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{{Infobox film
| name = Aadarsa Kutumbam
| image = Aadarsa Kutumbam.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Kotayya Pratyagatma|K. Pratyagatma]]
| producer = A. V. Subba Rao
| writer = [[Aatreya (playwright)|Acharya Aatreya]] {{small|(dialogues)}}
| story = K. Pratyagatma
| screenplay = K. Pratyagatma<br />Acharya Aatreya
| starring = [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]]<br />[[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalitha]]
| music = [[S. Rajeswara Rao]]
| cinematography = P. S. Selvaraj
| editing = J. Krshna Swamy<br>Balu
| studio = [[Prasad Art Productions]]
| distributor = Navayuga Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1969|6|6}}
| runtime = 175 mins
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Aadarsa Kutumbam''''' ({{translation|Ideal Family}}) is a 1969 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[drama (film and television)|drama film]], produced by A. V. Subba Rao under the [[Prasad Art Productions]] banner and directed by [[Kotayya Pratyagatma|K. Pratyagatma]]. It stars [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] and [[Jayalalithaa]], with music composed by [[S. Rajeswara Rao]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://telugu.chitralu.com/movie/aadarsa-kutumbam_1969 |title=Aadarsa Kutumbam (1969) - Telugu Movie | Chitralu.com |publisher=Telugu.chitralu.com |date= |access-date=2014-04-21}}</ref>

==Plot==
The film deals with a joint family, Raghavendra Rao (Chittor V. Nagaiah) & his wife Rajyalakshmi (Hemalatha) are paterfamilias who has four sons and a daughter. The elder son Pattabhi (Gummadi) and his wife Janaki (Anjali Devi) look after the house finances and agricultural work. The second son Prakasam (Nagabhushanam) is involved in village politics, wastes time & money therein, and his wife Jaya (S. Varalakshmi) is a shrew who doesn't contribute anything to the welfare of the family. The third son Pratap (Bheemaraju) is a bodybuilder who is obsessed with diet & fitness and not bothered about his wife Rama (Geethanjali). The youngest one Prasad (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) studies in the city where he falls in love with a beautiful girl Saroja (Jayalalithaa) a doctor. The only daughter is Chandra (Anitha), and her husband Suryam (Padmanabham), suffers from night blindness. He doesn't do any work and passes time lazily by living in his in-law's house. To make things worse, his mother Durgamma (Suryakantham) always visits the house and creates rifts in the family. Pattabhi & Janaki's goodwill is mistaken as inability and all these people make use of their innocence. Meanwhile, Prasad marries Saroja at this juncture, she enters the family when everybody is in a mess with unnecessary expenditures, arguments, and cheating. So, Prasad & Saroja decide to separate the family and they do so by cheating. The rest of the story is about how they reunite the affections and relations between family members.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] as Prasad
*[[Jayalalithaa]] as Saroja
*[[Chittoor V. Nagaiah]] as Raghavendra Rao
*[[Gummadi (actor)|Gummadi]] as Pattabhi
*[[Nagabhushanam (actor)|Nagabhushanam]] as Prakasam
*[[Padmanabham (actor)|Padmanabham]] as Suryam
*[[Ramana Reddy]] as Damodaram
*[[Sakshi Ranga Rao]] as Appaiah Panthulu
*Bheemaraju as Pratap
*[[Anjali Devi]] as Janaki
*[[S. Varalakshmi]] as Jaya
*[[Suryakantham (actress)|Suryakantham]] as Durgamma
*[[Hemalatha (Telugu actress)|Hemalatha]] as Rajyalakshmi
*[[Geetanjali (actress)|Geetanjali]] as Rama
*[[Vijaya Lalitha]] as Sunita
*Surabhi Balasaraswathi as Rami
*Anitha as Chandra
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Aadarsa Kutumbam
| type = film
| artist = [[S. Rajeswara Rao]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1969
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length = 26:15
| label =
| producer = [[S. Rajeswara Rao]]
| prev_title = Bangaaru Panjaram
| prev_year = 1969
| next_title = [[Aatmiyulu]]
| next_year = 1969
}}

Music composed by [[S. Rajeswara Rao]].
{{Tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Hello Saru
| lyrics1 = [[C. Narayana Reddy]]
| extra1 = [[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]], [[P. Susheela]]
| length1 = 3:36

| title2 = Bidiyamela O Cheli
| lyrics2 = C. Narayana Reddy
| extra2 = Ghantasala, P. Susheela
| length2 = 3:02

| title3 = Cheyi Cheyi
| lyrics3 = [[Aatreya (playwright)|Acharya Aatreya]]
| extra3 = Ghantasala, P. Susheela
| length3 = 3:53

| title4 = Kalla Gajji Kankalamma
| lyrics4 = Acharya Aatreya
| extra4 = P. Susheela
| length4 = 3:43

| title5 = Surya Vamsamu
| lyrics5 = [[Kosaraju Raghavaiah|Kosaraju]]
| extra5 = Ghantasala
| length5 = 4:47

| title6 = Edukondala Venkateswara
| lyrics6 = Kosaraju
| extra6 = Ghantasala
| length6 = 3:21

| title7 = Yei Yeira Chostavera
| lyrics7 = C. Narayana Reddy
| extra7 = Ghantasala, P. Susheela
| length7 = 3:53
}}

==Awards==
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu]] - 1969<ref name="17thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf|title=17th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=26 September 2011}}</ref>
* [[K. Pratyagatma]] won [[Nandi Award for Best Story Writer|Nandi Award for Second Best Story Writer]] (1969) <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]]|access-date=21 August 2020}}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0213387|Adarsa Kutumbam}}

{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Telugu}}

[[Category:1969 films]]
[[Category:1960s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Best Telugu Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Films directed by Kotayya Pratyagatma]]

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