Seethakoka Chilaka

1981 141’ col Telugu d/sc Bharathirajaa pc Poornodaya Movie Creations st Mani Kannan dial Jandhyala lyr Veturi Sundara Ramamurthy c Kannan m Ilaiyaraja lp Murali, Karthik, Aruna, K. Jaggaiah, Sarath Babu, Janaki Jr, Smita, ‘Sakshi’ Rangarao

Musical fantasy addressing communal harmony. Raghu (Karthik), the son of a Brahmin widow, falls in love with the Christian woman Karuna (Aruna). Karuna’s brother (Sarat Babu), who does not like Raghu, warns him to keep away from his sister and to leave the village. Later the priest of the local church intervenes and both Raghu and Karuna abandon their respective religions to be able to live together.

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