| Aatma Bandhuvu | |
| Story: | Ashapurna Devi |
| Screenplay: | P. S. Ramakrishna Rao |
| Producer: | Y. Rama Krishna Prasad C. V. R. Prasad |
| Director: | P. S. Ramakrishna Rao |
| Starring: | N. T. Rama Rao Savitri |
| Music: | K. V. Mahadevan |
| Cinematography: | K. S. Prasad |
| Editing: | B. Harinarayana |
| Studio: | Saradhi Studios |
| Runtime: | 158 minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Telugu |
Aatma Bandhuvu is a 1962 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by Sarathi Studios and directed by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao and Savitri, with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. It is a remake of the Tamil-language film Padikkadha Medhai (1960),[1] which itself was a remake of 1953 Bengali-language film Jog Biyog,[2] based on Jog Biyog, a novel of Ashapurna Devi.[3]
Rao Bahadur Chandrasekharam is a successful businessman and has a loving family with a compassionate wife, Parvathi, and three sons, Prasad, Sridhar, and Raghu; two daughters, the widowed Mangalamba and Geetha; two daughters-in-law Lalitha, Kamala, and their children. Along with them, they adopt an orphan Ranga, an innocent man who is utterly devoted to the family. Meanwhile, Parvathi promises to make her childhood friend's (Prabhavathi) daughter Lakshmi her third daughter-in-law. Still, Raghu refuses it because he is already in love with a girl, Janaki. To keep up with Parvathi's word, Ranga marries Lakshmi. Everything moves happily; Geetha also gets a prosperous alliance with Madhu, the son of Rajarao. But suddenly, life takes a U-turn, and Chandrasekharam becomes bankrupt, which calls off Geetha's marriage. From there, his family members' attitudes change entirely, and they start seeing Chandrasekharam in a low profile. Ranga could not tolerate it and react to them, so they blamed the theft on him. Seeing this, Chandrasekharam asks Ranga and Lakshmi to leave the house. Ranga gets acquainted with a person named Kotaiah and finds a job in a factory owned by Rajarao. Afterward, broken-hearted Chandrasekharam dies, leaving his wife and youngest daughter to be in their children's merciless care. Finally, Ranga, with his simplicity and pure hardheartedness, proves in the end that love and affection are the most incredible wealth.
Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan.[4]
| Song Title | Lyrics | Singers | length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Anaganaga Oka Raju" | C. Narayana Reddy | Ghantasala, P. Susheela | 3:38 | |
| "Chaduvurani" | C. Narayana Reddy | P. Susheela | 3:26 | |
| "Yevaro Ye Ooro" | Samudrala Sr. | Ghantasala | 4:13 | |
| "Cheerakatte" | Kosaraju | Ghantasala | 3:19 | |
| "Theeyani Oohalu" | C. Narayana Reddy | P. Susheela, K. Jamuna Rani | 4:15 | |
| "Maradu Maradu" | Kosaraju | P. Susheela | 4:26 | |
| "Dhakkenule" | Sri Sri | P. B. Srinivas, K. Jamuna Rani | 3:06 |