Padaharella Vayasu
| Padaharella Vayasu | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | K. Raghavendra Rao |
| Produced by | angara sathyam |
| Written by | satyanand (dialogues) |
| Story by | Bharathiraja |
| Starring |
Chandra Mohan Sridevi Mohan Babu Nirmalamma |
| Music by | K. Chakravarthi |
Release dates | 31 August 1978[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Padaharella Vayasu is a 1978 Telugu film starring Sridevi Kapoor, Chandra Mohan, and Mohan Babu. Directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, it is a remake of the Tamil Super hit 16 Vayathinile (1977) which starred Kamal Hassan, Rajinikanth and Sridevi.
Plot
This film revolves around a 16-year-old girl, Malli (Sridevi), filled with ambitions of becoming a teacher. She is an attractive, intelligent woman living in a small society and experiences ripe love when seeing the new veterinarian who has come to visit. Many are impressed by this charming young fellow who has entered the village. He seems to be a wealthy, prosperous man and soon develops a relationship with Malli. Malli, who is deeply in love, sacrifices her opportunity to study in the teaching college course to spend time with him. But his intentions are not pure and he dumps Malli when she refuses to consummate their relationship.
Malli's mother also passes away soon after finding out about her daughter's affair and her failure to get any match arranged for Malli . Her only remaining family is her distant cousin Gopalakrishna (Chandramohan), a village simpleton and is taken advantage of and isolated by the society. He is secretly in love with Malli, and is jealous and upset about the veterinarian. Another important character is the village rowdy Simhachalam (Mohan Babu) who also has an eye on Malli. How Malli lives and whom she chooses as her man forms the rest of the story.
The theme of this emotive story is to show how vulnerable women are when in love. This story conveys strong themes and depicts an issue faced by many young women all over the world.
Production
Producer Midde Rama Rao bought the remake rights of Tamil film 16 Vayathinile at the cost of 1.25 lakhs. Sobhan Babu showed interest to character but it ultimately went to Chandramohan. For Rajinikanth's character, Mohan Babu was selected to play the role. Sridevi reprised her role from the original in this version too after attempts to sign Jayasudha turned out to be unsuccessful.[2]
The film was completed in four months. Overall, with all expenses for rights and remunerations, the film costed makers 10.5 lakh rupees, and they got a table profit of six lakhs. The film celebrated hundred days in almost all centers it was released.[3]
Soundtrack
The music, largely Carnatic, was composed by K. Chakravarthi.
| Song | Singer |
|---|---|
| Sirimallepoovaa Sirimallepoovaa | S. Janaki |
| Sirimallepoovaa Sirimallepoovaa (sad)[1] | S. Janaki |
| Puvvulaanti Malli Pushpinchenamma | Chorus |
| Vayasanta Mudupugatti Vastantale Adukundaam | S. Janaki |
| Kattukathalu Nenu Cheppi Navviste | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki |
| Pantachelo Paalakanki Navvindi | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki |
References
- 1 2 "Padaharella Vayasu". TeluguCinema.com. 2007-01-21. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20081012100403/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/retro_padahaarellavayasu1978.php
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20081012100403/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/retro_padahaarellavayasu1978.php