Anthuleni Katha

Anthuleni Katha also spelled as Antuleni Katha EnglishNever Ending Story is a 1976 Telugu film directed by K. Balachander starring Jayaprada in the lead role, with Rajinikanth, Sripriya and Phataphat Jayalaxmi in supporting roles. Kamal Hassan played an extended cameo. The film is a remake of the 1974 Tamil film Aval Oru Thodar Kathai which was also directed by Balachander. This is Jayapradas first starring role, reprising the role played by Sujatha in the original and is considered to be one of her best films. This was also Rajinikanths first major role. This film was shot in blackandwhite.

She has a longtime boyfriend, who wants to marry her, but she doesnt because of her commitment to her family. His eyes now wander to Sarithas widowed younger sister Sripriya who reciprocates his feelings. Saritha, after reading her boyfriends love letter to her sister, arranges for them to get married, thus giving up her chance of having a life with him. She eventually accepts a marriage proposal of her boss Kamal Hassan, when she realizes that her brother has become responsible enough to take care of her family. She also helps her distressed friend, played by Phataphat Jayalaksmi to settle in life. She decides to resign from hard work, but could not as the result of turning point in a typical Balachandar style climax.The film is a remake of Tamil super hit film Aval Oru Thodar Kathai 1974, also directed by K. Balachander. It was also shot on black amp white film. Jayaprada played the role of Sujata , Rajinikanth did the role of Jai Ganesh, Kamal Haasan played the role of Narayana Rao. Same tunes were used in both the languages. Sripriya, Phataphat Jayalaxmi and rest of the cast are same in both the versions. The Tamil film was later was dubbed into Malayalam as Aval Oru Thudarkatha 1975. ........

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