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Gundamma Katha is a film of genre Drama directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao with Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao
Gundamma Katha (1962)
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Add to a movie listGundamma Katha (English: The story of Gundamma) is a 1962 Telugu, drama film produced by B. Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani. The film is partially inspired by Shakesphere's, The Taming of the Shrew. The plot revolves around the story of a proud mother, Gundamma and the way she was brought on track by her two young sons-in-law. The film was later remade into Tamil as Manithan Maravillai, Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan replace N. T. Rama Rao in tamil version.
The ensemble cast, starred N. T. Rama Rao, Suryakantam, S. V. Ranga Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jamuna Ramanarao, Savitri, Ramana Reddy, Rajanala Kaleswara Rao, Chaya Devi, L. Vijayalakshmi and Haranath. The film has received the Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu.
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Gundamma (Suryakantam) is a rich widow who has a daughter Saroja (Jamuna Ramanarao), and son Prabhakar (Haranath) and a step daughter Lakshmi (Savitri). Both the girls are beautiful and intelligent. Saroja is a teen spoiled by her mother's pampering whereas Lakshmi is treated as a servant in her own house. Ramabhadraiah (S. V. Ranga Rao), who has two sons of marriageable age, is searching for suitable brides. Gundamma is interested in pursuing an alliance with Ramabhadraiah’s family for her daughter Saroja and sends a word through a middle man. It happens that he used to be a good friend of Gundamma's late husband. She wants to overcome the obstacle of her elder step daughter by getting her married to a down-and-out guy so she doesn’t have to get jeered for neglecting her step daughter. Kanchu Gantaiah (Ramana Reddy), Gundamma's manager and a cousin somehow wants Saroja to marry his son Bhupati (Rajanala) who happens to be a delinquent and is in a prison.Actors
Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao
(Ramabhadraiaha, a wealthy land-lord and father of the Anji and Raja)
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
(Raja)
Kommareddy Savitri
(Lakshmi)
Jamuna
(Saroja)
Suryakantam
(Gundamma)
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