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Pooja Phalam (transl. Fruit of prayer) is a 1964 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed and co-written by B. N. Reddy. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri and Jamuna, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film is based on the novel Poojari, written by Munipalle Raju.[1][2]

Pooja Phalam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	B. N. Reddy
Written by	D. V. Narasa Raju (dialogues)
Screenplay by	B. N. Reddy
Based on	Poojari by Munipalle Raju
Produced by	Daggupathi Lakshminarayana Chowdary
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Savitri Jamuna
Cinematography	U. Rajagopal
Music by	S. Rajeswara Rao
Production company	Sri Sambu Pictures
Release date	1 January 1964 (1964-01-01)
Running time	156 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

Madhu is a Zamindar who is a very gullible person and everyone laughs at him. Once he meets a beautiful girl, Vasanthi who stays in a portion of his house. Vasanthi becomes very friendly and behaves very close with Madhu. Here Madhu mistakes her friendly nature for love. But Vasanthi treats her just like a brother. Meanwhile, Madhu has to leave for Madras for higher studies where he gets acquainted with a person Sriram and both of them become close friends. He writes many letters to Vasanthi, but he never gets any reply. When he returns, he finds out Vasanthi and her family left the city without telling anybody. Madhu finds a letter from which he realizes that Vasanthi only saw him as a brother. He gets very depressed and falls sick. Seetha, daughter of his Manager Ramakrishnaiah takes care of Madhu and gives him company. After some time, he recovers from the depression and starts loving Seeta. Parallelly, Govindaiah's coparcenary to Madhu's grandfather claims a case in the court that Madhu's property belongs to him. The court handovers the property until the judgment is issued. So, Madhu has to leave his mansion when Ramakrishnaiah shelters him. After some time, Madhu is almost on the edge to win the case. Distressed, Govindaiah tries to kill Madhu by making an accident in which he loses his memory. Now Sriram becomes a mental specialist and he strives to regain his friend's memory but could not succeed. Anyway, Madhu wins the case, Govindaiah is arrested and he is taken to his mansion where he slightly remembers memories of Vasanthi. Sriram, Ramakrishnaiah, and everyone are in search of her but fails. Favorably, Vasanthi is married to Sriram and through her words, he discovers the truth. At last, Sriram brings Vasanthi and makes Madhu to regains his sanity. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Madhu and Seeta.

Cast

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Madhu[1]
• Savitri as Seeta[1]
• Jamuna as Vasanthi[1]
• Jaggayya as Sriram[1]
• Gummadi as Ramakrishnaiah[1]
• Relangi as Govinda Rao
• Ramana Reddy as Govindaiah[1]
• Mikkilineni as Bheemudu
• Peketi Sivaram as Nityanandam
• Potti Prasad as Raja
• L. Vijayalakshmi as Neela Nagini
• Rajasree as Rani
• Hemalatha as Vasanthi's mother
• Chhaya Devi

Soundtrack

Pooja Phalam
Film score by S. Rajeswara Rao
Released	1964
Recorded	27:38
Genre	Soundtrack
Label	EMI Columbia Audio
Producer	S. Rajeswara Rao

Music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.[3]

S. No.	Song Title	Lyrics	Singers	length
1	"Pagale Vennela Jagame Ooyala"	C. Narayana Reddy	S. Janaki	2:57
2	"Ninnaleni Andamedo"	C. Narayana Reddy	Ghantasala	4:03
3	"Endhu Dagi Unnavo"	Devulapalli	P. Susheela	2:03
4	"Madhana Manasayera"	C. Narayana Reddy	S. Janaki	2:56
5	"Neruthuno Ledho"	C. Narayana Reddy	P. Susheela	3:30
6	"Andhena Ee Chethula"	Devulapalli	P. Susheela	3:01
7	"O Basthi Doragaru"	Kosaraju	B. Vasantha, Basaveshwar	2:44
8	"Siva Dheeksha"	Ghanam Seenayya	S. Janaki	4:47
9	"Vasthavu Pothavu"	C. Narayana Reddy	B. Vasantha	1:37

References

External links

• Pooja Phalam at IMDb

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