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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
The film begins, King Devarayalu (Mukkamala) celebrating his son Kumararayulu’s birthday when Mahamantri (Sadasiva Rao) expresses his desire to couple up his daughter Lalitha Devi with the Prince but Devarayalu scorns him. Offended Mahamantri ploys with his henchmen Nagulu (Y. V. Raju) and seizes the King when Veeranna (Nagabhushanam) aide of the King, absconds with the prince. To distract the chasers' attention, he hides the prince and runs in a different direction. Here a snake bites Kumararayalu when he is rescued by a tribal leader Jogulu (Gaadepalli) and recognizes him as the prince but maintains secrecy. On the other side, Veerana, failing to find Kumararayalu returns home, explains the turbulence to his wife & daughter Nana and moves to extricate the King but he is caught. Years roll by, Kumararayalu grows up as Kannaiah (N. T. Rama Rao) in the tribal hamlet and Nana (Anjali Devi), becomes a street dancer. In the prison, Veeranna passes away, utilizing the situation the King escapes in the bag kept for Veeranna and takes shelter at Nana’s house. Once, on the occasion of Mahamantri’s daughter Lalitha Devi's (Devika) birthday, Nana entertains her when she notices Mahamantri bestowing a diamond necklace of the former queen to the princess and snatches it. At that point in time, Kannaiah lands at the fort and promises to get back the necklace. Kannaiah retrieves it from Nana, in that process, both of them fall in love. Thereafter Kannaiah handovers it to the princess when she too starts loving him. Learning it, Kannaiah meets Lalitha and tries to explain her as a wrong deed to love him when he is captured by soldiers. Meanwhile, Mahamantri & Nagulu finds out that the king is alive, they even mistake Kannaiah as his ally and tortures him. Nana overhears the conversation and recognizes the person staying in her home as the king. On his guidance, Nana steals the royal assent ''Rajamudra'' and releases Kannaiah. Kannaiah delivers the royal assent to the king when a quarrel erupts between them as he left Nana alone in the fort. In combat, the king recognizes Kannaiah as his son. Nevertheless, Kannaiah takes an oath to safeguard Nana, so, he again checks into the fort but clawed. During that plight, the king reaches the tribal hamlet by them he surrounds the fort. Parallelly, Kannaiah plays a trick, attacks the soldiers and ceases Mahamantri. On the verge of death, Mahamantri kills Nagulu leaving his daughter Lalitha's responsibility to the King Devarayalu. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Kannayya & Nana.
Maharaja Devarayalu (Mukkamala) celebrates his son Kumararayulu’s birthday on a grand scale. After celebrations, he offers a diamond necklace to Goddess Devi, but it falls down; Devarayalu is worried about this inauspicious event. Mahamantri (Sadasiva Rao) expresses his desire of offering his daughter as King Devarayalu's daughter-in-law. But Devarayalu rejects it, insulted, Mahamantri keeps quiet for that time and conspires with Nagulu (Y. V. Raju) to bide his time and grab the kingdom. Once, Devarayalu was going with Kumararayalu to the temple; they catch hold of the King, but Veeranna (Nagabhushanam) aide of the King, takes away the prince. To distract the chasers' attention, he hides the prince behind a tree and runs in a different direction. Mahamantri arrests Devarayalu. Kumarayalu is bitten by a snake, which is noticed by Jogulu (Gaadepalli) who takes the kid to his hamlet and rescues him. Jogulu recognizes the prince, but hides the secret and raises him. Veerana, failing to find Kumararayalu goes back home tells his wife and daughter Nana that he is going to save the Devarayalu; he enters Mahamantri's bedroom in the night and gets arrested. Meanwhile, Mahamantri takes over the kingdom and is under the belief that Kumararayalu is dead.

