Muthyala Muggu is a 1975 film adaption of Uttara Ramayana from the writer-director duo of Ramana

Mullapudi Venkata Ramana

Mullapudi Venkata Ramana was a Telugu story writer. He was especially known for his hilarious style of writing. He also created a child character called Budugu...

 and Bapu

Bapu (artist)

Bapu is an Indian film director, known for his works in Telugu cinema.He is a music artist, painter, cartoonist, and designer...

. The film stars Sreedhar, Sangeetha, Rao Gopal Rao

Rao Gopal Rao

Rao Gopal Rao was a popular Tollywood Character actor and producer and member of Rajya Sabha.-Brief Lifesketch:Rao Gopal Rao was born in 1937 in Ganganapalli near Kakinada,...

, Mukkamala

Mukkamala

Mukkamala Krishna Murthy is a lawyer turned actor who was active in Telugu movies in the 1950s and the 1960s. He was a stage actor in his student days and was popular in the role of French General Bussy in Bobbili Yuddham, a stage play based on the historical Bobbili Yuddham...

, Allu Ramalingaiah and Nutan Prasad

Nutan Prasad

Nutan Prasad was a Tollywood actor. He started his film acting career in the early 1970s.-Career:Nutan Prasad started his acting career with the play "Naa Votu" in Guntur....

. The movie introduced Sangeetha and Rao to the Telugu screen. The movie revolves around the nuances of a husband and wife.

Mandolin composition of about 15-minutes by Sajjad Hussain

Sajjad Hussain (composer)

Sajjad Hussain was an Indian film score composer.- Biography :Sajjad Hussain was born in 1917 in the Sitamau, which as at that time, a village in the Central India Agency. As a child, he was taught sitar by his father Mohammed Amir Khan. He learnt veena, violin, flute and piano during his teenager...

 was used in this film.

Plot

Raja Rao Bahadur (Kantha Rao)is the head of a wealthy and charitable landlord family who has a young son Sreedhar. At his son's request, Rao helps his college friend (Hari)with the costs of higher education abroad. Hari is grateful and invites Sreedhar to his sister Laxmi's (Sangeetha) wedding in the village. Due to unusual circumstances, Sreedhar ends up marrying Laxmi. This enrages Mukkamala who is the Raja's brother-in-law, who was hopeful of getting his daughter (Jaya Malini) married to Sreedhar. What makes matters worse is that Laxmi wins over the royal household with her humility and good nature while Sreedhar falls in love with her innocence. She accidentally discovers a stash of the estate jewels in a well. Gurunatham and Mukkamala try to implicate the Priest. Laxmi suggests that since they do not know conclusively as to who stole jewels, they should spare the Priest. Mukkamala, at the suggestion of the estate manager Joginatham (Allu Ramalingiah), then approaches Contractor (Rao Gopala Rao). Contractor agrees to break up the couple. But Contractor eyes the entire estate and its valuables and he entraps Mukkamala. He uses Kishtaiyya (Nutan Prasad) and creates suspicion in Sreedhar's mind with a sinister plan. Sreedhar falls prey to his doubts, comes to the conclusion that Laxmi is cheating on him and is only interested in his wealth. He sends off a pregnant Laxmi with all the family jewels. Laxmi gives the jewels off to Joginatham and decides to end her life. She is rescued by the Priest at whose house she gives birth to twins ( boy and a girl). Meanwhile back at the estate, Sreedhar is depressed and loses interest in life and curses out Mukkamal when he proposes that Sreedhar should marry his daughter. Contractor then fixes up Kishtayya with Jaya Malini, and proceeds to squeeze Mukkamala out of his money. After that, he takes possession of several antiques that Joginatham was trying to sell. All that's left is the Deity's Jewels. The Raja who is distraught with the whole lifeless situation of the estate decides to leave the Deity's Jewels in the temple itself and wanders the villages. He stumbles upon Laxmi's kids (his grandkids), discovers the truth and requests Laxmi to come back. Laxmi refuses to come back and declares that this does not work with recommendations and that Sreedhar himself has to accept his mistake and come to her and ask her to come back. The Raja with the help of the kids and Sreedhar's friend hatch a plan to set things right with Sreedhar and beat the Contractor at his own game.

Cast

• Sridhar
  Sridhar
  Sridhara was one of lord Vishnu's thousand names when consort to the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.----Sridhar may also refer to:*B.U. Sridhar, Senior Specialist at HCL...
  
   as Sridhar, Raja's son
• Sangeetha
  Sangeetha
  Sangeetha Arvind-Krish is an Indian film actress. Making her acting debut in the mid-90s, she is probably best known for her performances in the films Khadgam, Pithamagan, Uyir and Dhanam.-Early life:...
  
   as Mrs. Lakshmi Sridhar
• Kanta Rao
  Kanta Rao
  Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao, better known as Kanta Rao , was an Indian film actor and film producer from Andhra Pradesh, India. He acted in more than 400 Telugu mythological, social and folklore movies. He also acted in a few Hindi, Kannada and Tamil movies. He produced about five films under the...
  
   as Raja Rao Bahadur
• Rao Gopal Rao
  Rao Gopal Rao
  Rao Gopal Rao was a popular Tollywood Character actor and producer and member of Rajya Sabha.-Brief Lifesketch:Rao Gopal Rao was born in 1937 in Ganganapalli near Kakinada,...
  
   as Contractor
• Allu Ramalingaiah as Joginadham
• Mukkamala
  Mukkamala
  Mukkamala Krishna Murthy is a lawyer turned actor who was active in Telugu movies in the 1950s and the 1960s. He was a stage actor in his student days and was popular in the role of French General Bussy in Bobbili Yuddham, a stage play based on the historical Bobbili Yuddham...
  
   as Raja's brother-in-law
• Nutan Prasad
  Nutan Prasad
  Nutan Prasad was a Tollywood actor. He started his film acting career in the early 1970s.-Career:Nutan Prasad started his acting career with the play "Naa Votu" in Guntur....
  
   as Kishtaiah
• Jayamalini
  Jayamalini
  Jayamalini is a South Indian film actress who is famous for her vamp roles and item numbers.She acted in more than 500 Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies.-Career:...
  
  

Production

Movie was shot mostly outdoors in the Gyan Bagh Palace in Hyderabad and on the Pulidindi Canal

Pulidindi

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.

Musical Numbers

• "Enthati Rasikudavo Teliseraa"
• Lyrics by C. Narayana Reddy
• "Gogulu Pooche Gogulu Kache O Laccha Gummadi"
• Lyrics by C. Narayana Reddy
• "Edo Edo Annadi Eee masaka veluturu"
• Lyrics by C. Narayana Reddy
• "Nidurinche Tthotaloki Paata Okati Vachindi"
• Lyrics by Gunturu Seshendra Sharma
• "Muthyamantha Pasupu Mukhamento Chaaya"
• Lyrics by Arudra
• "Sri rama jayarama seetharama"
• Sung by M. Balamuralikrishna

Awards

• 1976 National Film Award for Best Cinematography
  National Film Award for Best Cinematography
  The National Film Award for Best Cinematography are given annually. The only female who has won this award is Anjuli Shukla, who won the award for her debut film, Kutty Srank . The most time winners are Santosh Sivan & K.K. Mahajan - 4 awards each for best cinematography category....
  
   - Ishan Arya
• 1975 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
  National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
  The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu Cinema winners: The awards received by the films released in the previous year are listed below...
  
  .