Abbaigaru

Abbaigaru is a 1993 Indian Telugu-language comedy-drama film, produced by M. Narasimha Rao under Raasi Movies and directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. It stars Venkatesh, Meena and music composed by M. M. Keeravani.[1][2] The film recorded as a Super Hit at the box office.[3]

Abbaigaru
Theatrical release poster
Directed byE. V. V. Satyanarayana
Produced byM. Narasimha Rao
Written byJandhyala (dialogues)
Screenplay byE. V. V. Satyanarayana
Story byK. Bhagyaraj
Based onMallammana Pavaada
StarringVenkatesh
Meena
Music byM. M. Keeravani
CinematographyV. Srinivasa Reddy
Edited byK. Ravindra Babu
Production
company
Raasi Movies
Release date
  • 30 September 1993 (1993-09-30)
Running time
154 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

The movie is a remake of the 1987 Tamil movie Enga Chinna Rasa, whose story was inspired by the Kannada novel Mallammana Pavada by B. Puttaswamayya, which incidentally went on to be adapted into a 1969 Kannada movie Mallammana Pavaada. The screenplay of the Kannada movie was written by Telugu director P. Pullaiah based on his 1955 Telugu movie with similar story titled Ardhangi, which itself was based on Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of the Bengali novel Swayamsidda, written by Manilal Banerjee. Swayamsiddha went on to be made into a 1975 Bengali movie of same name.[4] Ardhangi was remade in Tamil as Pennin Perumai and in Hindi twice as Bahurani in 1963 and as Jyoti in 1981. Enga Chinna Rasa also went on to be remade in Hindi as Beta, in Kannada as Annayya and in Odia as Santana (1998). The film was dubbed in Tamil as Chinna Yejaman.[5]

Plot

Dora Babu (Venkatesh) is the only child of a multi-millionaire Venkatraidu (Nutan Prasad), who can provide his son with anything he wants, but he loves his mother who ends up dying and his only desire is his mother's love. Venkatraidu cheers him up by remarrying a women Nagamani (Jayachitra), a greedy lady who loves money, thinking that she will care for his son as her natural son. Nagamani and her brother (Kota Srinivasa Rao) make Venkatraidu paralyzed, consider him as a mental patient and eventually lock him in a room of the family home. Dora Babu becomes devoted to Nagamani, she raises Dora Babu as an uneducated boy since he does anything she says, loves her a lot does whatever she asks of him.

Dora Babu meets Sudha (Meena) in a marriage and keeps following her. She is being abducted and assaulted at a fair, he rescues her. The two fall in love and despite the villagers believing she is no longer chaste, he marries her and goes to his mother. Nagamani hates that and separates them with her tactics. Sudha discovers that and her motherly love for Dora Babu is a ruse in an attempt to discredit the sanity of Venkatraidu, and thus is unable to interfere with the plan Nagamani has for the family fortune to be diverted to Dora Babu's step brother Murari (Srikanth), the real son of Nagamani who also shares his mother's greed. A battle of wills between the Nagamani and Sudha ensues.

Nagamani sees that her influence over the family is being challenged by Sudha who insists that Venkatraidu leave his prison and return to the family circle as there is nothing wrong with him. She makes Dora Babu aware of the intentions of his mother. Nagamani starts to abuse and embarrass Sudha with all the family members present. Sudha is ready to leave, but then, to protect her husband and her house from Nagamani's intentions, she decides to apologize to her mother-in-law. Sudha then cleverly starts exposing Nagamani's every effort and intention in a dignified manner so that her husband will not be offended.

Sudha becoming pregnant prompts Nagamani to attempt to kill her and her unborn child with poison. Sudha discovers this and tells her husband. He continues to refuse to believe the treachery although she takes an oath upon her unborn child's life. Dora Babu defends his mother and offers to prove that Sudha is wrong. Dora Babu drinks the milk, He comes to the realization that what Sudha said was all along his mother's intentions. In his usual innocent manner, he asks her why, when all she had to do was simply ask for the wealth—he would have happily agreed to give it all, his words so deeply touched Nagamani that she realises her cruelty has been directed at the only son, who all along had loved her.

Finally, the film concludes with Dora Babu recovering, agreeing to give up to his mother his worldly possessions and leaving home with his wife. At the last moment, Nagamani begs him not to leave, claiming to have learned the error of her ways. She tears up the legal papers and tells him that all she wants is nothing more than Dora Babu.

Cast

Soundtrack
Abbaigaru
Film score by
M. M. Keeravani
Released1993
GenreSoundtrack
Length29:59
LabelSURYA Audio
ProducerM. M. Keeravani
M. M. Keeravani chronology
Kondapalli Raja
(1993)		 Abbaigaru
(1993)		 Criminal
(1994)

Music composed by M. M. Keeravani. Music released on SURYA Audio Company.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Koosindhi Koyilamma"BhuvanachandraSP Balu, Chitra5:09
2."Nee Tassa Diyya"Veturi Sundararama MurthySP Balu, Chitra5:00
3."O Kanne Poova"Veturi Sundararama MurthySP Balu, Chitra5:03
4."Vennelaki Em Telusu"BhuvanachandraSP Balu, Chitra4:47
5."Thadikendhuku Adhirindhi"BhuvanachandraSP Balu, Chitra, Bhuvanachandra, Ramana, Raj, Ramola5:05
6."Amma Amma"VennelakantiSP Balu4:52
Total length:29:59

Other versions

The story line has been inspiration for various movies and has had various remakes in Indian film industry.

YearTitleLanguageDirectorCast
Step-motherSonWife
1955ArdhangiTeluguP. PullaiahSantha KumariAkkineni Nageswara RaoSavitri
1956Pennin PerumaiTamilP. PullaiahSantha KumariSivaji GanesanSavitri
1963BahuraniHindiT. Prakash RaoLalita PawarGuru DuttMala Sinha
1969Mallammana PavaadaKannadaPuttanna KanagalAdvani Lakshmi DeviRajkumarB Sarojadevi
1975SwayamsiddhaBengaliSushil MukherjeeRanjit MallickMithu Mukherjee
1981JyothiHindiPramod ChakravortyShashikalaJeetendraHema Malini
1987Enga Chinna RasaTamilK. BhagyarajC. R. SaraswathyK. BhagyarajRadha
1992BetaHindiIndra KumarAruna IraniAnil KapoorMadhuri Dixit
1993AbbaigaruTeluguE. V. V. SatyanarayanaJayachitraVenkateshMeena
1993AnnayyaKannadaD. Rajendra BabuAruna IraniV. RavichandranMadhoo
1998SantanOriyaSnigdha MohantySiddhanta MahapatraRachana Banerjee

Other

References
  1. "Abbaigaru (1993) – Telugu Movie Watch Onlin | Watch Latest Movies Online Free". Filmlinks4u.net. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Success and centers list - Venkatesh". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  4. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/ardhangi-1955/article6086551.ece
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20001003194313/http://geocities.com/Hollywood/5473/cyejaman.html
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