After sixteen years, Veeranna’s daughter Nana (Anjali Devi), becomes a street dancer. Kumararayalu grows under the name of the Kannayya (N. T. Rama Rao). In the jail, Veeranna dies and asks Devarayalu to escape. So, he hides in a bag kept for Veeranna and escapes. Even though soldiers notice the escape of the king, they kept quiet for fear of punishment. Having escaped, Devarayalu takes shelter at Nana’s house. On the occasion of the birthday of Mahamantri’s daughter Lalitha Devi (Devika), Nana entertains her with dance and hides behind the statue of the goddess when Mahamantri enters. Mahamantri gives the diamond necklace of Maharani to his daughter, but Nana steals it. Kannayya and his friend Annayya (Peketi Siva Rao) go to the fort and say that they will bring the necklace back. Kannayya finds the necklace and hands it over it to Nagulu’s son Chandraiah (Joga Rao), but Nana again snatches the necklace. Kannayya finds out Nana’s house, gets back the necklace and gives it to the princess. Princess Lalitha Devi gives a gift bag with a love letter to Kannayya. Nana gets that bag and feels that Kannayya wrote that letter to her. After knowing the fact, Kannayya goes to Lalitha Devi and says it's not good for her to love him. During the same time, he was captured by a soldier. Meanwhile, Nagulu comes to know that King Devarayalu is alive and threatened Kannayya about him. Nana listens to this and recognizes the person staying in her house as the King. On the King's advice, Nana steals the royal assent ''Rajamudra'' from the fort and releases Kannayya. Kanayya hands over the royal assent to the king and he recognizes him as his son. Kannayya again leaves for the fort to save Nana, but both were arrested. At the same time, the king Devarayalu goes to the tribal village and take the people to capital. In the fort, Kannayya plays a trick, attacks the soldiers and Mahamantri. Mahamantri, on the verge of death, kills Nagulu and before dying, hands over his daughter's responsibility to the King Devarayalu. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Kannayya and Nana.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==

Revision as of 06:29, 11 October 2019

Rechukka
Theatrical release poster
Directed byP. Pullaiah
Written byMalladi Ramakrishna Sastry (dialogues)
Screenplay byP. Pullaiah
Story byGhantasala Balaramaiah
Produced byGhantasala Krishnamurthy
StarringN. T. Rama Rao
Anjali Devi
CinematographyP. L. Roy
Edited byG. D. Joshi
Music byAshwathama
Production
company
Pratibha Productions
Release date
  • 25 March 1955 (1955-03-25)
Running time
145 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
BudgetRs. 3-4 lakhs

Rechukka (English: Night Star) is a 1954 Telugu language swashbuckling film, produced by Ghantasala Krishna Murthy under the Pratibha Productions banner and directed by P. Pullaiah. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi in the lead roles and music composed by Aswatthama. The story was inspired by The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951), starring Tony Curtis.[1]

The film was remade in Tamil and titled Naattiya Thara.[2] The Tamil version was released in 1955.[3] Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass wrote the dialogues and lyrics for the Tamil version, while G. Ramanathan scored the music.[4] It was also a commercial hit. Aaroor Dass, who was a successful screenplay writer later, started his career as an assistant to Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass in 1955 and assisted in writing the dialogues for this film.[5] He has said that he named his first child as Arokyamary and also gave a pet name, Thara Devi in remembrance of the film Nattiya Thara.[6] Rechukka

