Beedala Patlu

1972 Indian film

11 February 1972 (1972-02-11)

Running time

153 minsCountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Beedala Patlu (transl. The Plight of the Poor) is a 1972 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced and directed by B. Vittalacharya. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Krishna Kumari, with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan.^[1] The film is based on the 1862 French novel Les Misérables, written by Victor Hugo.

Plot

During the Pre-independence era, Kotaiah steals a loaf of bread to feed his young niece. The judiciary sentences him to 2 months. Once, his niece visits, announcing her mother's death when she attempts to abscond but is caught, and his imprisonment increases to five years, which extends; in total, Kotaiah spends 12 years in prison. Shanta Kotaiah's niece is knitted to Ram Gopal, and they have a baby girl, Padma. Ram Gopal, who is in bad company and a crook, gets her to part with all her jewelry and disappears with it. Meanwhile, Kotaiah, on release from jail, has been told by the jail authorities, including Inspector Javert, a ruthless Police officer, to keep them informed about his whereabouts and to present himself regularly at the police station. When he returns to his locality, he cannot find Shanta, and the neighbors drive him away, calling him a dacoit. Kotaiah turns over a new leaf with the help of a Christian Bishop, who helps him realize himself and introduces himself as Dayanidhi, who becomes the successful mayor of his town. Once Kotaiah meets up with Shanta on her deathbed and before dying, she hands over Padma's responsibility to Kotaiah. Meanwhile, Inspector Javert discovers his new life and constantly threatens to expose him. Time passes, and the grown Padma falls in love with Arun Kumar, a freedom fighter. In a fight between the revolutionaries and the police, Javert is imprisoned by them, but subsequently, Kotaiah saves Javert's life. Javert commits suicide, unable to turn Kotaiah in to the authorities out of gratitude. Simultaneously, Arun Kumar gets injured by British Police. Kotaiah comes to his rescue. When Arun Kumar recovers, they will also identify Ram Gopal. Finally, the movie ends with the marriage of Arun Kumar & Padma, and Kotaiah breathes his last happily.

Cast

Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Kotayya / Dayanidhi / K V Purushottam
Krishna Kumari as Shantha
V. Nagayya as Father
Gummadi as Inspector Javert
Rao Gopal Rao as Raobahadoor Raja Ram Mohan Rao
Satyanarayana as Ram Gopal
Allu Ramalingaiah as Surayya
Chandra Mohan as Arun Kumar
Suryakantham as Kanthamma
Chandrakala as Padma
Vijaya Lalitha as Seetha

Soundtrack

Beedala Patlu

Film score by

K. V. Mahadevan

Released

1972

Genre

Soundtrack

Length

14:53

Producer

K. V. Mahadevan

K. V. Mahadevan chronology

Bharya Biddalu
(1972)

Beedala Patlu
(1972)

Beedala Patlu
(1972)

Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan.^[2]

S. No.	Song Title	Lyrics	Singers	length
1	"Nenevaro Telisindi"	C. Narayana Reddy	Ghantasala	3:43
2	"Dabbu Lone Unnadira"	G. K. Murthy	Ghantasala, P. B. Sreenivas, J. V. Raghavulu	4:02
3	"Daarina Poye Ayyallaara"	Kosaraju	L. R. Eswari	3:56
4	"Paala Navvula Paapaayi"	C. Narayana Reddy	Ghantasala	3:12

References

^ Dharap, B. V. (1973). Indian Films. National Film Archive of India. p. 27.
^ "BeedhalaPaatlu (1972)-Song_Booklet". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 11 September 2021.