Anthuleni Katha
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| Directed by | K. Balachander |
| Produced by | Ramaaranangal |
| Written by | K. Balachander M.S. Perumallu Acharya Atreya |
| Starring | Jayaprada Rajnikanth Kamal Hassan |
| Music by | M.S.Vishwanathan |
| Release date(s) | February 27, 1976 |
| Running time | 2 hours, 30 minutes |
| Language | Telugu |
Anthuleni Katha(meaning story without ending) is a Telugu film is directed by K. Balachander. This is Jayaprada's first starring role and is considered to be one of her best films. She is cast as Saritha, a small-town girl, who has to financially support her family. Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan play key roles. This film was shot in black-and-white.
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[edit] Plot
Saritha is a working woman in a middle class family. She works hard to support her widowed sister, unmarried sister, her mother, her drunkard brother Murthy and his family. Her father abandons family and becomes a saint. Her brother not only does not take responsibilities, but also creates additional problems for her.
She sacrifices her first boy friend and makes him to marry her sister. She rejects proposal of her boss in order to support her family. She also helps her distressed friend, Phapahat Jayalaksmi to settle in life. Her brother realizes one day and starts taking responsibilities. She decides to resign from hard work, but could not as the result of turning point in a typical Balachandar style climax.
[edit] Original and Remakes
The film is a remake of Tamil super hit film Aval Oru Thodarkathai (1974), also directed by K. Balachander. Sujata played the role of Jayaprada, Jai Ganesh did the role of Rajnikant, Kamal Haasan played the role of Narayanarao. Same tunes were used in both the languages. Sripriya, Phataphat Jayalaxmi and rest of the cast are same in both the versions. The Tamil film was later was dubbed into Malayalam as Aval Oru Thudarkatha (1975).
Balachander remade the film in Hindi next year (1977)[titled Aaina] with Mumtaz doing the role of Jayaprada with Sanjeev Kumar and Rajesh Khanna doing important roles. One noteworthy cast member is Jayasudha, who made her Hindi debut with this film. Kamal Haasan also appears briefly as a choreographer for Dharmendra and Neetu Singh in the film. His name appears in credits as choreographer along with Gopikrishna. Naushad had provided the music for the Hindi version.
The film was again remade in Hindi as Jeevan Dhaara (1982) by director Tatineni Ramarao. Rekha did the role of Jayaprada. Rakesh Roshan did the role of Kamal Haasan, Amol Palekar did the role of Narayana Rao. Kanwaljit did the conductor role, Simple Kapadia (sister of Dimple Kapadia) did Phataphat Jayalaxmi role. The film was a decent hit.[1]
[edit] Cast
- Jayaprada ... Saritha
- Rajnikanth... Murthy
- Phataphat Jayalaxmi ... Chandra
- Sripriya... Bharathi
[edit] Crew
- Camera Assistant: R. Raghunatha Reddy
- Asssitant Directors: Ananthu, S.A. John
- Art: A. Ramaswamy
- Associate Director: Eranki Sarma
- Story: M.S. Perumallu
- Music: M.S. Vishwanathan
- Assistant Music Director: Joseph Krishnamurthy
- Dialogues and Lyrics: Acharya Atreya
- Camera: Lokanathan
- Producer: Rama Aranangal
- Story, Screenplay, Direction: K. Balachander
[edit] Sound Track
All songs are penned by Athreya and the music is composed by M. S. Viswanathan.
- Are Emiti Lokam, cast by Phaphat Jayalakshmi and voice by L. R. Eswari
- Tali Kattu Subhavela, cast by Narayana Rao and voice by S. P. Balasubramanyam
- Kallalo Unnadedo Kannulake Telusu, cast by Jayaprada and voice by S. Janaki
- Ugutundu Nee Inta Uyyala, cast by Jayaprada and voice by P. Susheela
- Devude Icchadu Vidhi Okkati, cast by Rajanikanth and voice by Jesudas.
[edit] References
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