Chitti Tammudu
| Chitti Tammudu | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | K. B. Tilak |
| Written by | Kondepudi Laxminarayana (story and dialogues) Arudra (Lyrics) |
| Produced by | Jetti Chandrasekhara Reddy Mungamuri Brothers[1] |
| Starring | Jaggayya Master Venkata Ramana Kanta Rao Rajasulochana Devika |
| Cinematography | Laxman Gore |
| Edited by | C.H. Venkateswara Rao |
| Music by | Pendyala Nageswara Rao |
| Distributed by | Poorna Pictures |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Chitti Tammudu is a 1962 Telugu drama film directed by K. B. Tilak and produced by Jetti Chandrasekhara Reddy.[2][3] The film is based on the 1838 English novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.[4]
The plot
The story is about the problems faced by children in orphanages, irregularities by the management and the related consequences.
Ramu (Jaggayya) and Subhadra (Devika) love one other. Ramu urgently leaves to Kashmir, and returns home to find that his beloved Subhadra is pregnant, and that her father had died of that insult. She delivers a boy in a mission hospital and dies. The boy is admitted to an orphanage and named Chiranjeevi. Hostel warden Tayaramma (Suryakantam) feeds the orphans with insufficient food and they are starving.
Ramu has an elder sister Seetha (Sandhya) and younger brother Srihari (Kanta Rao). Seetha is wife of a lawyer (Ramana Reddy). Ramu dies of chronic cough and mental agony, leaving the property in charge of his brother-in-law.
Cast
| Jaggayya | Ramu |
| Kanta Rao | Srihari, younger brother of Ramu |
| Rajasulochana | |
| Master Venkata Ramana | Chiranjeevi, son of Ramu |
| Suryakantham | Tayaramma, Hostel warden |
| Devika | Subhadra, wife of Ramu |
| Rajanala Kaleswara Rao[5] | |
| C. S. R. Anjaneyulu | Ansari |
| Ramana Reddy | Lawyer |
| Sandhya | Seeta, wife of Lawyer |
| Nandamuri Balakrishna | |
| Ramakrishna | |
| Rajababu | |
| K. V. S. Sharma | |
| Chadalavada Kutumba Rao |
Soundtrack
All lyrics are written by Aarudra; all music is composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao.
| No. | Title | Singer (s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Adagali Adagali Adigedevaro Telali" | P. Susheela, S. Janaki, Chorus | |
| 2. | "Ayyo Rama Ayyo Rama Lamba Rasta" | Madhavapeddi Satyam, Swarnalatha | |
| 3. | "Dikkuleni Vaariki Devude Dikku" | P. Susheela | |
| 4. | "Maya Bazar Lokam Samiranga" | P. Susheela | |
| 5. | "Merupu Merisindoyi Mava" | P. Susheela | |
| 6. | "Neevu Nenu Jabili Muvvuramu Unnamuga" | P. Susheela, Ghantasala | |
| 7. | "Yesko Naa Raja" | P. Susheela, Maddali |
References
- ^ "Chitti Tammudu".
- ^ "Chitti Tammudu | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ "చిట్టి తమ్ముడు నటీనటులు-సాంకేతిక నిపుణులు | Chitti Tammudu Cast & Crew Details in Telugu - Filmibeat Telugu". telugu.filmibeat.com (in Telugu). Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ Farina, William (17 October 2022). Screening Charles Dickens: A Survey of Film and Television Adaptations. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-8567-0.
- ^ FilmyFocus. "Rajanala : Biography, Age, Movies, Family, Photos, Latest News". Filmy Focus. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ "Lyrical details of Chitti Tammudu film at Ghantasala Galamrutamu". Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.