Kalimi Lemulu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gutta Ramineedu
Written by	Tripuraneni Gopichand (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Gutha Ramineedu
Story by	G. D. Madgulkar
Produced by	P. Gangadhar Rao
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Krishna Kumari
Cinematography	M. K. Raju
Edited by	M. S. Mani
Music by	Aswattama
Production company	Nava Sakthi Films[1]
Distributed by	Vani Films
Release date	21 June 1962 (1962-06-21)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Kalimi Lemulu (transl. Wealth and Poverty) is a 1962 Telugu-language drama film directed by Gutta Ramineedu.^[2] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Krishna Kumari, with music composed by Aswattama.^[3] It was produced by P. Gangadhar Rao.^[4]

Plot

Ramayya a potter, leads a happy family life with his wife Manikyamba, a child, and younger brother Raju. Once Ramayya gives security to his brother-in-law Subbayya for the loan he has taken from Shavukar Narasayya a devious & materialistic person. Meanwhile, Raju loves Vimala, the daughter of Subbayya, and the elders fix their alliance. After that, Raju leaves for the city for higher studies. Besides, Subbayya opens an oil business and earns well when Narasayya also joins him. Here evil-minded Narasayya exploits Subbayya and makes him treacherous toward Ramayya by which he loses his property. At the same time, Raju returns and gives moral support to his brother and they start a cottage industry. But Narayya again intrigues, claiming that his debt is not yet cleared and handovers cottage industry which leads to Ramayya's death. Later, Subbayya moves with the marriage proposal of Raju & Vimala, on the condition that Raju has to stay along with them to which Manikyamba agrees but Raju refuses. Parallelly, Narasayya makes his son Raja Shekharam the factory manager, who treats workers as slaves. So, fed-up workers leave the factory. Raju gathers them and starts a new industry with the support of Govt. Now Subbayya decides to make Vimala's marriage with Raja Shekaram. During that time, Narasayya ploys to destroy Raju's factory which Vimala overhears, and immediately rushes to Manikyamba, and all of them reach the factory. At last, they protect the factory, the baddies are punished and Subbayya also realizes his mistake. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Raju & Vimala.

Cast

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Raju
• Krishna Kumari as Vimala
• Gummadi as Ramayya
• C.S.R as Subbayya
• Dhulipala as Narasayya
• Mikkilineni
• Ramana Reddy as Devayya
• Prabhakar Reddy as Raja Sekharam
• Padmanabham
• Balakrishna
• G. Varalakshmi as Manikyamba
• Surabhi Balasaraswathi

Music

Music was composed by Aswattama. Lyrics were written by Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry. Music was released on Audio Company.

References