Pakkinti Ammayi or Pakka Inti Ammayi (Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

: పక్కింటి అమ్మాయి) is a 1953 Telugu comedy film produced by East Indian Company and directed by Chittajalu Pullayya. It is based on a Bengali

Bengali literature

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 story "Pasher Bari" by Arun Chowdhury. The film featured Anjali Devi

Anjali Devi

Anjali Devi is a veteran Telugu actress and producer. She is well known for her mythological role as Sita in Lava Kusha and roles in movies like Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali.- Biography :...

 as the beautiful neighbour girl. Famous comedian Relangi Venkata Ramaiah

Relangi Venkata Ramaiah

Relangi Venkata Ramaiah was a comedian during the golden years of Telugu film. Hailing from East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh, he has acted in several films as chief comedian, hero, anti-hero and character artiste....

 asted as her lover Subbarayudu and veteran South Indian singer A. M. Rajah

A. M. Rajah

Aemala Manmatharaju Rajah was a South Indian playback singer-music composer popular in the 1950s and the early 1960s in South India. He was popularly known as A. M. Rajah or Rajah. His songs were featured in numerous Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films in the 1950s, early 1960s and early...

 as his opponent. It is remade into highly successful Hindi film as Padosan

Padosan

Padosan is a 1968 Indian Hindi film. Directed by Jyoti Swaroop, Produced by Mehmood, N. C. Sippy, and written by Rajendra Krishan. The music is by R.D. Burman. The movie stars Sunil Dutt, Saira Banu in the lead roles. Kishore Kumar, Mukri, Raj Kishore and Keshto Mukherjee played the supporting roles...

in 1968.

The plot

Subbarayudu (Relangi) stays next to the house of Heroine Leela Devi (Anjali Devi). She madly likes dance and music very much. She appoints a music teacher Prem Kumar (Narayana Rao). She does not like the actions of Subbarayudu. But he likes her very much and even loves her. He takes the help of some friends and impresses that he knows music very well. She involves her teacher Prem Kumar against Subbarayudu. He takes the help of his friend (A.M.Rajah) and mimes as if singing good songs, while Rajah is singing from background. As a result heroine almost likes him. But after knowing that he is not the singer, she changes her mind. Subbarayudu acts as a suicidal act for her refusal. Heroine finally changes her mind and loves him.

Cast

• Relangi Venkataramaiah as Subbarayudu
• Anjali Devi
  Anjali Devi
  Anjali Devi is a veteran Telugu actress and producer. She is well known for her mythological role as Sita in Lava Kusha and roles in movies like Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali.- Biography :...
  
  as Leela Devi
• Addala Narayana Rao as Prem Kumar
• A. M. Rajah
  A. M. Rajah
  Aemala Manmatharaju Rajah was a South Indian playback singer-music composer popular in the 1950s and the early 1960s in South India. He was popularly known as A. M. Rajah or Rajah. His songs were featured in numerous Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films in the 1950s, early 1960s and early...
  
  as Raja
• Kamaladevi
• Mohana Krishna
• Gangaratnam
• Shakuntala
• C. S. R. Rao  as Gas Lodge leader
• V. V. Tatachari as friend of Subbarayudu
• R. K. Rao as friend of Subbarayudu

Crew

• Director: Chittajallu Pullayya
• Producer: Sushil Kumar Havaldar
• Story: Arun Chowdary
• Screen adaptation: Arudra and C. S. R. Rao
• Dialogues: Muddukrishna
• Original Music: Aswathama (debut)
• Cinematography: Biren De
• Playback singers: A. M. Rajah
  A. M. Rajah
  Aemala Manmatharaju Rajah was a South Indian playback singer-music composer popular in the 1950s and the early 1960s in South India. He was popularly known as A. M. Rajah or Rajah. His songs were featured in numerous Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films in the 1950s, early 1960s and early...
  
  

1952 film

The story was first made as Bengali

Bengali cinema

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 film Pasher Bari (1952) directed by Sudhir Mukherjee and starring Bhanu Bannerjee.

1981 film

The film is remade in Telugu in 1981 by K. Vasu starring Jayasudha

Jayasudha

Jayasudha is an Indian film actress-turned-MLA for the Congress in Secunderabad. She was a famous South Indian actress from the 1970s and 1980s, with most of her films being Telugu films. She has also worked in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and three Hindi films....

, Chandra Mohan

Chandra Mohan (actor)

Chandra Mohan or Chandramohan is a Telugu film actor. He acted as Hero, comedy, support character roles in many Telugu films.-Early life:...

, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam is a multilingual Indian playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and a film producer. He is referred to as S. P. B. or Balu by the media. He has won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer six times closely following K. J. Yesudas...

 and K. Chakravarthi.

External links

• Pakka Inti Ammayi 1953 film at IMDb.