Chelleli Kapuram

Chelleli Kapuram (transl. Sister's Household) is 1971 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath.^[1][2] Produced by Mannava Balayya under the banner of Amrutha films.^[3] The film was remade in Tamil as Anbu Thangai.^[4]

Chelleli Kapuram
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. Viswanath
Written by	Gollapudi Maruthi Rao Mannava Balayya
Produced by	Mannava Venkata Rao
Starring	Sobhan Babu Vanisri Nagabhushanam Sharada K. V. Chalam
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Release date	27 November 1971 (1971-11-27)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

Ramu (Sobhan Babu) is a struggling poet. Because of his dark complexion, publishers are unwilling to publish his poetry. Sriram (Nagabhushanam) is his friend, and a small-time con-artist. He agrees to support Ramu. He starts to publish his poems in Sriram's name. He agrees to do this as he needs money to perform his sister's marriage.

Sriram marries Ramu's sister (Manimala). As time goes by, using the poetry written by Ramu, Sriram gets quite rich. With the wealth come bad habits, and other habits. Ramu keeps quiet to ensure his sister's married life smooth, and does not confront Sriram. A rich lady (Vanisri) who admires the poetry of Sriram and becomes a fan. Over the period she realizes Sriram is a fraud, and suspects the truth. She comes up with a ruse to expose Sriram and elicit the truth.

Cast

• Sobhan Babu as Ramu
• Nagabhushanam as Sriram
• Vanisri as Radha Devi
• Manimala as Seetha
• Rao Gopal Rao as Ramu's uncle
• Allu Ramalingaiah
• Nirmala
• Modukuri Satyam
• Kaikala Satyanarayana as Raghavaiah
• Kantha Rao
• Chalapathi Rao
• Chalam
• Mallikarjuna Rao
• Chandra Mohan

Songs

• "Bhale Bhale Maa Annayya" - P. Susheela, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (Lyrics: Kosaraju Raghavaiah)
• "Charana Kinkinulu...Adave Mayuri" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (Lyrics: C. Narayanareddy)
• "Ee Daari Naa Swamy Nadichene... Rane Vacchadu" - S. Janaki, P. B. Sreenivas (Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishnasastri)
• "Kanula Mundu Neevunte Kavita Pongi Paarada" - P. Susheela, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (Lyrics: C. Narayanareddy)
• "Naa Chitti Naa Chinni" - P. Susheela, B. Vasantha
• "Kavithalu Pillagaali" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Awards

• Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Gold - Mannava Venkata Rao^[5]