Maa Babu

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Maa Babu
File:Maa Babu (1960 film).jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byT. Prakash Rao
Produced byD. V. S. Raju
Written bySamudrala Jr (dialogues)
Screenplay byTatineni Prakash Rao
Based onChirag Kahan Roshni Kahan
by Dhruva Chatterjee
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Savitri
Music byT. Chalapathi Rao
CinematographyKamal Ghosh
Edited byN. M. Shankar
Production
company
Pragathi Art Productions
Release date
  • 22 December 1960 (1960-12-22)
Running time
143 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Maa Babu (transl. Our Boy) is a 1960 Indian Telugu-language drama film co-written and directed by T. Prakash Rao. The film stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri, with music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. It is a remake of the Hindi film Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan (1959).[1]

Plot[edit]

Dr. Anand (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) is a well-known respectable doctor in society, his wife dies on the operating table, giving birth to a baby boy. At the same time, a widowed pregnant lady Ratna Devi (Savitri) has a miscarriage, as Anand promised her to protect the child, he gives his son to Ratna Devi hiding the truth. After that, grief-stricken, Anand becomes a wanderer and returns after four years. Due to affection for his son, he starts being a frequent visitor in their life which does not augur well with Ratna Devi's mother-in-law (Kannamba) and sister-in-law (M. Saroja) who make her life miserable by attributing illicit relations between them and forcibly stops Anand. Shortly thereafter, Anand marries a nurse, Maya (M. N. Rajam) who is a spendthrift and does not get along with Anand, and he finds out that she cannot conceive. Eventually, Anand's dad passes away, he leaves considerable wealth to Anand's child, including a monthly allowance of Rs.10,000. At that time, Maya learns the birth secret of Anand's child, so, she files a case in the court and wins. Therefore, Ratna Devi has to hand over the child to Maya, but the depressed child is not able to stay with Maya and runs away from home. At Present, everybody is in search of the child, in that bedlam, Maya dies in an accident. Finally, the movie ends, Anand giving back the child to Ratna Devi and continuing his journey on official duty by dedicating his life to the hospital.

Cast[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

Music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao.[2]

S. No Song Title Lyrics Singers length
1 "Enta Kalam Enthadooram" Sri Sri Ghantasala 4:51
2 "Babu Nidura Po" Samudrala Jr P. Susheela 4:34
3 "Chell Chell" Samudrala Jr P. Susheela 4:23
4 "O Daarinapoye Chinnavada" Samudrala Jr Ghantasala, S. Janaki 5:10
5 "Virese Jhum Jhum" Samudrala Jr Jamuna Rani 4:09
6 "Edamma Nee Raju" Samudrala Jr P. Leela 4:16
7 "Srimathigaru" Kosaraju Madhavapeddi Satyam 2:06

References[edit]

  1. "Maa Babu". The Indian Express. 1 January 1961. p. 3.
  2. "Maa Babu (1960)-Song_Booklet". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

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