Seetamalakshmi

Plot

Kondayya (Chandramohan) and Seetalu (Rameshwari) work in a touring theatre in a village Kurabalakota and in love. While essentially illiterate, they love watching movies and learn to recite the film dialogues and songs. A film producer who comes to the village and makes a false promise to make Seetalu as heroine in the films. Seetalu goes to Hyderabad along with Kondayya. After facing many difficulties, with the help of painter Sridhar, Seetalu finally becomes a heroine. Her success brings her relatives for want of her money. Kondayya slowly realizes that he cannot fit in that cine urban culture. He returns to the village. How the young lovers unite is the rest of the drama.

Cast

Talluri Rameshwari as Seetalu

Chandra Mohan as Kondayya

Sridhar

Vankayala Satyanarayana as Railway Station Master

Eashwara Rao

Dubbing Janaki

Master Tulasiram as Pallavi

Master Hari

Pallavi

P. L. Narayana

Sakshi Ranga Rao

Crew

Director: K. Vishwanath

Assistant Director: Nanduri Vijay

Producers: Murari – Naidu

Production Company : Yuva Chitra

Story: K. Vishwanath

Dialogues: Jandhyala

Screenplay: K. Vishwanath, Jandhyala and K. Murari

Art Director: Thota Tharani

Director of Photography: U. Rajagopal

Film Editing : G. G. Krishna Rao

Music Director: K. V. Mahadevan

Assistant Composer: Puhalendi

Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishnasastri and Veturi Sundararama Murthy

Playback singers: S. P. Balasubramanyam, P. Susheela, G. Anand, Vani Jayaram and Vijayalakshmi Sarma

Soundtrack

Chalu Chalu Ee Virasalu (Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishnasastri; Singers: G. Anand and Vijayalakshmi Sarma

Kokoroko Koruko Em Kavalo Koruko (Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy; Singers: P. Susheela and S. P. Balasubramanyam)

Maavi Chigugu Tinagane Koyila Palikena (Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishnasastri; Singers: P. Susheela and S. P. Balasubramanyam)

Nuvvitta Nenitta Kookunte Inketta (Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy; Singers: P. Susheela and S. P. Balasubramanyam)

Pade Pade Padutunna Padina Pate (Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy; Singer: P. Susheela; Cast: Tulasi)

Seetalu Singaram Malakshmi Bangaram (Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy; Singers: P. Susheela and S. P. Balasubramanyam)

Ye Pata Ne Padanu Bratuke Pataina Pasivadanu (Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy; Singers: P. Susheela, Vani Jayaram and Vijayalakshmi Sarma)