Thodi Kodallu

Thodi Kodallu
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAdurthi Subba Rao
Screenplay byAdurthi Subba Rao
D. Madhusudhana Rao
Acharya Aatreya[a]
Based onNishkruti
by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Produced byD. Madhusudhana Rao
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Savitri
CinematographyP. S. Selvaraj
Edited byAdurthi Subba Rao
Music byMaster Venu
Production
company
Distributed byNavayuga Films
Release dates
  • 11 January 1957 (1957-01-11) (Telugu)
  • 1 February 1957 (1957-02-01) (Tamil)
[1]
Running time
182 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesTelugu
Tamil

Thodi Kodallu (transl. Sisters-in-law) is a 1957 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed and edited by Adurthi Subba Rao who co-wrote the script with D. Madhusudhana Rao and Acharya Aatreya. Madhusudhana Rao produced the film under Annapurna Pictures. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri, with music composed by Master Venu. The film is based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bengali novel Nishkriti, and was simultaneously made as the Tamil film Engal Veettu Mahalakshmi (1957); both films were made simultaneously by the same banner and director, and some of the scenes and artists are the same in both versions. Thodi Kodallu won the Certificate of merit for Best Feature Film in Telugu.[2]

Poster of Tamil version
  1. ^ "Engal Veettu Mahalakshmi". The Indian Express. 1 February 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 4 January 2022 – via Google News Archive.
  2. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (19 February 2015). "Blast from the past: Todikodallu (1957)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.


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