Nelavanka (film)

Nelvanka
Directed by	Jandhyala
Produced by	A. S. Anjaneyulu M. Narasimha Rao
Written by	Jandhyala
Starring	Gummadi Venkateswara Rao J. V. Somayajulu Rajesh Kiran Tulasi Rajyalakshmi Sutti Veerabhadra Rao Sakshi Ranga Rao Potti Prasad
Music by	Ramesh Naidu
Cinematography	S. Gopala Reddy
Editing by	Goutham Raju
Release date(s)	1983
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Nelavanka (Telugu: నెలవంక) is a 1983 Telugu film directed by Jandhyala.

Story

Srirama Raju (Gummadi) is the zamindar of the village. Raheem (J.V. Somayajulu), his classmate and a friend, also works as his carriage-driver. The zamindar has two daughters Savitri (Rajyalakshmi) and Lalitha (Tulasi) and a son Ravi (Eswara Rao). Savitri is a born mute, while Tulasi goes to college. Tulasi meets Kiran (Kiran) who traps her in the name of love and later marries Savitri for money. Raheem's son Saleem (Rajesh) rescues Lalitha from Kiran. A couple of villagers who had grudges on Raheem create Hindu-Muslim clashes between the otherwise peaceful villages. How all issues were resolved and what price they had to pay to regain peace in the village as well as in their lives forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Actor	Character
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao	Srirama Raju
J. V. Somayajulu	Raheem
Rajesh (debut)	Saleem
Kiran (debut)	Kiran
Tulasi	Lalita
Rajyalakshmi	Savitri
Master Ali	Ali
Muddali Susheela	Rameswari
C. Rammohana Rao	Brother of Srirama Raju
K. Sambasiva Rao	Servant Seshayya
Prameela Rani	Srirama Raju's wife
Potti Prasad	Gurrala Guravayya
Eswara Rao	Ravi
Sutti Velu	Ayurveda doctor Dongre Sastry
Sutti Veerabhadra Rao	Dongre Sastry's compounder
Gangarathnam	Raheem's mother
Sakshi Ranga Rao

Crew

• Producer: A.S. Anjaneyulu, M. Narasimha Rao
• Story, Screenplay and Direction: Jandhyala
• Co-Director: U.V. Pani
• Associate Directors: E.V.V. Satyanarayana, B.S. Nishtala
• Assistant Directors: Battula Ramakrishna, J. Pullarao
• Editing: Gautham Raju
• Assistant Editor: Mutyala Naani
• Art: Thota Tarani
• Lyrics: Indraganti Srikantha Sarma, Udaybhaskar Rao
• Playback Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki, Prakash Rao, Jitmoham Mitra, Ramola
• Camera: S. Gopala Reddy
• Associate Cameraman: M.V. Raghu
• Assistant Cameramen: Diwakar, Srinivas Reddy
• Music Director: Ramesh Naidu

Lyrics

• enta cheppinaa vinavEmiraa

(Playback singers: Ramola , Jitmohan Mitra, Prakash Rao)

• gO gummaDi gO gummaDi

(Playback singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki, Jitmohan Mitra)

• mehfil mE aaj dhoom uThii

(Playback singers: S. Janaki, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam)

• sogasari bomma kOyilallO

(Playback singer: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam)

• kanubommala pallakilOna kanne siggu vadhuvayindi

(Playback singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki)

• Edi matam, Edi hitam ?

(Playback singer: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam)

• sutti Song

(Playback singer: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Prakash Rao)

External links

• Nalavanka film at IMDb.
• Nelavanka film review at Telugu Cinema.com