Rechukka

<p>The film begins with King Devarayalu celebrating his son Kumararayulu’s birthday when Mahamantri expresses his desire to knit his daughter Lalitha Devi with the Prince, but Devarayalu scorns him. Offended Mahamantri ploys with acolyte Nagulu and captured the King when Veeranna, an aide of the King, absconds with the Prince who split in between. Here, a snake bites Kumararayalu when a tribal leader, Jogulu, rescues him, who discerns him but is silent. Besides, devastated Veeranna, failing to find him, returns home, explains the turbulence to his wife & daughter Nana, and moves to extricate the King, but he too is caught. Years roll by, and Kumararayalu grows up as Kanna. Nana becomes a busker. In prison, Veeranna passes away. Utilizing it, the King flees and takes shelter at Nana unbeknownst. Once, on Lalitha Devi’s birthday, Nana entertains her when she notices Mahamantri bestowing a diamond necklace of the former queen to the princess and snatches it. Then, Kanna lands at the fort, pledges to retrieve it, and triumphs when he falls for Nana. At this, Lalitha, too, crushes for him. Knowing it, Kanna tries to convince Lalitha that he has no intention when soldiers catch him. Meanwhile, Mahamantri & Nagulu are aware of King’s existence, misconstrue Kanna as his ally, and torture him. Parallelly, Nana also detects the King who guides steals the royal assent, “Raja Mudra,” which she does and acquits Kanna but gets nabbed. Being conscious of it, the King enrages Kanna when a battle erupts when he recognizes him as his son. Nevertheless, Kanna oaths to shield Nana, so he checks in but claws again. During that plight, the King reaches the tribals and surrounds the fort. Besides, Kanna, with a trick, ceases the baddies. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Kanna & Nana. Music composed by . Lyrics by . Music released by Audio Company. The Rechukka film is an outcome of Ghantasala Balaramaiah, Telugu film producer of Pratibha Pictures and General Manager and Production Executive of the company Thopalli Venkata Sundara Shivarama Sastry (better known as Pratibha Sastry). Sastry has seen the English film entitled in Mount Road. Balaramaiah prepared a story to suit the local audience. The story was given to Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry, who wrote the screenplay, dialogues and lyrics for the film. The shooting was started with , and supporting staff and Ashwathamma as Music director. After shooting three reels including two songs, Ghantasala Balaramaiah died suddenly due to on 29 October 1953. Ghantasala Krishna Murthy, the elder son of Balaramaiah has taken the charge of Pratibha pictures. Nageshwara Rao wished to be a part of the film after the demise of his mentor Balaramaiah. He made a cameo appearance. The film is completed with the financial involvement of Sunderlal Nahata and director . Most of the film was shot at Revathi Studios at Madras. Prakash Studios was used for few important scenes. The forest scenes are pictured at Jamal Gardens (Now Vijaya Gardens). For the role of Lalitha Devi, they wanted to take a new actress. They have chosen Prameela, the grand daughter of to portray the character besides N. T. Rama Rao. She changed her name as and became a big star in later years. The film was a commercial hit and ran for more than 100 days in three centres in Andhra Pradesh. Centenary celebrations are organized at Vijayawada.</p>