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{{short description|1954 film directed by Y. R. Swamy}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Vaddante Dabbu
| image = Vaddante Dabbu.JPG
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Y. R. Swamy]]
| producer = Moola Narayana Swamy<br />[[H. M. Reddy]] {{small| (Presents)}}
| writer =
| story = G. D. Mudugulkar
| screenplay = [[Vempati Sadasivabrahmam]]<br />Y. R. Swamy
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Brewster's Millions]]''|[[George Barr McCutcheon]]}}
| starring = [[N. T. Rama Rao]]<br />[[Sowcar Janaki]]<br />[[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]]
| narrator =
| music = T. A. Kalyanam
| cinematography = D. L. Narayana
| editing = [[M.S. Parthasarathy]]
| studio = Rohini Pictures
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1954|2|19}}
| runtime = 140 mins
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Vaddante Dabbu''''' ({{trans|Endless Money}})<ref name="Rajinikanth" /> is a 1954 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[screwball comedy]] film, produced by Moola Narayana Swamy on Rohini Pictures banner and directed by [[Y. R. Swamy]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last=Rajadhyaksha |first=Ashish |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=654 |orig-year=1994}}</ref> It is based on the English novel ''[[Brewster's Millions]]'' (1902). The film stars [[N. T. Rama Rao]], [[Sowcar Janaki]] and [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]], with music composed by T. A. Kalyanam. Edited by [[M.S. Parthasarathy]]. Despite originally opening to a mixed response, it attained [[Cult film|cult status]] in [[Telugu cinema]], and was remade in the same language as ''[[Babai Abbai]]'' (1985). Rajanikant's movie Arunachalam also has a theme that closely resembles the above movies.

== Plot ==
Shyam and Rama Rao are close friends and start living together, their lifestyle is to make debts for their survival and escape from lenders. Shyam is an artist, Saroja, the daughter of a multimillionaire [[Rai Sahib|Rao Saheb]] Hemachalapathi is an admirer of his paintings, she meets him to draw her portrait and both of them fall in love. Hemachalapathi assigns a task for Shyam by giving a huge amount of ₹1 [[lakh]] and asks him to spend it within the timeline of 30 days and also keeps some conditions that he should not donate or destroy the money. Shyam starts the spending the money with the help of his Rama Rao ideas such as racing, gambling, making a drama, construction of house etc. But their income grows day by day and Shyam gets fed-up with this money. Finally, he gives all the money back to Hemachalapathi, at that time Hemachalapathi explains to him that he has kept this task to study Shyam's character and he should also understand how dangerous the money is and the film ends with the marriage of Shyam & Saroja.

== Cast ==
*[[N. T. Rama Rao]] as Shyam
*[[Sowcar Janaki]] as Saroja
*[[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]] as Rekha
*[[Rajanala Kaleswara Rao|Rajanala]] as [[Rai Sahib|Rao Saheb]] Hemachalapathi
*[[Peketi Sivaram]] as Rama Rao
*[[Allu Ramalingaiah]] as Master Baddanki
*[[Hemalatha (Telugu actress)|Hemalatha]] as Yashoda

== Production ==
''Vaddante Dabbu'' was adapted from [[George Barr McCutcheon]]'s English-language novel ''[[Brewster's Millions]]'' (1902),<ref name="Rajinikanth">{{Cite book |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2012 |pages=170–171 |author-link=Naman Ramachandran}}</ref> and was among the earliest [[Screwball comedy|screwball comedies]] of Telugu cinema.<ref name="thehansindia" />

== Soundtrack ==
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| name = Vaddante Dabbu
| type = film
| artist = T. A. Kalyanam
| cover =
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| released = 1954
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| genre = Soundtrack
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| producer = T. A. Kalyanam
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Music composed by [[T. A. Kalyanam]]. Lyrics were written by [[Devulapalli, Vempati, Sri Sri]].
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!S. No.!!Song Title !!Lyrics !!Singers !!length
|-
|1
|"Naa Priya"
|[[Devulapalli Krishnasastri|Devulapalli]]
|[[Jikki]]
|3:14
|-
|2
|"Alladi Avatala"
|[[Vempati Sadasivabrahmam]]
|[[Jikki]]
|3:05
|-
|3
|"Chadavali"
|Vempati Sadasivabrahmam
|[[A. M. Rajah]], [[P. Susheela]]
|
|-
|4
|"Evaro Doshulu"
|Vempati Sadasivabrahmam
|Rohini
|
|-
|5
|"Endukoyi"
|Devulapalli
|[[Raavu Balasaraswathi]]
|2:49
|-
|6
|"Thimtalangthom"
|[[Sri Sri (writer)|Sri Sri]]
|A. V. Saraswathi, Rohini, [[V. Ramakrishna]], [[S. P. Kodandapani]], M. V. Raju
|
|-
|7
|"Alakinchavoyi"
|Devulapalli
|Jikki
|3:33
|-
|8
|"Mansaemo Chalinchaneyo"
|Sri Sri
|Raavu Balasaraswathi
|2:55
|}

== Release and reception ==
''Vaddante Dabbu'' was released on 19 February 1954.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://indiancine.ma/HKO/info |title=Vadhante Dabbu |website=indiancine.ma |access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> Despite originally opening to a mixed response, it attained [[Cult film|cult status]] in [[Telugu cinema]], and was remade in the same language as ''[[Babai Abbai]]'' (1985).<ref name="thehansindia" />

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="thehansindia">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hans/2017-06-11/Chronicles-of-screwball-comedy/305770 |title=Chronicles of screwball comedy |last=Parankusam |first=Aditya |date=11 June 2017 |work=[[The Hans India]] |access-date=1 March 2018}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0329724}}

{{H. M. Reddy}}
{{Brewster's Millions}}

[[Category:Films based on Brewster's Millions]]
[[Category:Indian screwball comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1950s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:1950s screwball comedy films]]
[[Category:1954 comedy films]]
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