Gundamma Katha

Gundamma Katha English The story of Gundamma is a 1962 Telugu, drama film produced by B. Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani. The film is partially inspired by Shakespheres, The Taming of the Shrew. The plot revolves around the story of a proud mother, Gundamma and the way she was brought on track by her two young sonsinlaw. The film was later remade into Tamil as Manithan Maravillai, Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan replace N. T. Rama Rao in tamil version.

Gundamma Suryakantam is a rich widow who has a daughter Saroja Jamuna Ramanarao, and son Prabhakar Haranath and a step daughter Lakshmi Savitri. Both the girls are beautiful and intelligent. Saroja is a teen spoiled by her mothers pampering whereas Lakshmi is treated as a servant in her own house. Ramabhadraiah S. V. Ranga Rao, who has two sons of marriageable age, is searching for suitable brides. Gundamma is interested in pursuing an alliance with Ramabhadraiahs family for her daughter Saroja and sends a word through a middle man. It happens that he used to be a good friend of Gundammas late husband. She wants to overcome the obstacle of her elder step daughter by getting her married to a downandout guy so she doesnt have to get jeered for neglecting her step daughter. Kanchu Gantaiah Ramana Reddy, Gundammas manager and a cousin somehow wants Saroja to marry his son Bhupati Rajanala who happens to be a delinquent and is in a prison.Meanwhile, Ramabhadraiah and his sons knew about Gundammas avarice and her treatment of her children and decide to play a game to teach her a lesson. After deciding that Lakshmi will make a suitable match for his first son Anjaneya Prasad a.k.a. Anji N. T. Rama Rao and Saroja for his second son Raja Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Ramabhadraiah, asks his sons to enact a drama to bring Gundamma and her overbearing daughter on track. The first son enters Gundammas house as Anji, a street worthy servant and wins her heart instantly and even a place in her house as a helping hand. The second son Raja, with the aid of his cousin Padma L. Vijayalakshmi, who happens to be Sarojas friend, enters as Ramabhadraiahs son, woos her, and ends up winning her heart. The servant son, with his humility and wit, wins Lakshmis heart and asks Gundamma for Lakshmis hand in marriage. Gundamma heeds under the impression that she will never find a more obliging and humble fool who would ever be at her behest. Anji marries Lakshmi. ........

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