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Directed by | Chittajallu Pullayya |
Produced by | Sushil Kumar Havaldar |
Written by | Arun Choudhary (story) Arudra and C.S.R. Rao (screenplay) Muddu Krishna (dialogues) |
Starring | Anjali Devi Relangi Venkata Ramaiah A. M. Rajah Addola Narayana Rao C.S.R. Rao |
Music by | Aswathama |
Cinematography | Biren De |
Release date(s) | 1953 |
Running time | 164 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Pakkinti Ammayi or Pakka Inti Ammayi (Telugu: పక్కింటి అమ్మాయి) is a 1953 Telugu comedy film produced by East Indian Company and directed by Chittajalu Pullayya.[1] It is based on a Bengali story "Pasher Bari" by Arun Chowdhury. The film featured Anjali Devi as the beautiful neighbour girl. Famous comedian Relangi Venkata Ramaiah asted as her lover Subbarayudu and veteran South Indian singer A. M. Rajah as his opponent. It is remade into highly successful Hindi film as Padosan in 1968.
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Subbarayudu (Relangi) stays next to the house of Heroine Leela Devi (Anjali Devi). She madly likes dance and music very much. She appoints a music teacher Prem Kumar (Narayana Rao). She does not like the actions of Subbarayudu. But he likes her very much and even loves her. He takes the help of some friends and impresses that he knows music very well. She involves her teacher Prem Kumar against Subbarayudu. He takes the help of his friend (A.M.Rajah) and mimes as if singing good songs, while Rajah is singing from background. As a result heroine almost likes him. But after knowing that he is not the singer, she changes her mind. Subbarayudu acts as a suicidal act for her refusal. Heroine finally changes her mind and loves him.
The story was first made as Bengali film Pasher Bari (1952) directed by Sudhir Mukherjee and starring Bhanu Bannerjee.[2]
The film is remade in Telugu in 1981 by K. Vasu starring Jayasudha, Chandra Mohan, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and K. Chakravarthi.
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