Runanubandham

Runanubandham (transl. Debt Relation) is a 1960 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by P. Adinarayana Rao under the Anjali Pictures banner[2] and directed by Vedantam Raghavaiah.[3] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao Anjali Devi [4] and music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao.[5][6] This film had its beginning sequence in Gevacolor.

Runanubandham
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVedantam Raghavaiah
Produced byP. Adinarayana Rao
Written byAcharya Aatreya
(story / dialogues)
Screenplay byVedantam Raghavaiah
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Anjali Devi
Music byP. Adinarayana Rao
CinematographyC. Nageswara Rao
Edited byN. S. Prakasam
Production
company
Distributed byEast India Release
Release date
  • 7 December 1960 (1960-12-07)
Running time
163 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

Lakshmi (Anjali Devi) an orphan lives in a village, Subbanna (Gummadi) a local goon treats her as his own sister. In the same village, Pratap Rao (C.S.R), a zamindar converts his property into gold, due to fear of land ceiling act and decide to leave to the city. Unfortunately, that night, their house catches fire in which Zamindar dies and his wife Kantham (Nirmalamma) & son Raghu (Master Gopi) are rescued by Lakshmi. Before breathes her last, Kantham reveals her ambition to see her son as a doctor when Lakshmi promises her to fulfill her dream. Thereafter, Lakshmi shifts to the city join Raghu in the school and start working as a servant at school headmaster Narasimham's (Relangi) house. Here Suryam (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) nephew of headmaster falls for her and he too decides to take part in her responsibility. Meanwhile, Subbanna digs out the hidden treasure from the burnt house, hands over it to Govt and moves in search of Lakshmi & Raghu. After crossing many hurdles, Subbanna finds whereabouts of Lakshmi till then Pratap Rao's cousin Veerabhadraiah (Rajanala) seizes the property and the concerned authorities deny Subbanna's words when self-esteem Lakshmi leaves that place. Parallelly, Narasimham's wife Gajalakshmi (Suryakantham) learns regarding the love affair of Lakshmi & Suryam, so, she ploys, by attributing an illicit relationship between Lakshmi & Subbanna and performs Suryam's marriage with her daughter Padma (Girija). Knowing it, angered Subbanna seeks to kill Gajalakshmi, thereby, lands in jail. Now Lakshmi is left alone but stands up with courage and toils to fulfill her aim. Years roll by, Lakshmi succeeds in making Raghu (Haranath) as a doctor. At present, Raghu wants to construct a hospital to serve the destitute. At that point in time, Lakshmi remembers regarding his father's treasure. On the other side, Veerabhadraiah finds out that Raghu is alive, so, he intrigues to eliminate him. At the same time, Subbanna releases and brings out the truth from Gajalakshmi. Immediately, Suryam rushes for Lakshmi, by that time, Veerabhadraiah kidnaps Lakshmi & Raghu. Suryam & Subbanna rescues them, in which Lakshmi dies while guarding Raghu against harm. Finally, the movie ends Raghu constructing a memorial hospital in the name of Lakshmi.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack
Runanubandham
Film score by
P. Adinarayana Rao
Released1960
GenreSoundtrack
Length37:06
LabelEMI Columbia
ProducerP. Adinarayana Rao

Music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao. Music released on EMI Columbia Audio Company.

S. NoSong TitleLyricsSingerslength
1 "Andaalu Chindagaanu" Samudrala Jr P. Susheela 4:49
2 "Andhamaina Baava" Kosaraju P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki 2:35
3 "Yehe Yehe" Kosaraju P. B. Sreenivas, P. Susheela 3:47
4 "Lokaalanele Challanayya" Samudrala Jr P. Susheela 2:53
5 "Maate Jeevitha Lakshyam" Samudrala Jr Ghantasala 2:49
6 "Nindu Punnami Eela" Samudrala Jr P. Susheela, S. Janaki 5:01
7 "Oho Oyyari Lahiri" Samudrala Jr Ghantasala, P. Susheela 3:05
8 "Raavela Andala Bala" Samudrala Jr Ghantasala, P. Susheela 8:00
9 "Yenaatido Ee Bandham" Samudrala Jr Ghantasala 3:07

References
  1. "Runanubandham (Overview)". IMDb.
  2. "Runanubandham (Banner)". Filmiclub.
  3. "Runanubandham (Direction)". Know Your Films.
  4. "Runanubandham (Cast & Crew)". Spicy Onion.
  5. "Runanubandham (Music)". Bharat Movies.
  6. "Runanubandham (Review)". The Cine Bay.
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