Ilavelpu

Ilavelpu or Ilavelupu (Telugu: ఇలవేల్పు) is a 1956 Telugu Drama film produced by L. V. Prasad and directed by D. Yoganand.^[1] The story is based on the successful Tamil film, Edhir Paradhathu (1954). Ilavelpu was a big hit and was remade in Hindi as Sharada (1957), starring Meena Kumari and Raj Kapoor.^[2]

Plot

Sekhar (Akkineni Nageswara Rao), a wealthy man, goes to comfort his friend (Chalam) in a nature cure hospital. He is impressed with the services of Sharada (Anjali Devi), and the two of them fall in love. Sekhar goes abroad for higher education, and they plan to marry after he returns; however, his elders consider marrying him to Lakshmi (Jamuna Ramanarao). Sekhar's plane crashes and everyone believes him dead. Sharada's father looks after the agricultural works of Sekhar's father (Gummadi Venkateswara Rao). One day he visits their house and discovers the condition of Sekhar's family and orphaned brothers and sisters. He and the elders think that if Sharada is married to Sekhar's father, the family will be taken care of, so Sharada marries him.

It turns out that Sekhar had escaped from the plane crash alive. He meets Sharada, and when he finds out about her marriage to his father, he gets angry. Sharada is also upset, but controls her emotions. Sekhar becomes an alcoholic, and to get him out of this addiction, he marries Lakshmi. Lakshmi later learns of the love affair between Sekhar and Sharada and starts harassing Sekhar, forcing him to leave the house. During a pilgrimage with her husband, Sharada finds Sekhar unconscious near a temple and gets him to the house. Sharada prays to God and fasts for Sekhar's wellbeing. Finally, Sekhar and Sharada die.

Cast

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Sekhar
• Anjali Devi as Sharada
• Jamuna Ramanarao as Lakshmi
• Gummadi Venkateswara Rao as Sekhar's Father
• Relangi Venkata Ramaiah
• Chalam
• Ramana Reddy
• Krishna Kumari
• Suryakantham
• Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah
• R. Nageswara Rao

Soundtrack

• Song "Challani Punnami Vennelalone" was picturised on Relangi Venkataramaiah

All music composed by Susarla Dakshinamurthi.

References

External links

• Ilavelpu at the Internet Movie Database

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