Akka Chellelu

Akka Chellelu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Akkineni Sanjeevi
Produced by	V. B. Rajendra Prasad
Written by	Acharya Atreya (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Akkineni Sanjeevi
Story by	Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
Based on	Akka Thangai (1969)
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Sowcar Janaki Krishna Vijaya Nirmala
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Cinematography	S. Venkataratnam
Edited by	T. V. Balu
Production company	Jagapathi Art Productions
Distributed by	Lakshmi Films
Release date	1 January 1970 (1970-01-01)
Running time	145 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Akka Chellelu (English: Elder Sister — Younger Sister) is a 1970 Telugu drama film, produced by V. B. Rajendra Prasad under Jagapathi Art Productions and directed by A. Sanjeevi.^[1] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sowcar Janaki, Krishna and Vijaya Nirmala in the lead roles, with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film was a remake of the Tamil film Akka Thangai (1969).

Plot

The movie traces the story of how a murder affects the Family relationship between two sisters, Akka (Sowcar Janaki) and Chellelu (Vijaya Nirmala). Vijaya (Vijaya Nirmala) and Venu (Krishna), both law students at the same school, are in love. Vijaya (Sowcar Janaki) seeks to study law and serve the truth. She faces many obstacles and suffers repercussions to her health, but successfully completes her law degree.

Vijaya and Krishna meet in the city outskirts and witness a murder. Dharmayya (Gummadi) is their well-wisher. She is happy that a respectable Judge Ramachandra Rao (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) wants to marry her sister, but horrified when she realizes that he was the culprit of the earlier murder. In spite of her attempts to stop the marriage and at the request of her sister, the marriage went on peacefully. As a lawyer, Vijaya took up the case and has to face a lot of mental pressure between her lover, sister, and the Judge. How she solves the case is rest of the story.

Cast

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Justice Ramachandra Rao & Raju (Dual role)
• Sowcar Janaki as Janaki
• Krishna as Venu
• Vijaya Nirmala as Vijaya
• Gummadi as Dharmayya
• Chittor V. Nagaiah as Judge
• M. Prabhakar Reddy as Lawyer
• Padmanabham as Bhanu
• Rajababu as Pattaiah
• Ramaprabha as Saroja
• Santha Kumari as Jayamma
• Suryakantham as Chittamma
• Vijayalalitha as Asha

Crew

• Art: G. V. Subba Rao
• Choreography: Chinni - Sampath
• Fights: Raghavulu
• Dialogues: Acharya Atreya
• Lyrics: Acharya Atreya, Aarudhra, Kosaraju
• Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela
• Music: K. V. Mahadevan
• Story: Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
• Editing: T. V. Balu
• Cinematography: S. Venkataratnam
• Producer: V. B. Rajendra Prasad
• Screenplay - Director: Akkineni Sanjeevi
• Banner: Jagapathi Art Pictures
• Release Date: 1 January 1970

Soundtrack

Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. All songs are hit tracks, especially Pandavulu Pandavulu Tummeda, which is a blockbuster. Music released on Audio Company.^[2]

Other

• VCD and DVD on - Volga Videos, Hyderabad

References

External links

• Akka Chellelu on IMDb