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Genre
  
Drama

Language
  
Telugu

Director
  
H. M. Reddy

Duration
  

Country
  
India

Grihalakshmi 1938 Telugu film.jpg
Writer
  
Samudrala Raghavacharya

Release date
  
1938

Songs
  
Badha Sahaname

Cast
  
Chittor V Nagaiah
(Gopineth),
Kanchanamala
(Madhuri),
Pasupuleti Kannamba
(Radha),
Govindarajula Subba Rao
,
Jandhyala Gaurinatha Sastri


Similar
  
Barrister Parvateesam (film), Nirdoshi, Drohi (1948 film)

Gruhalakshmi (English: Educated Wife) (Telugu: గృహలక్ష్మి, lit. House-Goddess of Wealth) is a 1938 Telugu film produced and directed by H. M. Reddy. It was the maiden film for Rohini Pictures and Chittor V. Nagaiah. The film was adaptation of the popular stage play Rangoon Rowdy (1929) written by Somaraju Ramanuja Rao.

Contents

The plot

The social film is about a decadent dancer, Madhuri (Kanchanamala), who seduces the upright Dr. Krishna Rao (Ramanujachari) into leaving his good wife Radha (Kannamba). The doctor becomes an alcoholic and is framed for the murder of Visweswara Rao, the trustee of his father's estate. Krishna Rao's brother-in-law Gopinath (Nagaiah) helps the hero and later offers shelter to a destitute Radha. Radha has scuffle with Madhuri, falls down the stairs and becomes mentally unbalanced, ending up in walking in the streets of Madras denouncing God, truth and justice.

Songs

  • Badha Sahaname
  • Kallu Manandoi Kallu Teravandoi
  • Lendu Bharata Veeru Laara
  • Naa Premaye
  • Sagamu Ratiri Ayyane
  • Yasodha Nandana
  • References

    Gruhalakshmi Wikipedia
    Gruhalakshmi IMDb