Chitti Tammudu
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Chitti Tammudu is a 1962 Telugu Drama film
directed by K. B. Tilak
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The film is based on the English novel Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
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s, irregularities by the management and the related consequences.
Ramu (Jaggayya) and Subhadra (Devika) loves each other. Ramu urgently left to Kashmir. He returns home to know that his beloved Subhadra was pregnant at that time. Her father died of that insult. She delivers a boy in a mission hospital and dies. The boy was admitted in an orphanage and named Chiranjeevi. Hostel warden Tayaramma (Suryakantam) feeds them with insufficient food and they were starving.
Ramu has an elder sister Seetha (Sandhya) and younger brother Srihari (Kanta Rao). Seetha is wife of a Lawyer (Ramana Reddy). Ramu dies of chronic cough and mental agony leaving the property in charge of his brother-in-law.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by K. B. Tilak
K. B. Tilak
K. B. Tilak is a Indian independence activist, film director and producer. His complete name is Korlipara Balagangadhara Tilak.-Early life:...
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The film is based on the English novel Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to...
by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
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The plot
The story is about the problems faced by children in OrphanageOrphanage
An orphanage is a residential institution devoted to the care of orphans – children whose parents are deceased or otherwise unable or unwilling to care for them...
s, irregularities by the management and the related consequences.
Ramu (Jaggayya) and Subhadra (Devika) loves each other. Ramu urgently left to Kashmir. He returns home to know that his beloved Subhadra was pregnant at that time. Her father died of that insult. She delivers a boy in a mission hospital and dies. The boy was admitted in an orphanage and named Chiranjeevi. Hostel warden Tayaramma (Suryakantam) feeds them with insufficient food and they were starving.
Ramu has an elder sister Seetha (Sandhya) and younger brother Srihari (Kanta Rao). Seetha is wife of a Lawyer (Ramana Reddy). Ramu dies of chronic cough and mental agony leaving the property in charge of his brother-in-law.
Cast
| Actor / Actress | Character |
|---|---|
| Kanta Rao Kanta Rao Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao, better known as Kanta Rao , was an Indian film actor and film producer from Andhra Pradesh, India. He acted in more than 400 Telugu mythological, social and folklore movies. He also acted in a few Hindi, Kannada and Tamil movies. He produced about five films under the... |
Srihari, younger brother of Ramu |
| Rajasulochana Rajasulochana Pilliarchetty Bhakthavatsalam Naidu Rajeevalochana, better known as Rajasulochana is an South Indian classical dancer and film actress. She has acted in hundreds of films in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi language films.-Brief lifesketch:... |
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| Master Venkata Ramana | Chiranjeevi, son of Ramu |
| Suryakantham | Tayaramma, Hostel warden |
| Jaggayya | Ramu |
| Devika Devika Devika or Prameela Devi was a popular Tamil and Telugu actress. She is regarded as a versatile and graceful heroine of her era. She was known for her natural beauty which was the key in her casting in mythological films like Karnan, thiruvilaiyadal... |
Subhadra, wife of Ramu |
| Rajanala Kaleswara Rao | |
| C. S. R. Anjaneyulu | Ansari |
| Ramana Reddy Ramana Reddy Ramana Reddy or T. V. Ramana Reddy was an Indian actor and comedian, best known for his work in Telugu cinema in the 1950s and 1960s.... |
Lawyer |
| Sandhya Sandhya Sandhya may refer to:Film* Sandhya, Indian actress of the 1950s, wife of V. Shantaram*Sandhya Mridul, an Indian actress in Bollywood films, active 1993-present... |
Seeta, wife of Lawyer |
| Balakrishna | |
| Ramakrishna Ramakrishna Ramakrishna , born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay , was a famous mystic of 19th-century India. His religious school of thought led to the formation of the Ramakrishna Mission by his chief disciple Swami Vivekananda – both were influential figures in the Bengali Renaissance as well as the Hindu... |
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| Rajababu Raja Babu (actor) Raja Babu was a popular actor in Telugu film industry. He has also produced few films. He is considered as the most successful comedian in Tollywood... |
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| K. V. S. Sharma | |
| Chadalavada Kutumba Rao Chadalavada Kutumba Rao Chadalavada Kutumba Rao , popularly known as Chadalavada, was a Tollywood actor well known for his comedian roles. He Appeared in Many Telugu films. The prominent among them are Aada Paduchu .. Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu .. Bharya Bharthalu .. Jayabheri .. Krishna Leelalu ..Maya Bazaar .. Palletooru... |
Soundtrack
There are about 7 songs in the film.- Adagali Adagali Adigedevaro Telali (Singers: P. SusheelaP. SusheelaPulapaka Susheela is an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Badaga and Sinhalese.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Pulapaka...
, S. JanakiS. JanakiS. Janaki is an Indian female playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, she has won four National Film Awards and 35...
and group) - Ayyo Rama Ayyo Rama Lamba Rasta (Singers: Madhavapeddi SatyamMadhavapeddi SatyamMadhavapeddi Satyam was a renowned Telugu singer and stage-actor from the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. He entered into films as a singer-actor in Y.V. Rao's Tamil-Hindi Biligual movie Ramadas in the year 1946. He played the role of Kabir. However, he became more popular as a playback singer...
and SwarnalathaSwarnalathaSwarnalatha was a Indian playback singer. From 1987 onward, she rendered nearly 7000 songs in many languages including Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi and Badaga....
) - Dikkuleni Vaariki Devude Dikku (Singer: P. Susheela)
- Maya Bazar Lokam Samiranga (Singer: P. Susheela)
- Merupu Merisindoyi Mava (Singer: P. Susheela)
- Neevu Nenu Jabili Muvvuramu Unnamuga (Singers: P. Susheela and Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao; Cast: Devika and Jaggayya)
- Yesko Naa Raja (Singers: P. Susheela and Maddali)