Directed by C. V. Sridhar Story by C. V. Sridhar | Screenplay by C. V. Sridhar Based on Kalyana Parisu (1959) | |
Produced by S. Krishna Murthy
T. Govindarajan
Sridhar Written by Acharya Atreya (dialogues) | ||
Pelli Kanuka (English: Wedding Gift) is a 1960 Telugu drama film, produced by on banner and directed by C. V. Sridhar. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna Kumari, B. Saroja Devi in the lead roles and music was composed by A. M. Rajah. The film is a remake of Tamil film Kalyana Parisu (1959). The story line also gives shadows to Telugu movie Devata (1982) which was also remade as Hindi Tohfa (1984).
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Plot
Bhaskar (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) and Vasanti (B. Saroja Devi) are college mates who clash when she complains to the college principal about a love letter he sent her. Later on realizing her mistake, Vasanti apologizes to him and the two fall in love. Vasanti's elder sister, Geeta (Krishna Kumari), supports the family by stitching clothes.Bhaskar rents the room upstairs in their house. He falls ill and in nursing him, Geeta falls in love with him. She confides her love to Vasanti, who decides to sacrifice her love for her the sake of her sister and convinces Bhaskar to marry Geeta. Bhaskar initially neglects Geeta. On finding out, Vasanti writes to him that their sacrifice, made for Geeta's happiness, would mean nothing unless he is a good husband to Geeta. Bhaskar relents and Geeta and he have a son. Vasanti joins them and Geeta suspects that there is something on between Bhaskar and Vasanti and makes Vasanti leave the house. A few years later Geeta, having found out that Bhaskar and Vasanti loved each other, dies in guilt leaving Bhaskar alone to bring up their child making him promise that he will make Vasanti the child's mother. Bhaskar learns of Vasanti's impending marriage to her former boss Raghu (Jaggayya). By the time he reaches there, Vasanti is already married. He hands over his child to Vasanti as a wedding gift and walks away.
Cast
Crew
Soundtrack
Music composed by A. M. Rajah. Music released on SAREGAMA Audio Company.
Production
The film was a remake of Kalyana Parisu (1959) from Tamil. A triangular love story, the film is about a young man who rents a house near his girlfriend, but the girl's elder sister is not aware of their romance. She subsequently falls for the man and wishes to marry him, so her younger sister decides to sacrifice her love, unknown to the former. Akkineni acted in Tamil version also, but not portrayed the hero role, he did another role, portrayed by Jaggaiah in Telugu. A. M. Raja provided music for both the versions. Krishna Kumari played the role of Vijayakumari and Relangi played the role of Thangavelu. Saroja Devi reprises her role from the Tamil original. The comedy track between Relangi and Girija became popular and was remade with Brahmanandam and Kovai Sarala.