Paruvu-Prathishta

Paruvu-Prathishta
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Manapuram Appa Rao
Produced by	Jupudi Venkateswara Rao
Written by	Samudrala Jr (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Manapuram Appa Rao
Story by	Manapuram Appa Rao
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao Anjali Devi
Music by	Pendyala Nageswara Rao
Cinematography	Kamal Ghosh
Edited by	B. Gopal Rao
Production company	Valta Productions[1]
Release date	9 May 1963 (1963-05-09)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Paruvu-Prathishta (English: Honour – Prestige) is a 1963 Telugu language drama film, produced by Jupudi Venkateswara Rao under the Valta Productions banner^[2] and directed by Manapuram Appa Rao.^[3] It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Anjali Devi in the lead roles,^[4] with music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao.^[5][6]

Plot

Raghu (N. T. Rama Rao), an intelligent guy from rich family falls in love with Susheela (Anjali Devi), a beautiful girl with good nature. Susheela stays in her maternal uncle Paramdamaiah’s house. Paramdhamaiah’s wife Durgamma (Suryakantham) is a shrew who always lets Susheela down. To get rid of her problem, Susheela joins in a job. Narendra (Rajanala), an employer tries to molest her, but somehow she escapes and calls the police, Narendra escapes. Due to this, Susheela comes late, Durgamma blames her and chides her out of the house. Seeing Susheela homeless, Narendra chases her, Rao Bahadoor Prakasham (Gummadi) saves her and gives her shelter in his house. Police catch Narendra and he was jailed.

Everyone in the Prakasam house including his wife Parvathi (Kannamba) likes her, she is surprised to see Raghu as Prakasam’s son and fears about the marriage. Raghu convinces her and marries her in the temple, unknown to anyone. After the marriage, Raghu leaves for abroad for higher studies; at that time, Susheela becomes pregnant and everybody suspects her chastity. At the same time, Narendra, released from jail, takes advantage of the situation, showcases Susheela as his wife, Prakasham believes it and they send her away. She escapes from him. Meanwhile, Raghu returns from abroad and reveals the truth to his parents. At that time, Susheela gives birth to a baby boy. She leaves the baby in front of their common friend Venkat (Relangi) and Dr. Karuna’s (Girija) house, leaving a letter and tries to commit suicide; Shantamma, who runs an orphanage rescues her and gives her shelter. Narendra reaches there also, but Shantamma’s brother Ranga (Satyanarayana) protects her.

Time passes, Venkat and Karuna adopt the child and he grows up as Venu (Chalam) and becomes an advocate. Raghu is in search of Susheela for the past 25 years; finally, he finds her, explains everything to her and they are reunited. Unfortunately, Narendra attacks them, in the quarrel Ranga kills Narendra by throwing the knife from behind and the blame comes on Susheela. Venu prosecutes the case and Raghu defends her. Venu almost proves that Susheela is the culprit, at that he comes to know that she is her mother through Karuna, but he is helpless, Susheela joins father and son and prepares herself for punishment. At the last minute, Ranga accepts his crime and surrenders himself; Susheela is acquitted. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note.

Cast

Crew

• Art: Rajendra Kumar
• Choreography: Pasumathi, Vempati
• Stills: Satyam
• Dialogues: Samudrala Jr
• Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy, Aarudhra, Sri Sri, Kosaraju
• Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, Rajashri
• Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao
• Editing: B. Gopal Rao
• Cinematography: Kamal Ghosh
• Producer: Jupudi Venkateswara Rao
• Story - Screenplay - Director: Manapuram Appa Rao
• Banner: Valta Productions
• Release Date: 9 May 1963

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. Music was released by EMI Columbia Audio Company.

References

External links

• Paruvu-Prathishta on IMDb