Anna Thammudu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	C. S. Rao
Written by	Pinishetty (dialogues)
Produced by	Kadaru Venkateswara Rao
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao Sowcar Janaki Jaggayya
Cinematography	Shanmugam
Edited by	Umanath
Music by	Ashwatthama
Production company	Sri Raja Rajeswari Film Company[1]
Release date	15 March 1958 (1958-03-15)
Running time	153 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Anna Thammudu (transl. Elder Brother and Younger Brother) is a 1958 Telugu-language drama film, produced by Kadaru Venkateswara Rao under the Sri Raja Rajeswari Film Company banner^[2] and directed by C. S. Rao.^[3] It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Jaggayya, Sowcar Janaki and music composed by Ashwatthama.

Plot

Madhava Rao & Nageswara Rao are a sibling. Madhav Rao leads a happy family life with his wife Shantamma and son Ravi whereas Nageswara Rao is a spoilt brat that's why his brother has been ostracized from the family. But when Madhava Rao is on his deathbed he returns, cleverly slaughters his brother, and grabs their property by cheating his sister-in-law. After that, he plans to eliminate Ravi too, listening to it, Shantamma runs out and falls asleep after reaching the outskirts. At that time, a thief notices jewelry on Ravi which he kidnaps and throws on the road. A couple passing on notices the kid and rears him. After waking up Shantamma goes into shock due to misplacing of Ravi, a church father Joseph guards her and she realizes she is pregnant. Ranganna a loyal servant of Shantamma is in search of her, surprisingly, he finds Ravi at his sister's house. On the other side, Shantamma gives birth to a baby boy Rajendra and works as a gardener in the church. Once Brahmanandam spots Shantamma and orders his henchmen to get her, they trap her and take them to a secluded place. Fortunately, the police arrive, and to abscond they throw a dead body and indict Shantamma for which she has been sentenced. Father Joseph joins Rajendra in an orphanage in Madras for higher studies. Years roll by, and Ravi is raised by Ranganna along with his niece Padma and Rajendra becomes a solicitor. Nageswara Rao also settles in Madras with his girlfriend Vajram and assistant Brahmanandam. After release, Shantamma also reaches the same town and faints on the road, spotting her Rajendra gives her shelter and treats her as his mother. Rajendra loves Rani the daughter of Purushottama Rao who works as a clerk at Nageswara Rao. Nageswara Rao is erotic towards Rani, but Purushottama Rao performs Rani's marriage with Rajendra by confronting Nageswara Rao for which Nageswara Rao is begrudged. Meanwhile, Brahmanandam traps Padma and takes her to Vajra Vilas where Nageswara Rao tries to molest her to escape she commits suicide, and before dying, she reveals the truth to Ravi. Furious Ravi reaches Vajra Vilas, at the same time, Vajram also quarrels with Nageswara Rao about his misdeeds. Nageswara Rao murders Vajram and accuses Ravi, but he flees. Once Father Joseph recognizes Shantamma and reveals Rajendra as her son. Parallelly, Rani also goes into the ploy of Nageswara Rao when Ravi protects her and knockouts Nageswara Rao. Now Ravi is apprehended, in court, Rajendra is in a judge position when Shantamma learns Ravi is also her own and requests Rajendra to leave his brother. But he stands for justice and sentences Ravi. Finally, Ravi appreciates his brother's honesty and moves to jail leaving their mother's responsibility to Rajendra.

Cast

• N. T. Rama Rao as Ravi
• Sowcar Janaki as Rani
• Jaggayya as Rajendra
• Relangi as Uppalanaiadu
• R. Nageswara Rao as Inspector
• Mikkilineni as Purushothama Rao
• Mukkamala as Nageswara Rao
• Chadalavada as Brahmandam
• Padmanabham as Cook
• K. V. S. Sarma as Father Joseph
• A. V. Subba Rao as Madhava Rao
• Rajasulochana as Vajram
• Girija as Padma
• Malathi as Shantamma
• Ch. Prabhavathi as Kamakshi
• Kamala as Chenchulakshmi
• Nalla Ramamurthy

Soundtrack

Music composed by G. Ashwatthama. Music released on Audio Company.

References