Annayya (1993 film)

Annayya (Kannada: ಅಣ್ಣಯ್ಯ) is an Indian Kannada film released in 1992, directed by D. Rajendra Babu. This film stars Ravichandran, Madhoo, Aruna Irani, Srinath, Dheerendra Gopal, Kashi and Ashalatha, amongst others. The music was composed by Naada Brahma Hamsalekha. The film was produced by M. Chandrashekar.

Annayya
Directed byD. Rajendra Babu
Story byK. Bhagyaraj
StarringRavichandran
Madhoo
Aruna Irani
Music byHamsalekha
Release date
1992
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

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 a 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 the same name.[1] Ardhangi was remade in Tamil as Pennin Perumai, 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 Telugu as Abbaigaru and in Odia as Santana (1998).[2]

Plot

Annayya is a story of a person named "Annayya" (Ravichandran), who is the only child of a rich Landlord (Srinath) and had lost his mother at the time of his birth. Annayya's father can provide him anything he wants, but Annayys's only desire is to get a mother's love. In order to fulfill his son's desire, Sreenath marries Nagamani (Aruna Irani), thinking that she could take care of him more than his real mother would. As the day passes, Nagamani's brother Dheerendra Gopal enters into Annayya's house by convincing Sreenath that he has lost all his properties due to some loss. Then Dheerendra Gopal asks her sister Nagamani to get the property of Annayya's to be transferred into her name so as to think of her child, which is about to enter into the outside world. Then Nagamani makes Annayya to follow each and every step that her mother says and not to take even a single decision without her permission. He even stops going to school and becomes a slave to his mother.

As the time passes, Annayya grows up and marries Saraswati (Madhoo). Saraswati discovers that Nagamani's motherly love is fake and all that Nagamani wants is to capture Annayya's wealth. Then the battle begins within the household between daughter-in-law and mother-in-law which involves Saraswati trying to outdo Nagamani. This involves Saraswati voicing her concerns to Annayya about his mother, resulting in Saraswati being slapped once by her husband, and alienating him. This humiliation does not worry Saraswati, who eventually wins the battle once Nagamani realizes the importance of loving her stepson back as much as he loves her.

Cast

Songs

The music composed by Hamsalekha was well received and the audio sales hit a record high.

TitleSinger(s)
"Annayya Annayya"S. Janaki
"Ammayya Ammayya"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Ahaa Ohoo"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
"Bombe Bombe"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
"Come on Darling Ayyo Ayyo"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
"Ragi Holadage Khali"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra

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. Saroja Devi
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 IraniRavichandranMadhoo
1998SantanOriyaSnigdha MohantySiddhanta MahapatraRachana Banerjee

References
  1. Narasimham, M. l (6 June 2014). "Ardhangi (1955)" – via www.thehindu.com.
  2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/photo-features/top-ten-kannada-films-to-have-been-remade/photostory/27974911.cms
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