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Pooja Phalam
Theatrical release poster
Directed byB. N. Reddy
Written byD. V. Narasa Raju (dialogues)
Screenplay byB. N. Reddy
Story byMunipalle Raju
Produced byDaggupathi Lakshminarayana Chowdary
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Savitri
Jamuna
CinematographyU. Rajagopal
Music bySaluri Rajeswara Rao
Production
company
Sri Sambu Pictures[1]
Release date
  • 1 January 1964 (1964-01-01)
[1]
Running time
156 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Pooja Phalam (English: Fruit of a prayer) is a 1964 Telugu drama film, produced by Daggupathi Lakshminarayana Chowdary under the Sri Sambu Pictures banner and directed by B. N. Reddy.[1] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri, Jamuna in the lead roles and music composed by Saluri Rajeswara Rao.[2] The film is based on the novel Poojari, written by Munipalle Raju.

Plot

Madhu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) is a Zamindar who is a very gullible person and everyone laughs at him. Once he meets a beautiful girl, Vasanthi (Jamuna) who stays in a portion of his house. Vasanthi becomes very friendly and behaves very close with Madhu. Here Madhu mistakes her friendly nature as love. But Vasanthi treats her just like a brother. Meanwhile, Madhu has to leaves to Madras for higher studies where he gets acquaintance with a person Sriram (Jaggaiah) and both of them become close friends. He writes many letters to Vasanthi, but he never gets any reply. When he comes back, he finds out Vasanthi and her family left the city without telling anybody. Madhu finds a letter from which he realizes that Vasanthi only saw him as a brother. He gets very depressed and falls sick. Seetha (Savitri), daughter of his Manager Ramakrishnaiah (Gummadi) takes care of Madhu and gives him company. After some time, he recovers from the depression and starts loving Seeta. Parallelly, Govindaiah (Ramana Reddy) coparcenary to Madhu's grandfather claims a case in the court that Madhu's property belongs to him. The court handovers the property until the judgment is issued. So, Madhu has to leave his mansion when Ramakrishnaiah gives him shelter. After some time, Madhu is almost in the edge to win the case. Distressed, Govindaiah tries to kill Madhu by making an accident in which he loses his memory. Now Sriram becomes a mental specialist and he tries a lot to regain his friend's memory but could not succeed. Anyway, Madhu wins the case, Govindaiah is arrested and he is taken to his mansion where he slightly remembers memories of Vasanthi. Sriram, Ramakrishnaiah, and everyone is in search of her but fails. Favorably, Vasanthi is married to Sriram and through her words, he comes to know the truth. At last, Sriram brings Vasanthi and makes Madhu to regains his sanity. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Madhu & Seeta.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack

Untitled

Music composed by Saluri Rajeswara Rao. All songs are hit tracks. Music released on EMI Columbia Audio Company.

S. No. Song Title Lyrics Singers length
1 "Pagale Vennela Jagame Vooyala" C. Narayana Reddy S. Janaki 2:57
2 "Ninnaleni Andamedo" C. Narayana Reddy Ghantasala 4:03
3 "Endhu Daagi Unnavo" Devulapalli P. Susheela 2:03
4 "Madhana Manasayera" C. Narayana Reddy S. Janaki 2:56
5 "Neruthuno Ledho" C. Narayana Reddy P. Susheela 3:30
6 "Andhenaa Ee Chethula" Devulapalli P. Susheela 3:01
7 "O Basthi Doragaaru" Kosaraju B. Vasantha, Basaveshwar 2:44
8 "Siva Dheeksha" Ghanam Seenayya S. Janaki 4:47
9 "Vasthaavu Pothaavu" C. Narayana Reddy B. Vasantha 1:37

References

  1. ^ a b c Narasimham, M. L. (19 May 2017). "Pujaphalamu (1964)". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Pooja Phalam (Cast & Crew)". gomolo.com.
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