Aadarsa Kutumbam

Aadarsa Kutumbam
Aadarsa Kutumbam
Film score by S. Rajeswara Rao
Released	1969
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	26:15
Producer	S. Rajeswara Rao
S. Rajeswara Rao chronology

Aadarsa Kutumbam
Aadarsa Kutumbam
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. Pratyagatma
Written by	Acharya Aatreya (dialogues)
Screenplay by	K. Pratyagatma; Acharya Aatreya
Story by	K. Pratyagatma
Produced by	A. V. Subba Rao
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao; Jayalalitha
Cinematography	P. S. Selvaraj
Edited by	J. Krshna Swamy; Balu
Music by	S. Rajeswara Rao
Production; company	Prasad Art Productions
Distributed by	Navayuga Films
Release date	6 June 1969;
Running time	175 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Aadarsa Kutumbam (transl. Ideal Family) is a 1969 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by A. V. Subba Rao under the Prasad Art Productions banner and directed by K. Pratyagatma. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Jayalalithaa, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.^[1]

Plot[]

The film deals with a joint family, Raghavendra Rao (Chittor V. Nagaiah) & his wife Rajyalakshmi (Hemalatha) are paterfamilias who has four sons and a daughter. The elder son Pattabhi (Gummadi) and his wife Janaki (Anjali Devi) look after the house finances and agricultural work. The second son Prakasam (Nagabhushanam) is involved in village politics, wastes time & money therein, and his wife Jaya (S. Varalakshmi) is a shrew who doesn't contribute anything to the welfare of the family. The third son Pratap (Bheemaraju) is a bodybuilder who is obsessed with diet & fitness and not bothered about his wife Rama (Geethanjali). The youngest one Prasad (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) studies in the city where he falls in love with a beautiful girl Saroja (Jayalalithaa) a doctor. The only daughter is Chandra (Anitha), her husband Suryam (Padmanabham), suffers from night blindness. He doesn't do any work and passes time lazily by living in his in-law's house. To make things worse, his mother Durgamma (Suryakantham) always visits the house and creates rifts in the family. Pattabhi & Janaki's goodwill is mistaken as inability and all these people make use of their innocence. Meanwhile, Prasad marries Saroja at this juncture, she enters the family when everybody is in a mess with unnecessary expenditures, arguments, and cheatings. So, Prasad & Saroja decide to separate the family and they do so by cheating. The rest of the story is how they reunite the affections and relations between family members.

Cast[]

Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Prasad
Jayalalithaa as Saroja
Chittoor V. Nagaiah as Raghavendra Rao
Gummadi as Pattabhi
Nagabhushanam as Prakasam
Padmanabham as Suryam
Ramana Reddy as Damodaram
Sakshi Ranga Rao as Appaiah Panthulu
Bheemaraju as Pratap
Anjali Devi as Janaki
S. Varalakshmi as Jaya
Suryakantham as Durgamma
Hemalatha as Rajyalakshmi
Geetanjali as Rama
Vijaya Lalitha as Sunita
Surabhi Balasaraswathi as Rami
Anitha as Chandra

Soundtrack[]

Music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Hello Saru"	C. Narayana Reddy	Ghantasala, P. Susheela	3:36
2.	"Bidiyamela O Cheli"	C. Narayana Reddy	Ghantasala, P. Susheela	3:02
3.	"Cheyi Cheyi"	Acharya Aatreya	Ghantasala, P. Susheela	3:53
4.	"Kalla Gajji Kankalamma"	Acharya Aatreya	P. Susheela	3:43
5.	"Surya Vamsamu"	Kosaraju	Ghantasala	4:47
6.	"Edukondala Venkateswara"	Kosaraju	Ghantasala	3:21
7.	"Yei Yeira Chostavera"	C. Narayana Reddy	Ghantasala, P. Susheela	3:53

Awards[]

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu - 1969^[2]
K. Pratyagatma won Nandi Award for Second Best Story Writer (1969) ^[3]

References[]

^ "Aadarsa Kutumbam (1969) - Telugu Movie | Chitralu.com". Telugu.chitralu.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
^ "17th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

External links[]

Adarsa Kutumbam at IMDb

[1] "Aadarsa Kutumbam (1969) - Telugu Movie | Chitralu.com". Telugu.chitralu.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.

[17thawardPDF-2] "17th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

[3] "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

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