Ilavelpu

Ilavelpu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	D. Yoganand
Produced by	L. V. Prasad
Written by	Pinisetty Srirama Murthy (dialogues)
Screenplay by	D. Yoganand
Story by	Vempati Sadasivabrahmam
Based on	Edhir Paradhathu (1954)
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Anjali Devi Jamuna
Music by	Susarla Dakshina Murthy
Cinematography	K. S. Prasad
Edited by	A. Sanjeevi
Production company	Lakshmi Productions
Release date	21 June 1956 (1956-06-21)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Ilavelpu or Ilavelupu (English: Deity; Telugu: ఇలవేల్పు) is a 1956 Telugu drama film, produced by L. V. Prasad under the Lakshmi Productions banner and directed by D. Yoganand.^[1] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi and Jamuna in the lead roles, with music composed by Susarla Dakshina Murthy. The film is a remake of the Tamil movie Edhir Paradhathu (1954) and was also remade as the Hindi movie Sharada (1957).^[2] The film was recorded as a Super Hit at the box office.

Plot

Kantha Rao (Gummadi) is a landlord and a widower, his son Shekar (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) studies for B.A.. Shekar uncle’s Mukunda Rao's (Dr. Sivaramakrishnayya) daughter Sarala (Jamuna) loves him. But Sarala’s mother Seshamma (Suryakantham) is a very aggressive woman and Shekar stays away from his uncle’s family thinking that Sarala might have her mother's qualities. Sarala’s brother (Relangi) roams outside the house in order to escape the torture of his mother. Kantha Rao’s lands are tilled by Chandrayya (A. L. Narayana) and his daughter is Sarada (Anjali Devi). Sharada grows up in an ashram as her mother dies in her childhood. She is well versed in Sanskrit and Telugu along with having spiritual ideologies. Once, Shekar visits the ashram and meets Sharada there. He respects her ideologies, falls in love and proposes to her. Sharada says that she also admires Shekar, but in a way a fellow human being is liked, but not love. Instead of giving up, Shekar repeatedly requests her to accept his love. Sharada finally says she would talk to her parents and let him know. When Shekar leaves for China to study further, his flight meets with an accident. Everybody thinks he has died in that accident. Sharada and Sarala get distraught with the news and the story takes a huge twist. Sharada gets forced to marry Sekhar’s father Kantha Rao in dramatic circumstances. This is when Shekar saves himself from the accident and returns. He feels shocked seeing his lover in the position of the mother in the house. Sharada requests Shekar to marry Sarala and makes him agree to the wedding. But Sarala has her own suspicions about Shekar and Sharada and always thinks they both have something else in mind. Shekar gets upset with this and leaves the house. Sharada gives her life in sacrifice and Shekar and Sarala unite again - eventually making the house a paradise again. Sharada gets all the prayers as the family deity (Ilavelpu) of the house.

Cast

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Sekhar
• Anjali Devi as Sharada
• Jamuna as Sarala
• Gummadi as Kantha Rao
• Relangi
• Ramana Reddy as Govinda Rao
• Chalam as Mohan
• R. Nageswara Rao as Nannagaru
• Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah as Mukunda Rao
• Padmanabham as Chitti
• Allu Ramalingaiah as Manager
• Suryakantham as Seshamma
• Krishna Kumari as Padma
• Surabhi Kamalabai

Crew

• Art: Thota
• Choreography: V. J. Sharma
• Dialogues: Pinisetty Srirama Murthy
• Lyrics: Sri Sri, Kosaraju, Anisetty, Vaddadi
• Playback: P. Susheela, Jikki, P. Leela, Madhavapeddi Satyam, Susarla Dakshinamurthi, Raghunath Panigrahi
• Music: Susarla Dakshina Murthy
• Story: Vempati Sadasivabrahmam
• Editing: A. Sanjeevi
• Cinematography: K. S. Prasad
• Producer: L. V. Prasad
• Screenplay - Director: D. Yoganand
• Banner: Lakshmi Productions
• Release Date: 21 June 1956

Soundtrack

Music composed by Susarla Dakshinamurthi. The song Challani Raja O Chandamama is an evergreen blockbuster. Music released on Audio Company.

References

External links

• Ilavelpu on IMDb