Kanna Talli or Kannatalli (English title: Mother; Telugu

Telugu language

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: కన్నతల్లి) is a 1953 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...

 directed and produced by K. S. Prakash Rao. It is simultaneously released in Tamil with title Petrathai. G. Varalakshmi played the title role of the Mother

Mother

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 (Telugu meaning of Talli). This is the debut film for Telugu popular 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...

 and actress Rajasulochana. The film later made as Blockbuster Hindi film Mother India

Mother India

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in 1957.

The plot

Shanta (G. Varalaxmi ) and Chalapathi (R. Nageshwara Rao) are blessed with two children Ramu (ANR) and Shankar (Nambiar). Chalapathi runs away abandoning the family due to financial problems. Shanta with the help of Ramu takes care of the family. Ramu sends his brother to nearby town for further studies. Ramu sends his dowry money to Shankar for his studies. Shankar spends all the money on bad ways of life. Gowri (Vasantha) a village belle girl falls in love with him. But Shankar is already having a girlfriend. One day when Shanta visits Shankar and that same time he kills his girl friend and runs away. To protect her son Shanta take the blame and goes to jail. She requests Ramu to marry Shankar with Gowri. Shankar repents for his mistakes and turns a good humanbeing.

Cast

• G. Varalakshmi ... Santha
• Akkineni Nageshwara Rao ... Ramu
• R. Nageswara Rao ... Chalapathi
• M. N. Nambiar
  M. N. Nambiar
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  ... Sankar
• Vasantha ... Gowri
• Mikkilineni
  Mikkilineni
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• K. Sivarao
• Peketi Sivaram
  Peketi Sivaram
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  ... Sharma
• C. Varalakshmi ... Laxmi
• Koduru Achaiah Chowdary ... Naiduamma
• Pasumarti Krishnamurthi ... Guest role in the veedhi bhagotham song
• Rajasulochana ...

Crew

• Director: K. S. Prakash Rao
• Writers: Arudra, Acharya Athreya, Srirangam Srinivasa Rao, Tapi Dharma Rao
  Tapi Dharma Rao
  Thapi Dharma Rao Naidu B.A. was a Telugu writer, lyricist and social reformer. He wrote dialogues and lyrics for the films like Mala Pilla, Drohi, Thathaji, Bhishma, and Patni. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Indian Literature...
  
  
• Producer: K.S. Prakash Rao
• Production Company: Prakash Productions
• Original Music: Pendyala Nageshwara Rao
• Cinematography: Gajanan Jagirdar
• Choreographer: Pasumarti Krishnamurthi
• Playback singers: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, 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...
  
  
• Distributors: Navayuga Pictures

Soundtrack

• Choochava Choochava (Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao)
• Choostarenduku Raarandi (Singer: M. Sarojini)
• Enta Manchidanavoyamma (Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao)
• Nuvvu Kaavali Nee Navvu Kaavali (Singers: Ghantasala and 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...
  
  )
• Samba Sadashiva Samba Sadashiva (Singers: Madhavapeddi Satyam
  Madhavapeddi Satyam
  Madhavapeddi Satyam was a renowned Telugu singer and stage-actor from the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. He entered into films as a singer-actor in Y.V. Rao's Tamil-Hindi Biligual movie Ramadas in the year 1946. He played the role of Kabir. However, he became more popular as a playback singer...
  
   and group)

1972 film

Kanna Talli is also another film released in 1972 starring Shobhan Babu, Savitri, Chandrakala.

External links

• Kanna Talli at IMDb.