Chitti Chellelu

Chitti Chellelu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	M. Krishnan Nair
Written by	D. V. Narasa Raju (dialogues)
Screenplay by	V. C. Guhanathan
Story by	V. C. Guhanathan
Produced by	M. Murugan M. Saravanan M. Kumaran M. Balasubramanian M. S. Guhan
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao Vanisri Rajasree
Cinematography	Tambu K. S. Bhaskar Rao
Edited by	R. Vital
Music by	S. Rajeswara Rao
Production company	AVM Productions[2]
Release date	29 July 1970 (1970-07-29) [1]
Running time	169 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Chitti Chellelu (transl. Little Sister) is a 1970 Indian Telugu-language drama film, directed by M. Krishnan Nair and produced by M. Murugan, M. Saravanan and M. Kumaran under the AVM Productions banner.^[3][4] It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Vanisri and Rajasree, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.^[5][6]

Plot[]

Raghavaiah becomes a drunkard after his wife's death, he has two children Raja and Shanta. Ragahvaiah believes that Shanta is responsible for his wife's death, that's why he ill-treats her, but Raja loves his sister more than his life. After some time, Raghavaiah becomes a wanderer leaving the children alone and the sister's responsibility comes on Raja. Once they meet Subbamma, a rich woman who is a widow in a temple, who gives shelter to them, she has a son named Raghu. Raghu and Raja become best friends, and from childhood, Raghu loves Shanta. Years roll by, Subbamma passes away, Raja takes care of the farm and agriculture of Raghu, who is studying in the city. The love and affection of Raja for his little sister Shanta grows along with him, but the only thing that worries him is that Shanta is very sensitive and faints for petty things. Raja falls in love with his friend Sivalingam's sister Janaki. Raghu completes his education and comes back to the village. Raja is felled up with joy when Raghu expresses his love towards Shanta and he happily performs their marriage. After that, Raghu gets a cashier job in a bank, so he leaves for the city and joins there. Raghavaiah, the father of Raja becomes a notorious criminal, who wants to exchange his counterfeit currency in the bank with the original, that's why he tries to trap Raghu, and when he is not ready to listen, a conflict arises, Raghaviah stabs Raghu with his knife and his acolytes throw him on the road. Raghu is admitted to the hospital and before dying he gives a death statement by recognizing Raghavaiah. Raja gets a telegram to start immediately from the bank authorities and rushes to the city where he could not withstand the event. Now he is more worried about his sensitive sister, who is pregnant, to hear this news. He decides not to tell this tragedy to her, so, he keeps the entire sorrow in his heart and takes care of his sister. Once Janaki finds out that there is something wrong with Raja's behavior and she somehow gets the truth from him. Then she consoles him to keep this as a secret until Shanta delivers so that she would be alive at least for the baby. Meanwhile, Raghavaiah escapes from the police, reaches Raja's house with a lot of hunger. Shanta feeds him and he bows down to her affection. Seeing his wife's photo he recognizes Shanta as his daughter and he also comes to know that Raghu is her husband whom he has murdered. Now he decides to make penance for his sins so he surrenders himself to the police. At the same time, Shanta gets pains, she is admitted to the hospital, she wants to see Raghu and asks Raja to call him. Raja did not know what to do. In frustration, he faints and comes to consciousness after listening to the baby cry. Unfortunately, Shanta dies giving birth to the baby boy. Raja gets completely distressed that everyone has left him alone, when tries to commit suicide, Janaki prevents him, telling him that he should be alive for the baby, which is Shanta's memory. Finally, the movie ends with Raja and Janaki taking care of the baby.

Cast[]

• N. T. Rama Rao as Raja
• Vanisri as Shanta
• Rajasree as Janaki
• Haranath as Raghu
• Relangi as Sivalingam's father
• Gummadi as Raghavaiah
• Padmanabham as Sivalingam
• Balakrishna as Sanyasi
• Geetanjali as Geeta
• Surabhi Balasaraswathi as Balamma
• Nirmalamma as Subbamma

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The music was released by H.M.V.Audio Company. The song "Ee Reyi Theyanadi" is based on the French song "L'amour est bleu".^[7]

References[]