Nindu Dampathulu

1971 Indian film

4 February 1971 (1971-02-04)

Running time

189 minsCountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Nindu Dampathulu (transl. The Complete Couple) is a 1971 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by M. Jagannatha Rao under the S.V.S. Films banner^[2] and directed by K. Viswanath.^[3] It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Savitri, Vijaya Nirmala and music jointly composed by T. V. Raju & Vijaya Krishna Murthy.^[4] A few of the scenes in the film are replicated in Swayamkrushi (1987), which was also directed by K. Viswanath.^[5]

Plot

The film begins with Ramu, a high-mind illiterate who runs a small-scale business. The people in the colony idolize him apart from a local goon, Gangulu. Subbulu, a naughty girl therein, endears him. Ramu rears & civilizes his cousin Vani and aspires to knit her. Incognizant of it, Vani loves Ravi, the son of a Zamindar Janaki Ramayya. Indeed, Janaki Ramayya has two sons; the elder one, Raghu, is docile and the progeny of his first. Ravi is prodigal due to the pampering of his mother, Kanaka Durga. Besides, Kondala Rao, a clerk, aims to crave his daughter Sridevi, an advocate for which he strives and succeeds.

Meanwhile, Janaki Ramayya empowers the entire proprietary to Raghu, which begrudges Kanaka Durga. Parallelly, Kondala Rao approaches Raghu on Sridevi's alliance when Raghu denounces the integrity of the scholarly women. Whereat enraged Kondala Rao revolts against Raghu. Exploiting it, Kanaka Durga slays Raghu via Gangulu and incriminates Kondala Rao. Sridevi defends the case when overwhelmed Kondala Rao passes away. Soon after, Sridevi realizes Subbulu is her cousin, so she reaches her but hides her discipline and behaves like an ignorant. After a while, Vani affirms her choice of Ravi when Ramu espouses them, giving up his love. Later, Ramu splices Sridevi and gets her identity when he makes her a good practitioner. Eventually, a fissure arises in Ravi & Vani's marital life. As a result, she quits, and Ramu & Sridevi reform her. Simultaneously, Ravi battles with Janaki Ramayya for his share. The same night, Gangulu slaughters him and indicts Ravi. Sridevi picks up the case, and Ramu digs out the reality. In that process, Subbulu sacrifices her life while guarding Ramu. At last, Ravi acquits non-guilty. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note.

Cast

N. T. Rama Rao as Ramu
Savitri as Sridevi
Vijaya Nirmala as Subbulu
Gummadi as Kondala Rao
Satyanarayana as Gangulu
Chandra Mohan as Ravi
Allu Ramalingaiah
Raja Babu as Kishtaiah
Dhulipala as Priest
Mikkilineni as Janaki Ramaiah
M. Balaiah as Raghu
Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah as Seetaiah
Chalapathi Rao as Doctor
Lakshmi as Vani
Chaya Devi as Kanaka Durga
Rukmini as Rajamma
Leela Rani as Kamala
Vijaya Bhanu
Master Visweswara Rao as Maruti

Soundtrack

Nindu Dampathulu
Film score by T. V. Raju Vijaya Krishna Murthy
Released	1971
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	27:58
Producer	T. V. Raju Vijaya Krishna Murthy

Music composed by T. V. Raju and Vijaya Krishna Murthy. Lyrics were written by C. Narayana Reddy.

S. No.	Song Title	Singers	length
1	"O Shakunthala"	SP Balasubrahmanyam, B. Vasantha	5:50
2	"Malle Poolu"	Ghantasala, P. Susheela	3:29
3	"Kotha Pelli Koothurani"	L. R. Eswari	3:51
4	"Gayde O Gayde"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	3:35
5	"Ounantaadu"	P. Susheela	3:46
6	"Neeti Chaatuna"	LR Eswari	3:33
7	"Anaganagaa Okavooru"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Leela, Vasantha	3:54