Aadarsa Kutumbam

1969 Indian film
  • 6 June 1969 (1969-06-06)
Running time
175 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Aadarsa Kutumbam (transl. Ideal Family) is a 1969 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by K. Pratyagatma. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Jayalalithaa, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.[1] It was produced by A. V. Subba Rao under the Prasad Art Productions banner. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for the year 1969.[2]

Plot

The film deals with a joint family; Raghavendra Rao and his wife Rajyalakshmi are paterfamiliases with four sons and a daughter. The elder son, Pattabhi, and his wife, Janaki, look after the house finances and agricultural work. The second son Prakasam is involved in village politics and wastes time & money therein, and his wife, Jaya, is a shrew who doesn't contribute anything to the welfare of the family. The third son, Pratap, is a bodybuilder obsessed with diet & fitness and is not bothered about his wife Rama. The youngest one, Prasad, studies in the city, where he falls in love with a beautiful girl, Saroja, a doctor. The only daughter is Chandra, and her husband, Suryam, suffers from night blindness. He doesn't work and spends his time lazily living in his in-law's house. To make things worse, his mother, Durgamma, always visits the home, creating rifts in the family. Pattabhi & Janaki's goodwill misleads to inability, which remains misused. Meanwhile, Prasad marries Saroja at this juncture, and she enters the family when everybody is in a mess with unnecessary expenditures, arguments, and cheating. So, Prasad & Saroja decide to separate the family, and they do so by cheating. The rest of the story is about reuniting the affections and relations between family members.

Cast

  • Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Prasad
  • Jayalalithaa as Saroja
  • V. Nagayya as Raghavendra Rao
  • Gummadi as Pattabhi
  • Nagabhushanam as Prakasam
  • Padmanabham as Suryam
  • Ramana Reddy as Damodaram
  • Sakshi Ranga Rao as Appaiah Panthulu
  • Bheemaraju as Pratap
  • Anjali Devi as Janaki
  • S. Varalakshmi as Jaya
  • Suryakantham as Durgamma
  • Hemalatha as Rajyalakshmi
  • Geetanjali as Rama
  • Vijaya Lalitha as Sunita
  • Surabhi Balasaraswathi as Rami
  • Anitha as Chandra

Soundtrack

Aadarsa Kutumbam
Film score by
S. Rajeswara Rao
Released1969
GenreSoundtrack
Length26:15
ProducerS. Rajeswara Rao
S. Rajeswara Rao chronology
Bangaaru Panjaram
(1969) 		Aadarsa Kutumbam
(1969) 		Aatmiyulu
(1969)

Music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Hello Saru"C. Narayana ReddyGhantasala, P. Susheela3:36
2."Bidiyamela O Cheli"C. Narayana ReddyGhantasala, P. Susheela3:02
3."Cheyi Cheyi"Acharya AatreyaGhantasala, P. Susheela3:53
4."Kalla Gajji Kankalamma"Acharya AatreyaP. Susheela3:43
5."Surya Vamsamu"KosarajuGhantasala4:47
6."Edukondala Venkateswara"KosarajuGhantasala3:21
7."Yei Yeira Chostavera"C. Narayana ReddyGhantasala, P. Susheela3:53

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Aadarsa Kutumbam (1969) - Telugu Movie | Chitralu.com". Telugu.chitralu.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b "17th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  3. ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

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