Aadarsa Kutumbam () is a 1969 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by K. Pratyagatma. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Jayalalithaa, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. It was produced by A. V. Subba Rao under the Prasad Art Productions banner. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for the year 1969.
Plot The film revolves around a wealthy joint family led by its patriarch, Raghavendra Rao, and his wife, Rajyalakshmi, who have four sons and a daughter. The eldest son, Pattabhi, and his wife, Janaki, responsibly handle the household finances and agricultural work. The second son, Prakasam, is heavily involved in village politics, wasting both time and money, while his shrewish wife, Jaya, contributes nothing to the family's welfare. The third son, Pratap, is a bodybuilder obsessed with his diet and fitness, completely neglecting his wife, Rama. The youngest son, Prasad, studies in the city, where he falls in love with Saroja, a beautiful doctor. Their only daughter, Chandra, is married to Suryam, an unemployed, lazy man who suffers from night blindness and lives off his in-laws. To make matters worse, his mother, Durgamma, is a frequent guest who constantly creates rifts within the household.
Pattabhi and Janaki’s kindness is mistaken for weakness, allowing the rest of the family to exploit them. Prasad marries Saroja and brings her home amidst this chaos of financial extravagance, constant arguments, and deceit. Recognizing the toxicity, Prasad and Saroja devise a clever ruse to force a family partition. The rest of the story follows their efforts to teach the siblings a lesson, ultimately mending the broken relationships and reuniting the family.
Cast
Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Prasad Jayalalithaa as Saroja V. Nagayya as Raghavendra Rao Gummadi as Pattabhi Nagabhushanam as Prakasam Padmanabham as Suryam Ramana Reddy as Damodaram Sakshi Ranga Rao as Appaiah Panthulu Bheemaraju as Pratap Anjali Devi as Janaki S. Varalakshmi as Jaya Suryakantham as Durgamma Hemalatha as Rajyalakshmi Geetanjali as Rama Vijaya Lalitha as Sunita Surabhi Balasaraswathi as Rami Anitha as Chandra
Soundtrack
Music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.
Awards National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu - 1969 K. Pratyagatma won Nandi Award for Second Best Story Writer (1969) (in Telugu)
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