Velugu Needalu
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Cast: ANR, Jaggayya, SV Rangarao, Relangi, Savithri, Girija, Suryakantham, Sandhya, Rajasulochana, Kamaladevi, Baby Shashikala, Parvathi, Padmanabham, Peketi, Natarajan, Meenakumari, Surabhi Kamalabai and Others.
Art: S. Krishna Rao & GV Subbarao.
Associate Director: K. Viswanath.
Choreography: PS Gopalakrishnan & AK Chopra.
Cinematography: PS Selvaraj.
Dialogues: Acharya Atreya.
Editing: MS Mani.
Lyrics: Sri Sri & Kosaraju.
Music: Pendyala.
Singers: P. Susheela, Ghantasala, Jikki, Swarnalatha & Madavapeddi Satyam.
Direction: Adhurthi Subbarao.
Producer: Dukkipati Madhushudana Rao.
Banner: Annapurna Pictures (Private) Ltd.
Release Year: 1961

With this background, it comes as no surprise that the plot of his next venture, Velugu Needalu had all the three main characters playing doctors. ANR even falls sick in the movie, without hope of recovery, but recovers in the end-is that reel life imitating real life? Not just that, there is one of track he picked up from real life. Let us look at the story first, and it will make more sense.

Rao Bahadur R. Venkat Ramaiah (SV Rangarao) and Kanaka Durga (Suryakantham) is a childless couple who adopt Suguna (Savithri). When they have a child of their own later who they name Varalakshmi, Kanaka Durga's affection towards Suguna diminishes, and she is given away to a clerk Vengalappa (Relangi). She grows up to become a doctor and her love interest is Chandram (ANR) who discovers that he has TB and forces Suguna to marry another doctor Raghunath (Jaggayya). Chandram is cured of TB but Dr. Raghunath expires in an accident; Suguna decides to dedicate her life to social work, and convinces Chandram to marry Varalakshmi. Kanaka Durga poisons Lakshmi's mind and causes rift in the relations, which Suguna sets right and all's well that end's well.

Atreya wrote the script, except for the comedy scenes-which were penned by a famous playwright of those times, Korrapati Gangadhar Rao.  The Telugu songs written by Sri Sri were written by Udumalai Narayana Kavi in Tamil, and both of them worked together to write the songs.

The music was a major highlight in the movie. Say Velugu Needalu to any true-blue Telugu cinema buff, and they will right away hum Kala Kanidi Viluvainadi and Padavoi Bharatiyuda. Dukkipati's favorite Sri Sri penned these songs which took Pendyala 15 days to compose. Praising him, Sri Sri noted that even if an editorial prose is given to Pendyala, one can expect a beautiful tune out of him. A man on the verge of suicide supposedly heard the song Kalakanidi and decided to give life another chance!

K. Viswanath was an associate director in this movie. Sheshagiri Rao, brother of composer Chakravarthy, acted as ANR's pal in this movie.  EV Saroja who appeared in the song impressed the producers so much.

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