Pooja Phalam


Pooja Phalam is a 1964 Telugu-language drama film, produced by Daggupathi Lakshminarayana Chowdary under the Sri Sambu Pictures banner and directed by B. N. Reddy. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri, Jamuna with music composed by Saluri Rajeswara Rao. The film is based on the novel Poojari, written by Munipalle Raju.

Plot

Madhu is a Zamindar who is a very gullible person and everyone laughs at him. Once he meets a beautiful girl, Vasanthi who stays in a portion of his house. Vasanthi becomes very friendly and behaves very close with Madhu. Here Madhu mistakes her friendly nature as love. But Vasanthi treats her just like a brother. Meanwhile, Madhu has to leaves to Madras for higher studies where he gets acquaintance with a person Sriram and both of them become close friends. He writes many letters to Vasanthi, but he never gets any reply. When he comes back, he finds out Vasanthi and her family left the city without telling anybody. Madhu finds a letter from which he realizes that Vasanthi only saw him as a brother. He gets very depressed and falls sick. Seetha, daughter of his Manager Ramakrishnaiah takes care of Madhu and gives him company. After some time, he recovers from the depression and starts loving Seeta. Parallelly, Govindaiah coparcenary to Madhu's grandfather claims a case in the court that Madhu's property belongs to him. The court handovers the property until the judgment is issued. So, Madhu has to leave his mansion when Ramakrishnaiah gives him shelter. After some time, Madhu is almost in the edge to win the case. Distressed, Govindaiah tries to kill Madhu by making an accident in which he loses his memory. Now Sriram becomes a mental specialist and he tries a lot to regain his friend's memory but could not succeed. Anyway, Madhu wins the case, Govindaiah is arrested and he is taken to his mansion where he slightly remembers memories of Vasanthi. Sriram, Ramakrishnaiah, and everyone is in search of her but fails. Favorably, Vasanthi is married to Sriram and through her words, he comes to know the truth. At last, Sriram brings Vasanthi and makes Madhu to regains his sanity. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Madhu & Seeta.

Cast

Music composed by Saluri Rajeswara Rao. All songs are hit tracks. Music released on EMI Columbia Audio Company.
S. No.Song TitleLyricsSingerslength
1"Pagale Vennela Jagame Vooyala"C. Narayana ReddyS. Janaki2:57
2"Ninnaleni Andamedo"C. Narayana ReddyGhantasala4:03
3"Endhu Daagi Unnavo"DevulapalliP. Susheela2:03
4"Madhana Manasayera"C. Narayana ReddyS. Janaki2:56
5"Neruthuno Ledho"C. Narayana ReddyP. Susheela3:30
6"Andhenaa Ee Chethula"DevulapalliP. Susheela3:01
7"O Basthi Doragaaru"KosarajuB. Vasantha, Basaveshwar2:44
8"Siva Dheeksha"Ghanam SeenayyaS. Janaki4:47
9"Vasthaavu Pothaavu"C. Narayana ReddyB. Vasantha1:37