Plot

The film begins, King Devarayalu (Mukkamala) celebrating his son Kumararayulu’s birthday when Mahamantri (Sadasiva Rao) expresses his desire to couple up his daughter Lalitha Devi with the Prince but Devarayalu scorns him. Offended Mahamantri ploys with his henchmen Nagulu (Y. V. Raju) and seizes the King when Veeranna (Nagabhushanam) aide of the King, absconds with the prince. To distract the chasers' attention, he hides the prince and runs in a different direction. Here a snake bites Kumararayalu when he is rescued by a tribal leader Jogulu (Gaadepalli) and recognizes him as the prince but maintains secrecy. On the other side, Veerana, failing to find Kumararayalu returns home, explains the turbulence to his wife & daughter Nana and moves to extricate the King but he is caught. Years roll by, Kumararayalu grows up as Kannaiah (N. T. Rama Rao) in the tribal hamlet and Nana (Anjali Devi), becomes a street dancer. In the prison, Veeranna passes away, utilizing the situation the King escapes in the bag kept for Veeranna and takes shelter at Nana’s house. Once, on the occasion of Mahamantri’s daughter Lalitha Devi's (Devika) birthday, Nana entertains her when she notices Mahamantri bestowing a diamond necklace of the former queen to the princess and snatches it. At that point in time, Kannaiah lands at the fort and promises to get back the necklace. Kannaiah retrieves it from Nana, in that process, both of them fall in love. Thereafter Kannaiah handovers it to the princess when she too starts loving him. Learning it, Kannaiah meets Lalitha and tries to explain her as a wrong deed to love him when he is captured by soldiers. Meanwhile, Mahamantri & Nagulu finds out that the king is alive, they even mistake Kannaiah as his ally and tortures him. Nana overhears the conversation and recognizes the person staying in her home as the king. On his guidance, Nana steals the royal assent Rajamudra and releases Kannaiah. Kannaiah delivers the royal assent to the king when a quarrel erupts between them as he left Nana alone in the fort. In combat, the king recognizes Kannaiah as his son. Nevertheless, Kannaiah takes an oath to safeguard Nana, so, he again checks into the fort but clawed. During that plight, the king reaches the tribal hamlet by them he surrounds the fort. Parallelly, Kannaiah plays a trick, attacks the soldiers and ceases Mahamantri. On the verge of death, Mahamantri kills Nagulu leaving his daughter Lalitha's responsibility to the King Devarayalu. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Kannayya & Nana.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack

Music composed by Aswatthama. Lyrics by Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry. Music released by Audio Company.

S. No. Song Title Singers length
1 "Aa Manasemo Aa Sogasemo" Jikki 3:07
2 "Aaye Sambarame" P. Leela 3:42
3 "Ayyo Bangaru Saami" P. Leela 4:12
4 "Bhale Bhala Paavurama" Ghantasala 3:12
5 "Ekkadidi Ee Andam" Jikki 3:13
6 "Etu Choosina" P. Leela 4:04
7 "Neesari Nevanamma" P. Leela 3:37
8 "Ontarontariga Poyedana" Ghantasala 2:33

Production

The Rechukka film is an outcome of Ghantasala Balaramaiah, Telugu film producer of Pratibha Pictures and General Manager and Production Executive of the company Thopalli Venkata Sundara Shivarama Sastry (better known as Pratibha Sastry). Sastry has seen the English film entitled The Prince Who Was a Thief in Mount Road. Balaramaiah prepared a story to suit the local audience. The story was given to Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry, who wrote the screenplay, dialogues and lyrics for the film.

The shooting was started with N. T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi and supporting staff and Ashwathamma as Music director. After shooting three reels including two songs, Ghantasala Balaramaiah died suddenly due to Heart attack on 29 October 1953. Ghantasala Krishna Murthy, the elder son of Balaramaiah has taken the charge of Pratibha pictures. Nageshwara Rao wished to be a part of the film after the demise of his mentor Balaramaiah. He made a cameo appearance. The film is completed with the financial involvement of Sunderlal Nahata and director P. Pullaiah.[2]

Most of the film was shot at Revathi Studios at Madras. Prakash Studios was used for few important scenes. The forest scenes are pictured at Jamal Gardens (Now Vijaya Gardens).

For the role of Lalitha Devi, they wanted to take a new actress. They have chosen Prameela, the grand daughter of Raghupathi Venkaiah to portray the character besides N. T. Rama Rao. She changed her name as Devika and became a big star in later years.

Box-office

The film was a commercial hit and ran for more than 100 days in three centres in Andhra Pradesh. Centenary celebrations are organized at Vijayawada.

References

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160131175717/http://ntr.telugudesam.org/paperslides/ntr-rechukka.html
  2. ^ a b M. L. Narasimhan (18 April 2014). "RECHUKKA (1954)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  3. ^ Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers.
  4. ^ Naattiya Thara song book. Chandrasekaran Press, 3 Perumal Mudali Road, Madras-14.
  5. ^ "Kavinjar Thanjai Ramaiyah Das – Tamil Cinema Poets". Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 6 January 2017 suggested (help)
  6. ^ "எம்.ஜி.ஆருடன் முதல் சந்திப்பு- ஆரூர் தாஸ்" [First meeting with M. G. R. - Aroor Das]. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 7 January 2017 suggested (help)
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