Nenante Nene

<p>Rajkumar is the son of the of Rangapuram. Annoyed by his father’s feudalistic attitude, he flees to where he is raised by a woman named Kamakshi. Years later, before dying, the Raja gives the job of finding his lost son to his three friends and his , along with clues for identifying him. Three men – Anand, Ravi and Bhushanam – arrive at the Raja’s palace and claim to be Rajkumar, seeking rights to the Raja’s properties. Kamakshi is brought in to identify the real Rajkumar. Under duress, she testifies to her own son Anand as Rajkumar. Meanwhile, Ravi falls in love with Geetha, the s daughter. It is later revealed that Bhushanam is a officer trying to capture an underworld don who Anand works for. Ravi enacts a drama to save the real Rajkumar, who is in love with Ravi’s sister Sarala. The film ends with Rajkumar being rescued and the culprits captured. Adapted from : , a remake of the 1967 film , was directed by V. Ramachandra Rao and produced by P. N. Babji under Sujatha Films. The dialogues were written by , who largely followed the original Tamil dialogues written by T. N. Balu while making some improvisations. Ramachandra Rao also wrote the film’s screenplay, largely following the original Tamil version but making some changes, such as basing the character Kamakshi in , unlike the original version where she was based in . reprised this role from . was initially reluctant to play the negative role of Anand, having debuted in a heroic role in (1966), until Babji’s brother Doondy advised him to accept the role as he needed to portray diverse characters to build a career in cinema. After industry elders and Krishnam Raju’s friends, including cast member shared this view, he accepted the role. Cinematography was handled by S. Venkat Ratnam, and the editing by N. S. Prakasam. The film was prominently shot at . It was N. Srinivas’ first film as an independent dance choreographer; in previous films, he assisted Hiralal. The final length of the film was 4,636 metres (15,210 ft). The soundtrack was composed by . Songs like “O Chinnadhana Nannu Vidichi”, “Oke Oka Gulabipai Valina Thummedha” and “Narasinga Saminira” attained popularity. was released on 6 September 1968 and was commercially successful.</p>