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Kaanal Neer (1961)
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Add to a movie listKaanal Neer (Tamil: கானல் நீர் ; English: Mirage ) is a 1961 Indian Tamil film written and directed by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao. The film, which was simultaneously made in Telugu as Batasari, stars A. Nageswara Rao and P. Bhanumathi in the lead.
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Batasari (1961)
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Bhanumati Ramakrishna, Sowcar Janaki, J. V. Ramana Murthi, Devika, Suryakantam
Surendranath (ANR) is the son of Zamindar (Ramanna Pantulu) who wanted to go abroad for higher studies. His parents do not agree, hence he decides to leave the house. He reaches Madras in search of a job and gets a place in the house of a traditional family as a teacher. The daughter of that house is Madhavi (Bhanumathi). She takes care of every need of the family. Surendranath's behaviour surprises her and she starts to like him. Surendranath tried to talk to her personally. As a result of some misunderstanding, she openly expresses her dislike. Unable to bear the insult, he leaves the house and meets with an accident. Her elder brother (Ramana Murthy) gets married. Surendranath goes back to his Zamindari. His father dies making him the Zamindar. He marries Janaki. Diwan (Lingamurthy) mismanages the finances. As a result, Madhavi loses some property. She wanted to meet Surendranath, but Diwan refuses permission to meet him. She comes to know that he built a village Madhavipuram on her name and felt happy. While verifying the records, Surendranath finds out the mistake happened. He wanted to meet Madhavi to request her pardon, in spite of his illness and finally dies in her hands.
Prema (1952)
, 2h51Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Bhanumati Ramakrishna, Relangi Venkata Ramaiah, Mukkamala Krishnamurthy, Suryakantam
Mothi (Bhanumathi) is a poor Lambadi girl in a village. Raja (Nageswara Rao) came to see the rural nature. He is attracted to the beauty of Mothi and both love each other. He goes home town and forgets her. Meanwhile Mothi's father settles her marriage with Parasuram (Mukkamala). She escapes from home to avoid marriage and reach the town. She joins a dance troupe and giving performances. She identifies Raja with Lata (Sriranjani) in one of her shows and goes into shock. Unable to find Mothi, Raja marries Latha. Before the facts are known, Parasuram kills Mothi, while Mothi's friend kills Parasuram.
Vipra Narayana (1954)
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Bhanumati Ramakrishna, Relangi Venkata Ramaiah, Rushyendramani
Rating67%
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Directed by B.S. Ranga
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical
Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sivaji Ganesan, Jamuna, Chittor V. Nagaiah, Bhanumati Ramakrishna, Mikkilineni
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Rojulu Maraayi (1955)
, 2h35Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sowcar Janaki, Relangi Venkata Ramaiah, Ramana Reddy, Waheeda Rehman, Gemini Ganesan
Rating65%
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Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Bhanumati Ramakrishna, Mukkamala Krishnamurthy, Lalitha, Padmini Ramachandran, Mohammed Rafi
Rating75%
Qais Ibn Al Mulawwa, son of Shah Amri is sent to Damascus to pursue his education. There he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Laila, daughter of the Najd chieftain. Though Laila reciprocates his love in equal measure, her father opposes this match and keeps her confined in the house. Heartbroken at this separation, Qais loses his mental faculties and wanders aimlessly, always uttering the name of Laila. He is soon known far and wide as Majnoon, the obsessed. Laila is forcibly married off to Bakht, a scion of the royal family of Iraq. But she refuses to let Bakht touch her. Overwhelming misery and wretchedness of her circumstances lead to her death and hearing of her demise, the grief-stricken Qais falls dead too. The lovers unite in death.
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Manchi Manasulu (1962)
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Venu (ANR) is a very poor student and seeks to come out of hostel unable bear the expenses and shift to a lawyer Anand Rao (S.V. Rangarao)'s outhouse who gives it for free of cost. Venu has a brother who is a blacksmith and funds his studies and his daughter in their village. The lawyer's wife doesn't agree to give their room to bachelors and so lawyer insists that he says that he is married. The lawyer has a daughter Shanthi (Savitri) who falls in love with Venu. Her parents agree for their marriage. Venu completes his B.A. degree and goes to his village. His brother dies of ill-health and asks him to take care of his daughter Jaya. Jaya loves a man named Kumar (Nagabhushanam) who is very deceptive, and has a blind sister Radha (Janaki). When Venu asks Kumars' parents to get Jaya married to their son, they agree on one condition that Venu should marry their daughter. So Venu and Shanthi sacrifice their love. Venu is guilty of dumping her and doesn't like his wife. One day Shanthi comes and mitigates the situation. Janaki's brother and his wife create nuisence. Janaki becomes pregnant. To keep her away from all these problems, he takes his wife to Hampi Vijayanagar on Shanthi's advice. There Kumar who cheats a lady and kills her on a mountain. Hearing her screaming, Venu arrives there and sees the culprit and gets caught to police to save Kumar's life for the sake of his brother's daughter. Shanthi who is now a lawyer takes up his case and proves that he is innocent in the court and unveils the culprit with the help of strong evidence brought by Jaya, he becomes remorseful. The story ends with Venu and his wife lead a happy life.