Gruhalakshmi is a 1967 Telugu-language, comedy film, produced and directed by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao under the Bharani Pictures banner. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Bhanumathi Ramakrishna with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film was remade as the Tamil movie Anbe Aaruyire (1975) & hamari bahu alka in Hindi.
Plot Srinivasa Rao / Chitti is a law student whose father, Bhagavatam, is orthodox & superstitious. Chitti knits noble Lakshmi, who meticulously cares for her in-laws and family. Here, Bhagavatam does not permit the couple to spend time as it is Chitti's exam time. Distressed, Chitti plans to celebrate his honeymoon with the help of brother-in-law Vaali and gives a fake telegram that Lakshmi's mother is ill. Right now, Chitti backs keeping Lakshmi in a small hotel. Vaali, too, moves to his hometown to hide the fact from his parents. In the hotel, Lakshmi & Chitti face many unforeseen incidents. The hotel manager & other mates suspect them of being an eloping pair. Chitti loses his purse on the double while escaping from his father's assistant. Parallelly, to their misfortune, Vaali meets with an accident and is brought to the city when their drama breaks out. Chitti & Lakshmi cannot pay the bill and abscond from the hotel and reach home, where Chitti is surprised to see his in-laws. At present, Bhagavatam starts chiding Chitti when his wife mentions that his strict discipline causes all these incidents. At last, Bhagavatam realizes his mistake and allows the couple to be united. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note.
Cast P. Bhanumathi as Lakshmi Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Srinivasa Rao / Chitti S. V. Ranga Rao as Bhagavatam Ramana Reddy as Hotel Manager Padmanabham as Vaali Allu Ramalingaiah as Mate of Hotel Raja Babu as Mate of Hotel Raavi Kondala Rao as Mate of Hotel Balakrishna Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah as Doctor Suryakantam as Bhagavatam's wife Rushyendramani as Lakshmi's mother Radha Kumari as Mate of Hotel
Crew Art: Rajendra Kumar Story — Dialogues: D. V. Narasa Raju Lyrics: Sri Sri, Samudrala, Dasaradhi, C. Narayana Reddy, Arudra, Kosaraju Playback: Ghantasala, M. Balamuralikrishna Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Madhavapeddi Satyam, P. Nageswara Rao Music: S. Rajeswara Rao Editing: B. Hari Narayana Cinematography: C. Nageswara Rao Producer — Director: P. S. Ramakrishna Rao Banner: Bharani Pictures Release Date: 7 April 1967
Soundtrack
Music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. S. No.Song title Lyrics Singers length1"Kannule Nee Kosam"ArudraGhantasala, Bhanumathi Ramakrishna2:542"Laali Laali Gopala Bala"DasaradhiBhanumathi Ramakrishna3:443"Maavaru Sreevaru"Sri SriBhanumathi Ramakrishna3:344"Manalo Manake"C. Narayana ReddyGhantasala, Bhanumathi Ramakrishna3:555"Melukolupu"SamudralaBhanumathi Ramakrishna4:106"Vinave Priyurala"KosarajuGhantasala4:29
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