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Genre
  
Drama

Screenplay
  
G. Maruti Rao

Country
  
India

Director
  
Kasinathuni Viswanath

Music director
  
K. V. Mahadevan

Writer
  
Maruthirao Gollapudi

Language
  
Telugu

Release date
  
1974

Awards
  
Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu

Cast
  
Chandra Mohan
(Chandram),
Roja Ramani
(Seeta),
Kanta Rao
(Madhava Rao),
Devadas Kanakala
(Gopalakrishna),
Shubha

Similar movies
  
Related Kasinathuni Viswanath movies

O Seeta Katha (Telugu: ఓ సీత కథ) is a 1974 Telugu-language Indian feature film directed by K. Viswanath. The film won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Silver), and Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu). The film was later remade both in Malayalam and Tamil languages. Kamal Hassan played the antagonist in Malayalam version (Mattoru Seetha) while Rajnikanth played same role in Tamil version (Moondru Mudichu). The film was screened at the Asian and African film Festival at Tashkent.

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Plot

Seeta (Roja Ramani), a teenage girl, lives with her mother and elder sister (Subha) who runs the house with her harikatha performances. Seeta falls in love with Chandram (Chandramohan), but evil Gopalakrishna (Devadas Kanakala) has an eye on her and hires goons to bash Chandram, who dies on the spot. Seeta marries Madhava Rao (Kantha Rao), father of Gopalakrishna, and makes Gopalakrishna realize his mistakes.

Cast

  • Kanta Rao
  • Chandra Mohan
  • Roja Ramani
  • Devadas Kanakala
  • Allu Ramalingayya
  • Shubha
  • Ramaprabha
  • Pandari Bai
  • Awards

    Nandi Awards
  • Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Silver) - 1974
  • Filmfare Awards South
  • Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu) - 1975
  • Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) - 1975
  • Songs

  • bhaaratanaarii charitamu (harikatha)
  • Lyric: Veturi Sundararama Murthy
  • Playback: P. Leela
  • malle kannaa tellana maa seeta sogasu
  • Lyric: C. Narayana Reddy
  • Playback: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Suseela
  • puttaDi bomma maa peLLikoDuku
  • Playback: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Suseela
  • kallaakapaTam erugani pillalu allari chEstE andam
  • Playback: P. Suseela
  • ninu kanna katha, mee amma katha vinipinchanaa
  • Playback: B. Vasanta, P. Suseela
  • chintachiguru pulupani cheekaTanTE nalupani
  • Playback: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
  • References

    O Seeta Katha Wikipedia
    O Seeta Katha IMDb