Akka Chellelu is a 1970 Telugu drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 produced by V. Krishna Prasad of Jagapathi Films and directed by A. Sanjeevi.

The story is about the Family relationship between two sisters, Akka

Akka

Akka is traditionally a female spirit in Sámi and Finnish mythology.In Sámi mythology, the first akka was Maderakka and her daughters were Sarakka, Uksakka and Juksakka. Some Sámi thought they lived under their kota tents....

 (Sowcar Janaki

Sowcar Janaki

Sankaramanchi Janaki , popularly known as Shaukar Janaki , is a south-Indian actress who has acted in over 385 Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam films. She also performed on stage in over 300 shows, and performed for TANA all over the United States in 2 Telugu plays created by actor...

) and Chellelu (Vijaya Nirmala

Vijaya Nirmala

Vijaya Nirmala is a South Indian actress and director. In 2002, the Guinness Book of Records named her as the female director who had made the highest number of films. She has directed 47 movies.-Career:...

), with mystery as background. There are some melodious songs particularly Pandavulu Pandavulu Tummeda rendered by K. V. Mahadevan

K. V. Mahadevan

Krishnankoil Venkatachalam Mahadevan was a South Indian music composer.-Career:K.V.Mahadevan was born in Tamil Iyer family in 1918 in Krishnancoil, Kanyakumari district. A contemporary of M. S. Viswanathan, T. K. Ramamoorthy, KVM has scored music for over 600 films, spanning four decades, after...

.

The Plot

Vijaya (Vijaya Nirmala) and Krishna (Krishna) are colleagues in Law college and in love. The life-time ambition of Janaki (Sowcar Janaki), elder sister of Vijaya, is to study Law and serve the Truth. She achieves her desire facing lot many problems and compromising the health. Vijaya successfully completed the Law degree. While Vijaya with Krishna went for an outing to the city outskirts, she saw at a distance someone murdering a lady. Dharmayya (Gummadi) is their well wisher. She felt very happy to know that a respectable Judge Ramachandra Rao (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) wanted to marry her sister. She is surprised to know that the same person was the one who killed a lady earlier. In spite of her attempts to stop the marriage and on the request of her sister, the marriage went on peacefully. As a lawyer, Vijaya took up the case and has to face lot of mental pressure between her lover, sister and Judge. How she solves the case is rest of the story.

Cast

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao
  Akkineni Nageswara Rao
  Akkineni Nageswara Rao , also known as ANR, is a Telugu cinema actor from Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh. Nageswara Rao has worked in several genres of films in his 70-year acting career, including mythological, social, and drama films...
  
   as Judge Ramachandra Rao
• Sowcar Janaki
  Sowcar Janaki
  Sankaramanchi Janaki , popularly known as Shaukar Janaki , is a south-Indian actress who has acted in over 385 Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam films. She also performed on stage in over 300 shows, and performed for TANA all over the United States in 2 Telugu plays created by actor...
  
   as Janaki
• Ghattamaneni Krishna as Brother of Judge Ramachandra Rao
• Vijaya Nirmala
  Vijaya Nirmala
  Vijaya Nirmala is a South Indian actress and director. In 2002, the Guinness Book of Records named her as the female director who had made the highest number of films. She has directed 47 movies.-Career:...
  
   as Lawyer Vijaya
• Santha Kumari
  Santha Kumari
  Vellaala Subbamma is an Indian musical artist and film actress. Santhakumari is the wife of the famous yesteryear Telugu Director and Producer P. Pullaiah.-Early years:...
  
   as Mother of Judge Ramachandra Rao
• Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
  Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
  Gummadi Venkateswara Rao popularly known as Gummadi was a popular Telugu film character actor. Though he began to act in films much later than famous artistes like N.T.Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao he had through the course of his career acquired a niche for himself vis a vis the character...
  
   as Dharmayya
• B. Padmanabham
  B. Padmanabham
  Basavaraju Venkata Padmanabha Rao , popularly known as Padmanabham, was a Tollywood actor known for his comedian roles...
  
   as Son of Dharmayya
• Allu Ramalingaiah as Studio Manager
• Ramaprabha as Daughter of Studio manager
• Vijayalalitha
  Vijayalalitha
  She is the aunt of the famous actress turned politician, Vijaya Shanthi.Vijayalalitha or Vijaya Lalitha is a Telugu / Tamil / Hindi actress.-Career:...
  
   as Asha, dancer
• M. Prabhakar Reddy as Senior lawyer
• Chittor V. Nagaiah
  Chittor V. Nagaiah
  Chitturu Nagayya or Chittor V. Nagaiah birth name - Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya was an Indian actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer of Telugu film industry, Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as ‘The...
  
   as Second judge
• Suryakantham
• Rajababu
  Raja Babu (actor)
  Raja Babu was a popular actor in Telugu film industry. He has also produced few films. He is considered as the most successful comedian in Tollywood...
  
  

Soundtrack

There are 7 songs in the film.

1. "Chakachakalade Paduchundi" (Lyrics: Arudra; Singer: P. Susheela
   P. Susheela
   Pulapaka Susheela is an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Badaga and Sinhalese.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Pulapaka...
   
   )
2. "Chitapata Chinukulato Kurisindi Vaana" (Lyrics: Aathreya
   Aathreya
   Aacharya Aathreya born Kilambi Venkata Narasimhacharyulu was a versatile playwright, lyric writer and story writer in Telugu cinema.-Life:...
   
   ; Singers: Ghantasala
   Ghantasala
   Ghantasala can refer to:People* Ghantasala , or Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, Telugu singer and composer* Ghantasala Balaramayya, Telugu film producer and directorPlaces* Ghantasala , a town in Andhra Pradesh in India...
   
    and P. Susheela)
3. "Idi Matiki Manasuku Poratam Talli" (Lyrics: Aathreya; Singer: Ghantasala)
4. "O Pilla Phataphataladistaa" (Lyrics: Kosaraju Raghavaiah
   Kosaraju Raghavaiah
   Kosaraju or Kosaraju Raghavaiah or Kosaraju Raghavaiah Chowdary was a Telugu poet and writer. His lyrics are stepped in Telugu folklore and rural idiom. Born in 1905 in an agricultural family in Appikatla village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. Raghavaih studied Telugu literature, epics and...
   
   ; Singers: Ghantasala and P. Susheela)
5. "Pandavulu Pandavulu Tummeda" (Lyrics: Aathreya; Singer: P. Susheela)
6. "Santosham Chesukundam Nato Untava" (Lyrics: Arudra; Singer: P. Susheela)
7. "Srimati Emanna Srivaru Tandanatana" (Lyrics: Aathreya; Singers: Ghantasala and P. Susheela)