Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu

Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu (transl. Husband to the girl and Yama to the mother-in-law) is a 1989 Indian Telugu-language masala film co-written and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy.^[1] Produced by Allu Aravind, the film stars Chiranjeevi, Vanisri, and Vijayashanti. The film marks Vanisri's comeback to cinema after several years.

Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu
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Directed by	A. Kodandarami Reddy
Screenplay by	A. Kodandarami Reddy
Story by	Satyanand
Produced by	Allu Aravind
Starring	Chiranjeevi Vanisri Vijayshanti Rao Gopal Rao
Cinematography	Lok Singh
Edited by	M. Vellaiswamy
Music by	K. Chakravarthy
Production company	Geeta Arts
Release date	14 January 1989 (1989-01-14)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu language

Released on 14 January 1989, the film was a major commercial success.^[2] It was an industry hit film at the time.^[3][2] It was eventually remade in Tamil twice as Maapillai (1989) and Mappillai (2011), in Kannada as Bhale Chathura (1990), in Hindi as Jamai Raja (1990) and in Malayalam as Mr. Marumakan (2012).

Plot

Kalyan is an unemployed, lower class, but simple and humble do-gooder. Rekha is the loving daughter of arrogant businesswoman Chamundeswari. Kalyan, one day, ruins the engagement of Rekha's friend. Rekha at first thinks that Kalyan did this to her friend but later learns that her friend was getting married against her wish. Rekha and Kalyan later fall in love. Meanwhile, Rekha's mother Chamundeswari rejects Kalyan's sister's love with Rekha's' brother. Kalyan learns that Rekha is Chamundeswari's daughter and decides to marry Rekha. Chamundeswari holds her daughter in the house and refuses to let her go. Kalyan is enraged and challenges that he would marry Rekha. Kalyan and Chamundeswari fight over authority. The rest of the movie is about how Kalyan and Chamundeswari resolve their differences and how Kalyan wins back Rekha.

Cast

• Chiranjeevi as Kalyan
• Vanisri as Chamundeswari Devi
• Vijayashanti as Rekha
• Kaikala Satyanarayana as Ramachandrayya, Chamundeswari Devi's husband
• Rao Gopal Rao
• Allu Ramalingaiah
• Brahmanandam
• Giribabu
• Sudhakar as Rekha's brother
• Annapoorna as Kalyan's mother

Soundtrack

All music is composed by K. Chakravarthy^[4]

Track list^[4]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Shanthi Om Shanthi Are Khaidi"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	5:54
2.	"Merupula La La"	Bhuvana Chandra	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:06
3.	"Digu Digu Bhama Aa Prema"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	3:42
4.	"Kalalo Pettani Muddulu Pettu"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	4:20
5.	"Tinguranga Chakkanamma"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	4:17
Total length:				22:21

Remakes

Year	Film	Language	Ref.
1989	Mappillai	Tamil
1990	Bhale Chathura	Kannada
1990	Jamai Raja	Hindi
2011	Mappillai	Tamil
2012	Mr. Marumakan	Malayalam