Pooja Phalam (transl. Fruit of prayer) is a 1964 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed and co-written by B. N. Reddy. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri and Jamuna, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film is based on the novel Poojari, written by Munipalle Raju.
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Plot
Zamindar Madhu is very gullible, and everyone mocks him. Once, he became acquainted with Vasanthi, who lives in a portion of his house. Vasanthi becomes very friendly to Madhu, which he misinterprets as love, but she treats him as a brother. Meanwhile, Madhu proceeds to higher studies, where he befriends Sriram. He makes several attempts to contact Vasanthi and eagerly waits for a reply. Soon after his return, he finds out that Vasanthi and her family left the city, and their whereabouts are unknown. Madhu finds a letter from which he realizes Vasanthi's intention and gets deeply haunted. During that plight, Seeta, the daughter of his manager Rama Krishnaiah, consoles him, whom he starts endearing. Parallelly, Govindaiah's coparcenary to Madhu's grandfather claims a case in the court for the property—the court hands over the property until the judgment is issued. So, Madhu must leave his mansion. Rama Krishnaiah shelters him. After a while, Madhu is on the cusp of having the court decide the case in his favor. So, sly Govindaiah seeks to kill Madhu by an accident in which he loses his memory. Now, Sriram is a mental specialist, making serious efforts to regain his friend's memory but in vain. Anyway, Madhu triumphs over Govindaiah, and he is seized. Madhu goes back to his mansion, where he slightly remembers Vasanthi. Sriram & Rama Krishnaiah are in quest of her; favorably, she turns into Sriram's wife. At last, via Vasanthi, Sriram makes Madhu regain his sanity. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Madhu & Seeta.
Cast
Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Madhu
Savitri as Seeta
Jamuna as Vasanthi
Jaggayya as Sriram
Gummadi as Ramakrishnaiah
Relangi as Govinda Rao
Ramana Reddy as Govindaiah
Mikkilineni as Bheemudu
Peketi Sivaram as Nityanandam
Potti Prasad as Raja
L. Vijayalakshmi as Neela Nagini
Rajasree as Rani
Hemalatha as Vasanthi's mother
Chhaya Devi
Soundtrack
Music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The track "Pagale Vennela" is set in Raga Hindolam/Malkauns.