Chitti Tammudu
| Chitti Tammudu | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | K. B. Tilak |
| Produced by |
Jetti Chandrasekhara Reddy Mungamuri Brothers |
| Written by |
Kondepudi Laxminarayana (story and dialogues) Arudra (Lyrics) |
| Starring |
Master Venkata Ramana Kanta Rao Rajasulochana Jaggayya Devika |
| Music by | Pendyala Nageswara Rao |
| Cinematography | Laxman Gore |
| Edited by | C.H. Venkateswara Rao |
| Distributed by | Poorna Pictures |
Release dates | 1962 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Chitti Tammudu is a 1962 Telugu Drama film directed by K. B. Tilak.
The film is based on the English novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
The plot
The story is about the problems faced by children in Orphanages, irregularities by the management and the related consequences.
Ramu (Jaggayya) and Subhadra (Devika) loves each other. Ramu urgently left to Kashmir. He returns home to know that his beloved Subhadra was pregnant at that time. Her father died of that insult. She delivers a boy in a mission hospital and dies. The boy was admitted in an orphanage and named Chiranjeevi. Hostel warden Tayaramma (Suryakantam) feeds them with insufficient food and they were starving.
Ramu has an elder sister Seetha (Sandhya) and younger brother Srihari (Kanta Rao). Seetha is wife of a Lawyer (Ramana Reddy). Ramu dies of chronic cough and mental agony leaving the property in charge of his brother-in-law.
Cast
| Actor / Actress | Character |
|---|---|
| Kanta Rao | Srihari, younger brother of Ramu |
| Rajasulochana | |
| Master Venkata Ramana | Chiranjeevi, son of Ramu |
| Suryakantham | Tayaramma, Hostel warden |
| Jaggayya | Ramu |
| Devika | Subhadra, wife of Ramu |
| Rajanala Kaleswara Rao | |
| C. S. R. Anjaneyulu | Ansari |
| Ramana Reddy | Lawyer |
| Sandhya | Seeta, wife of Lawyer |
| Balakrishna | |
| Ramakrishna | |
| Rajababu | |
| K. V. S. Sharma | |
| Chadalavada Kutumba Rao |
Soundtrack
There are about 7 songs in the film.[1]
- Adagali Adagali Adigedevaro Telali (Singers: P. Susheela, S. Janaki and group)
- Ayyo Rama Ayyo Rama Lamba Rasta (Singers: Madhavapeddi Satyam and Swarnalatha)
- Dikkuleni Vaariki Devude Dikku (Singer: P. Susheela)
- Maya Bazar Lokam Samiranga (Singer: P. Susheela)
- Merupu Merisindoyi Mava (Singer: P. Susheela)
- Neevu Nenu Jabili Muvvuramu Unnamuga (Singers: P. Susheela and Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao; Cast: Devika and Jaggayya)
- Yesko Naa Raja (Singers: P. Susheela and Maddali)