Adrusta Jathakudu

1971 Indian film

6 August 1971 (1971-08-06)

Running time

137 minsCountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Adrusta Jathakudu (transl. Man with the Lucky Horoscope) is a 1971 Telugu-language drama film produced and directed by K. Hemambaradhara Rao^[2] under the Subhashini Art Pictures banner.^[3] It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Vanisri, with music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao.^[4]

Plot

The film begins in the village where Anantaramaiyah, a schoolteacher, resides with his two children, Prasad & Sarada. Once, Zamindar Raja Raghunath Rao ploys to squat the school land, which Anantaramaiyah denies. Hence, he sets fire, and Anantaramaiyah dies while guarding the children. Now left alone, Prasad & Sarada are split by their paternal & maternal aunts when Sarada faces asperity. Knowing it, Prasad seeks his sister, but shrew aunt Ramanamma denies it. Hence, to rear her, Prasad lands in the city and acquires a job in a mechanic shed owned by Parandhamiah. Years pass, and Prasad becomes a chief mechanic, but Sarada still struggles with Ramanamma.

Meanwhile, Prasad joins as a tenant at a retired army officer, Eshwar Rao, whose daughter Vijaya loves & knits him. Parallelly, a moneybag, Gopal, visits the village and hoodwinks Sarada, who conceives. Being conscious of it, Prasad pledges to straighten out the plight. Currently, Prasad fetches Sarada with him when Vijaya wholeheartedly consoles her. After a while, she gives birth to a baby boy and detects Gopal, the Parandhamaiah's son, who believes her. During this time, Parandhamiah ensured that he had fixed the issue. Anyhow, he backstabs Prasad by incriminating and sentencing him. Soon after acquitting, Prasad challenges Parandhamiah to splice Sarada with his son. At that point, Prasad shelters an older man from suicide. Startlingly, he transforms into Raja Raghunatha Rao, who has approached them as a penance for his sin. Due to this, he lost all his men. As of now, he declares Prasad as his heir. At last, Prasad, in various disguises, reforms Parandhamiah & Gopal. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note.

Cast

N. T. Rama Rao as Prasad
Vanisri as Vijaya
Nagabhushanam as Raja Raghunatha Rao
Mikkilineni as Subbaramaiah
Dhulipala as Parandhamaiah
Ramakrishna as Gopal
Padmanabham as Brahmam
Allu Ramalingaiah as Ananda Rao
Raavi Kondala Rao as Captain Eeswar Rao
Sakshi Ranga Rao as Govinda Rao
Potti Prasad as Papaiah
Chidatala Appa Rao as Venkata Swamy
Jagga Rao as Tadigala Tatabbai
Radha Kumari as Ramanamma
Suma as Sharada
Lakshmi Kantamma
Jyothi Lakshmi as item number
Master Adinarayana as Young Prasad
Baby Sridevi as Young Sharada
Chalapathi Rao as Doctor

Soundtrack

Adrusta Jathakudu
Film score by T. Chalapathi Rao
Released	1971
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	20:31
Producer	T. Chalapathi Rao

Music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao.^[5]

S. No.	Song Title	Lyrics	Singers	length
1	"Evaranukunnav"	Kosaraju	Ghantasala	2:33
2	"Chiru Chiru Navvula"	C. Narayana Reddy	P. Susheela	2:58
3	"Yavvanamante"	C. Narayana Reddy	L. R. Eeswari	2:44
4	"Appulu Cheyakyra"	Kosaraju	Madhavapeddi Satyam	3:59
5	"Kalla Kapatamerugani"	Dasarathi	Ghantasala, Jikki	3:38
6	"Edi Nijamaina"	Dasarathi	Ghantasala, Madhavapeddi Satyam, T. R. Jayadev, Saravathi	4:39