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Director
  
Adurthi Subba Rao

Music director
  
Pendyala Nageswara Rao

Country
  
India

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Writer
  
Acharya Athreya

Language
  
Telugu

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Release date
  
January 5, 1961

Songs
  
Haayi Haayiga Jaabilli

Cast
  
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
(Chandram),
Savitri
(Suguna),
Jaggayya
(Raghu),
S V Ranga Rao
(Rao Bahadur Venkataramaiah),
Relangi Venkatramaiah
(Vengalappa)

Velugu Needalu (English: Light & Shadows) is a 1961 produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao on Annapurna Pictures banner and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri in the lead roles and music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. The film was simultaneously filmed in Tamil as Thooya Ullam (Pure Heart). The film has received the Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu.

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Plot

Rao Bahadur Venkataramaiah (S. V. Ranga Rao) owns a printing press and a magazine. Vengalappa (Relangi) works for him. Venkataramaiah and his wife Kanaka Durgamma (Suryakantham) adopt a girl Suguna (Baby Sasikala / Savitri). After she gives birth to a child Varalakshmi (Girija), Kanaka Durgamma's affection towards Suguna diminishes and throws her out. Vengalappa and his wife Santhamma (T.G. Kamala Devi) raise her. Suguna joins M.B.B.S. Chandra Shekar (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) nephew of Vengalappa is also a student of the same college and they fell in love. Suguna gives tuition to Subhadramma’s (Sandhya) son. Subhadramma’s brother Dr. Raghunath (Jaggaiah) returns from London. Chandram, is a chain smoker is afflicted with tuberculosis. Heeding to Chandram’s words, Suguna marries Raghu. Chandram is admitted to the Union Mission Sanatorium in Madanapalle and is cured. Raghu meets with a fatal accident on his way to receive Chandram. Bowing to Suguna’s wish, Chandram marries Varalakshmi and steers the press and the magazine towards profit. Kanaka Durgamma sows suspicion in Varalakshmi about Suguna and Chandram’s relationship. Chandram joins the workers in their fight for the bonus. Venkataramaiah brings in new workers. While trying to stop the fight between them, Varalakshmi is grievously injured. Suguna saves her. The shadows are a thing of the past in their family.

Cast

  • Akkineni Nageshwara Rao as Chandram
  • Savitri as Suguna
  • S. V. Ranga Rao as Rao Bahadur Venkataramaiah
  • Jaggayya as Dr. Raghu
  • Relangi as Vengalappa
  • Padmanabham
  • Peketi Sivaram
  • Suryakantham as Kanaka Durgamma
  • Girija as Varalakshmi
  • Rajasulochana
  • Sandhya as Subhadramma
  • Surabhi Kamalabai

    • Crew

  • Art: G.V.Subba Rao
  • Choreography: P.S.Gopalakrishnan, A.K.Chopra.
  • Dialogues: Acharya Atreya
  • Lyrics: Sri Sri, Kosaraju
  • Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, Jikki, Madhavapeddi Satyam
  • Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao
  • Editing: M. S. Mani
  • Cinematography: P. S. Selvaraj
  • Associate Director: K. Viswanath
  • Producer: D. Madhusudhana Rao
  • Screenplay - Director: Adurthi Subba Rao
  • Banner: Annapurna Pictures
  • Release Date: 5th January 1961

    • Production

    Velugu Needalu was simultaneously filmed in Tamil as Thooya Ullam, with K. A. Thangavelu replacing Relangi.

    Soundtrack

    Music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. Music released on Audio Company.

    Others

  • VCDs & DVDs on - VOLGA Videos, Hyderabad

    • References

    Velugu Needalu Wikipedia
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    Velugu Needalu IMDb Velugu Needalu themoviedb.org