Kalimilemulu

Kalimilemulu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gutta Ramineedu
Written by	Tripuraneni Gopichand (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Gutha Ramineedu
Story by	G. D. Madgulkar
Produced by	P. Gangadhar Rao
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Krishna Kumari
Cinematography	M. K. Raju
Edited by	M. S. Mani
Music by	Aswattama
Production company	Nava Sakthi Films[1]
Distributed by	Vani Films
Release date	21 June 1962 (1962-06-21)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Kalimilemulu (transl. Wealth and Poverty) is a 1962 Telugu-language drama film, produced by P. Gangadhar Rao^[2] and directed by Gutta Ramineedu.^[3] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Krishna Kumari, with music composed by Aswattama.^[4]

Plot[]

Ramaiah (Gummadi) a potter, leads a happy family life with his wife Manikyamba (G. Varalakshmi), a child and younger brother Raju (Akkineni Nageswara Rao). Once Ramaiah gives security to his brother-in-law Subbaiah (C.S.R) for the loan he has taken from Shavukar Narasaiah (Dhulipala) a devious & materialistic person. Meanwhile, Raju loves Vimala (Krishna Kumari), daughter of Subbaiah and the elders fixes their alliance. After that, Raju leaves to the city for higher studies. On the other side, Subbaiah opens an oil business and earns well when Narasaiah also joins him. Here evil-minded Narasaiah exploits Subbaiah and makes him as treacherous towards Ramaiah by which he loses his property. At the same time, Raju returns who gives moral support to his brother and they start a cottage industry. But Naraiah again intrigues, claiming that his debt is not yet cleared and handovers cottage industry which leads to Ramaiah death. Later, Subbaiah moves with the marriage proposal of Raju & Vimala, on a condition that Raju has to stay along with them to which Manikyamba agrees but Raju refuses. Parallelly, Narasaiah makes his son Raja Shekharam (Prabhakar Reddy) as the factory manager, who treats workers as slaves. So, fed up workers leave the factory. Raju gathers them and starts a new industry with the support of Govt. Now Subbaiah decides to make Vimala's marriage with Raja Shekaram. During that time, Narasaiah ploys to destroy Raju's factory which Vimala overhears immediately rushes to Manikyamba and all of them reach the factory. At last, they protect the factory, the baddies are punished and Subbaiah also realizes his mistake. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Raju & Vimala.

Cast[]

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Raju
• Krishna Kumari as Vimala
• Gummadi as Ramaiah
• C.S.R as Subbaiah
• Dhulipala as Narasaiah
• Mikkilineni
• Ramana Reddy as Devaiah
• Prabhakar Reddy as Raja Shekaram
• Padmanabham
• Balakrishna
• G. Varalakshmi as Manikyamba
• Surabhi Balasaraswathi

Crew[]

• Art: A. K. Shekar
• Choreography:
• Story: G. D. Madgulkar
• Dialogues: Tripuraneni Gopichand
• Lyrics: Sri Sri, Arudra, Kosaraju, Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
• Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, Jikki, Madhavapeddi Satyam, Vasantha
• Music: Aswattama
• Editing: M. S. Mani
• Cinematography: M. K. Raju
• Producer: P. Gangadhar Rao
• Screenplay — Director: Gutta Ramineedu
• Banner: Nava Sakthi Films
• Release Date: 21 June 1962

Soundtrack[]

Music was composed by Aswattama. Lyrics were written by Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry. Music was released on Audio Company.

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