following her. She is being abducted and assaulted at a fair, he rescues her. The two fall in love and despite the villagers believing she is no longer chaste, he marries her and goes to his mother. Nagamani hates that and separates them with her tactics. Sudha discovers that and her motherly love for Dora Babu is a ruse in an attempt to discredit the sanity of Venkatraidu, and thus is unable to interfere with the plan Nagamani has for the family fortune to be diverted to Dora Babu's step brother Murari (Srikanth), the real son of Nagamani who also shares his mother's greed. A battle of wills between the Nagamani and Sudha ensues.
Nagamani sees that her influence over the family is being challenged by Sudha who insists that Venkatraidu leave his prison and return to the family circle as there is nothing wrong with him. She makes Dora Babu aware of the intentions of his mother. Nagamani starts to abuse and embarrass Sudha with all the family members present. Sudha is ready to leave, but then, to protect her husband and her house from Nagamani's intentions, she decides to apologize to her mother-in-law. Sudha then cleverly starts exposing Nagamani's every effort and intention in a dignified manner so that her husband will not be offended.
Sudha becoming pregnant prompts Nagamani to attempt to kill her and her unborn child with poison. Sudha discovers this and tells her husband. He continues to refuse to believe the treachery although she takes an oath upon her unborn child's life. Dora Babu defends his mother and offers to prove that Sudha is wrong. Dora Babu drinks the milk, He comes to the realization that what Sudha said was all along his mother's intentions. In his usual innocent manner, he asks her why, when all she had to do was simply ask for the wealth—he would have happily agreed to give it all, his words so deeply touched Nagamani that she realises her cruelty has been directed at the only son, who all along had loved her.
Finally, the film concludes with Dora Babu recovering, agreeing to give up to his mother his worldly possessions and leaving home with his wife. At the last moment, Nagamani begs him not to leave, claiming to have learned the error of her ways. She tears up the legal papers and tells him that all she wants is nothing more than Dora Babu.
Cast
- Venkatesh as Dora Babu
- Meena as Sudha
- Srikanth as Murari
- Jayachitra as Naga Mani
- Nutan Prasad as Venkataraidu
- Kota Srinivasa Rao
- Brahmanandam as Obaiah
- Babu Mohan as Bush
- Mallikarjuna Rao
- AVS as Gumastha
- P. L. Narayana as Sudha's father
- Sivaji Raja as Sivaji
- Jeeva
- Tirupathi Prakash
- Y. Vijaya
- Chidatala Appa Rao
- K. K. Sharma
- Ironleg Shastry
- "Fight Master" Raju
- Lathasri
- Siva Parvathi as Pramila
Soundtrack
| Abbaigaru | ||||
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| Film score by | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 29:59 | |||
| Label | SURYA Audio | |||
| Producer | M. M. Keeravani | |||
| M. M. Keeravani chronology | ||||
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Music composed by M. M. Keeravani. Music released on SURYA Audio Company.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Koosindhi Koyilamma" | Bhuvanachandra | SP Balu, Chitra | 5:09 |
| 2. | "Nee Tassa Diyya" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, Chitra | 5:00 |
| 3. | "O Kanne Poova" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, Chitra | 5:03 |
| 4. | "Vennelaki Em Telusu" | Bhuvanachandra | SP Balu, Chitra | 4:47 |
| 5. | "Thadikendhuku Adhirindhi" | Bhuvanachandra | SP Balu, Chitra, Bhuvanachandra, Ramana, Raj, Ramola | 5:05 |
| 6. | "Amma Amma" | Vennelakanti | SP Balu | 4:52 |
| Total length: | 29:59 | |||
Other versions
The story line has been inspiration for various movies and has had various remakes in Indian film industry.
| Year | Title | Language | Director | Cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step-mother | Son | Wife | ||||
| 1955 | Ardhangi | Telugu | P. Pullaiah | Santha Kumari | Akkineni Nageswara Rao | Savitri |
| 1956 | Pennin Perumai | Tamil | P. Pullaiah | Santha Kumari | Sivaji Ganesan | Savitri |
| 1963 | Bahurani | Hindi | T. Prakash Rao | Lalita Pawar | Guru Dutt | Mala Sinha |
| 1969 | Mallammana Pavaada | Kannada | Puttanna Kanagal | Advani Lakshmi Devi | Rajkumar | B Sarojadevi |
| 1975 | Swayamsiddha | Bengali | Sushil Mukherjee | Ranjit Mallick | Mithu Mukherjee | |
| 1981 | Jyothi | Hindi | Pramod Chakravorty | Shashikala | Jeetendra | Hema Malini |
| 1987 | Enga Chinna Rasa | Tamil | K. Bhagyaraj | C. R. Saraswathy | K. Bhagyaraj | Radha |
| 1992 | Beta | Hindi | Indra Kumar | Aruna Irani | Anil Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit |
| 1993 | Abbaigaru | Telugu | E. V. V. Satyanarayana | Jayachitra | Venkatesh | Meena |
| 1993 | Annayya | Kannada | D. Rajendra Babu | Aruna Irani | V. Ravichandran | Madhoo |
| 1998 | Santan | Oriya | Snigdha Mohanty | Siddhanta Mahapatra | Rachana Banerjee | |
Other
- VCDs and DVDs on - VOLGA Videos, Hyderabad
References
- ^ "Abbaigaru (1993) – Telugu Movie Watch Onlin | Watch Latest Movies Online Free". Filmlinks4u.net. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Success and centers list - Venkatesh". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/ardhangi-1955/article6086551.ece
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20001003194313/http://geocities.com/Hollywood/5473/cyejaman.html
External links
- Abbayigaru at IMDb
