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Daagudu Moothalu Story
The film begins with a millionaire, Viswasundara Rao, who has ostracized his son Prasad for marrying an impoverished girl, Lakshmi. After six years, the couple dies, leaving their kid Sundaiah as an orphan. Knowing this, Viswasundara Rao confesses his guilt and searches for his grandchild, but in vain. Then, a beneficent Danayya embraces the child. Later, the Danayya couple departs, placing their five infant girls under the care of Sundaiah. Years roll by, and destiny makes Sundaiah run a small-scale hotel adjacent to his grandfather’s mill. Unbeknownst to him, ailing Viswasundara Rao is still in quest of his grandson, whom many relatives surround to usurp his wealth: his elder brother’s son-in-law Bhushanam, his daughter Ammadu, and younger daughter-in-law Suramma with her son Papai. Papai & Ammadu fall in love. Once, a beauty, Subbulu, acquaints with Sundaiah while absconding from a forced marriage. He shelters her, she nears him & the babies, and the two fall in love. Fortunately, Subbulu holds Viswasundara Rao’s caretaker post and soon gains credence. Meanwhile, he turns terminally ill when Bhushanam schemes with Suramma by compelling Viswasundara Rao to adopt Papai, provided to his spouse by Ammadu. On that eve, as shown by Prasad’s photograph at two, Subbulu detects that Sundaiah is the true heir. Viswasundara Rao overwhelms and passes away by publicly endorsing his totality to Sundaiah.
Hereupon, the knaves plot by counterfeiting a fake will that stipulates Sundaiah should imperatively marry Ammadu. Discerning it, Sundaiah plays a backward trickery by giving his acceptance and setting up an engagement. Anyhow, Subbulu quits, assuming it is a fact. Though Sundaiah tries to talk convincingly, she is not ready to listen. Ergo, Sundaiah engages in messing up the function when Bhushanam forges him as insane and admits him to a mental asylum. Sundaiah absconds when the misinterpreted public casts stones at him. Therein, Subbulu moves on, gives upliftment, and makes him surrender. At last, with Papai & Ammadu’s aid, the judiciary acquits Sundaiah as non-guilty, and the culprits are penalized. Finally, the movie ends happily with the marriages of Sundaiah & Subbulu and Papai & Ammadu.

Director: Adurthi Subba Rao
Cast (highlights): N. T. Rama Rao, B. Saroja Devi, Gummadi, Ramana Reddy, Padmanabham, Suryakantham
Genre: Comedy
Notability: Based on a story by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana; echoes plot elements of Frank Capra’s ‘Mr. Deeds Goes to Town’; Commercial success; later remade in Tamil (‘Avan Pithana?’) and Hindi (‘Jwaar Bhata’)
Critical Reception: Released on 21 Aug 1964; contemporary coverage and later retrospectives note its crowd-pleasing mix of comedy and family drama.
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