Kodalu Diddina Kapuram 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...

 directed by D. Yoganand. It was produced by National Art Theatres of Nandamuri Trivikrama Rao, brother of N. T. Rama Rao

N. T. Rama Rao

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao , also known as NTR and fondly referred to as Anna Garu, was an Indian film actor, director, producer, and a politician...

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This film has some excellent songs, including "Nee Dharmam Nee Sangham Nee Desam Nuvu Maravoddu Jaatini Nadimi Neetini Nilipina Mahaneeyulane Maravoddu" penned by famous Telugu poet C. Narayana Reddy in the voice of 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...

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The Plot

NTR and Jaggayya are brothers. They are very rich. Savithri gets married to Jaggayya, the elder of the two brothers. Jaggaya has all bad habits - drunkard, gambler and visits his mistress Vijayalalitha every night. NTR is considered a mischievous person. The story is about how Kodalu Savithri suffers for half the film and takes care of everything in the house in the second half. Vanisri is daughter of their servant. NTR falls in love with her.

Cast

• Savithri
• Kongara Jaggayya
  Kongara Jaggayya
  Kongara Jaggayya was an Indian Film Actor from Telugu cinema & Theater . He was popularly known as "Kanchu Kantam" Jaggayya Kongara Jaggayya (31 December 1928 – 5 August 2004; also transliterated as Jaggaiah) was an Indian Film Actor from Telugu cinema & Theater . He was popularly known...
  
  
• N. T. Rama Rao
  N. T. Rama Rao
  Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao , also known as NTR and fondly referred to as Anna Garu, was an Indian film actor, director, producer, and a politician...
  
  
• K. Satyanarayana
  K. Satyanarayana
  * Kaikala Satyanarayana, a Telugu film actor.* Koccharlakota Satyanarayana, a Telugu film and stage actor....
  
  
• Raja Babu
  Raja Babu (actor)
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• Vanisri
  Vanisri
  Vanisri or Ratna Kumari , also known as Vanisree or Vanishree, is a popular Telugu actress in the mid 1960s to the late 1970s. Her portfolio also includes Kannada and Tamil films.-Early life:...
  
  
• 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:...
  
  

Soundtrack

• Ammamma Avvavva Em Mogudivi Nuvvem Mogudivi
• Antha Telisi Vachane Nee Anthe Choosi Pothane
• Choodara Naanna Lokam Idera Naanna Maa Lokam
• Choodave Choodu Choodave Oyamma O Muddulagumma
• Clubbante Endariko Bhale Moju Eejabbu Lenivallu Leru Eeroju
• Nee Dharmam Nee Sangham Nee Desam Nuvu Maravoddu
  Jaatini Nadimi Neetini Nilipina Mahaneeyulane Maravoddu (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; 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...
  
  ; Cast: Savitri)
• Niddarapora Saami Naa Muddu Muripaala Saami (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. Janaki; Cast: Rama Rao and Vanisree)
• Om Sachidaananda Ee Sarvam Govinda (Lyrics: Kosaraju Raghavaiah
  Kosaraju Raghavaiah
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  ; Singer: 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...
  
  , Pithapuram Nageswara Rao
  Pithapuram Nageswara Rao
  Pithapuram Nageswara Rao is a popular Playback singer during the early period of Telugu cinema. He sang thousands of songs mostly of comedy nature in 1950s and 1960s along with Madhavapeddi Satyam and others.-Brief lifesketch:...
  
  ; Cast: Satyanarayana)

Boxoffice

• The film celebrated Silver Jubilee
  Silver Jubilee
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   function and ran more than 175 days in Vijayawada.

Awards

• The film won Nandi Award for Best Feature Film from Government of Andhra Pradesh in 1970.