Aatmiyulu

Aatmiyulu (Telugu: ఆత్మీయులు; English: Soulmates) is a 1969 Telugu, drama film, produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao on Saradhi Studios banner and directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vanisree, Chandrakala, Vijaya Nirmala in the lead roles and music composed by Saluri Rajeswara Rao. The film recorded as Super Hit at the box office.

Plot

Veerayya (Dhulipala) works for Landlord Jagannadham (Gummadi). He dies in an attempt to save the life of Jagannadham. Veerayya has a son Suryam (Akkineni) and a daughter Seetha (Chandrakala). Later Jagannadham shifted to the city and makes arrangement for the maintenance of Veerayya's children but Mahankali (Suryakantham) did not take care of them. They grow up in utter misery for a while but they were taken care after by a hotel owner. Suryam by hard work studies to get University top rank in BA. Seetha grows in the lovely care of her brother to be very good in domestic works. Jagannadham came to know about Suryam and Seetha and shifts them to his house. Impressed by the efficient work of Seetha, he decides to marry her to his son Chandram (Chandramohan). Justice Rajaram (Nagabhushanam), the elder brother of Jagannadham, has a daughter Jaya (Vanisree), who studies in the house of Jagannadham. She tries to be very close with Suryam. The story is about the problems encountered and how Suryam and Seetha solve them. Suryam and Jaya finally got married with the permission of elders.

Cast

Akkineni Nageshwara Rao as Suryam

Vanisree as Jaya

Chandra Mohan as Chandram

Chandrakala as Seetha

Vijaya Nirmala as Saroja

Gummadi as Jagannadham

Nagabhushanam as Justice Rajaram

Padmanabham as Chittibabu

Dhulipala as Veerayya

Prabhakar Reddy as Sadanandam

Bhanu Prakash as Chidambaram

Venkateswara Rao as Hotel Owner

Suryakantham as Mahankali

Radha Kumari as Nancharamma

Rukmini as Parvathi

Crew

Art: GV Subba Rao

Choreography:Thangappan, Pasumarthi

Fights: Raghavulu

Dialogues: Pinisetty Srirama Murthy

Lyrics: Dasaradhi, Sri Sri, Kosaraju, Aarudhra, C. Narayana Reddy

Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, Pithapuram, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Music: Saluri Rajeswara Rao

Story: Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani

Editing: M. S. Mani

Cinematography: P. S. Selvaraj

Screenplay - Producer: D. Madhusudhana Rao

Director: V. Madhusudhan Rao

Banner: Saradhi Studios

Release Date: 17 July 1969

Soundtrack

Music composed by Saluri Rajeswara Rao. All songs are blockbusters. Music released on Audio Company.

Award

The film won Nandi Award for Best Feature Film in 1969.

Others

VCDs and DVDs on - VOLGA Videos, Hyderabad

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