Naa Illu


Naa Illu is a 1953 Telugu film produced and directed by Chittor V. Nagaiah. The story was written by Devulapalli Krishnasastri.
The film had two dance sequences and full-length Hindi songs sung by Meena Kapoor.

Plot

The story is based on innocent people cheated by rich people. This film is about an ideal man called Sivaram, who lives happily with his wife and two children. They like music very much and want to make their children musicians and singers. He is a responsible bank employee by profession. He goes to Bombay for a financial transaction and gets money. He is trapped by Dhanaraj and gets into the attraction of beautiful Leela. He loses the bank money and gets into jail. By the time he returns, the family conditions are poor. He is even prepared to do some dirty jobs for the sake of his family. His children get encouragement from Balananda Sangham and shine. He gets out of his problems and rejoins the family.

Cast

Telugu version

The list was compiled from The Hindu review article and from the database of Film News Anandan.
;Male cast
;Female cast
The Tamil version of the film was made separately with a significantly different cast, character names and locations.
The Tamil film was censored on 16 January 1953 and was 17245 feet in length.

Production

Both Telugu and Tamil versions of the film were directed by Chittor V. Nagaiah, who also produced the films under the banner Our India Films. Chandilyan wrote the dialogues. Vidyavathi, whose real life name was Ambujavalli, who was the younger sister of actress Sandhya (mother of J. Jayalalitha, played a supporting role in her debut. There were two dance sequences for which the songs were in Hindi, both sung by Meena Kapoor of Bombay. Choreography was done by Satyam. The film was shot at Vauhini and Revathi studios and was processed at Vijaya Lab.

Soundtrack

Telugu Soundtrack

Music was composed by V. Nagaiah assisted by A. Rama Rao. Lyrics were penned by Papanasam Sivan, Surabhi, Kashyap and Mohan. Singer is V. Nagaiah and playback singers are T. A. Mothi, V. J. Varma, M. L. Vasanthakumari, R. Balasaraswathi, Jikki and N. L. Ganasaraswathi.

Reception

In spite of a good story and performance by Nagaiah and others, the film was not successful at the box office. Film historian Randor Guy wrote in 2009 that the film is "Remembered for Nagaiah's excellent performance and for the film's pleasing music.