Maa Babu

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Maa Babu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tatineni Prakash Rao
Written by	Samudrala Jr (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Tatineni Prakash Rao
Story by	Dhruva Chatterjee
Based on	Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan (1959)
Produced by	D. V. S. Raju
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Savitri
Cinematography	Kamal Ghosh
Edited by	N. M. Shankar
Music by	T. Chalapathi Rao
Production company	Pragathi Art Productions
Release date	22 December 1960 (1960-12-22)
Running time	143 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Maa Babu (transl. Our Boy) is a 1960 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by D. V. S. Raju and directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri, with music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. The film is a remake of the Hindi film Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan (1959).^[1]

Plot[]

Dr. Anand (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) is a well known respectable doctor in the society, his wife dies on the operating table, giving birth to a baby boy. At the same time, a widowed pregnant lady Ratna Devi (Savitri) has a miscarriage, as Anand promised her to protect the child, he gives his son to Ratna Devi hiding the truth. After that, grief-stricken, Anand becomes a wanderer and returns after four years. Due to affection for his son, he starts being a frequent visitor in their life which does not augur well with Ratna Devi's mother-in-law (Kannamba) and sister-in-law (M. Saroja) who make her life miserable by attributing illicit relation between them and forcibly stops Anand. Shortly thereafter, Anand marries a nurse, Maya (M. N. Rajam) who is a spendthrift, does not get along with Anand, and he finds out that she cannot conceive. Eventually, Anand's dad passes away, he leaves considerable wealth to Anand's child, including a monthly allowance of Rs.10,000. At that time, Maya learns the birth secret of Anand's child, so, she files a case in the court and wins. Therefore, Ratna Devi has to hands over the child to Maya, but the depressed child is not able to stay with Maya and runs away from home. At Present, everybody is in search of the child, in that bedlam, Maya dies in an accident. Finally, the movie ends, Anand giving back the child to Ratna Devi and continues his journey on official duty by dedicating his life to the hospital.

Cast[]

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Dr. Anand
• Savitri as Ratnadevi
• M. N. Rajam as Maya
• Gummadi as Dr. Ashok
• Relangi
• Ramana Reddy
• Chittor V. Nagaiah
• Mikkilineni
• C.S.R
• Chadalavada as Ramu
• Allu Ramalingaiah
• Kannamba
• Honey Irani
• M. Saroja
• Nalla Ramamurthy

Soundtrack[]

Music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao.

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