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{{Short description|1959 film by L. V. Prasad}}
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{{Infobox film
| image = Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu.jpg
| caption = Theatrical-release poster
| director = [[L. V. Prasad]]
| writer = [[Chakrapani (filmmaker)|Chakrapani]] L. V. Prasad [[Vempati Sadasivabrahmam]]
| producer = [[Nagi Reddy]] Chakrapani
| starring = [[N. T. Rama Rao]] [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]] [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]] [[Jaggayya]]
| cinematography = [[Marcus Bartley]]
| editing = G. Kalyanasundaram K. Radhakrishna
| music = [[S. Rajeswara Rao]]
| studio = [[Vijaya Productions]]
| distributor = 
| released = {{film date|1959|1|14|df=y}}
| runtime = 158 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}
'''''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu''''' ({{translation|Live Comfortably on Credit}}){{efn|More specifically, this is a metaphor that literally translates to "eating [[dal]] (that is to say, eating well) by going into debt", with the implication that a debtor is enjoying an unearned or undeserved lifestyle.}} is a 1959 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[comedy drama]] film directed and co-written by [[L. V. Prasad]]. The film was produced by [[Nagi Reddi]] and [[Chakrapani (filmmaker)|Chakrapani]] of [[Vijaya Vauhini Studios|Vijaya Productions]]; the latter co-wrote its script with Prasad and [[Vempati Sadasivabrahmam]]. It is the Telugu version of Prasad's [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Kadan Vaangi Kalyaanam]]'' (1958). Starring [[N. T. Rama Rao]], [[Relangi (actor)|Relangi]] and [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]], ''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu'' features [[Jaggayya]], [[C. S. R. Anjaneyulu]], [[S. V. Ranga Rao]], and [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]] in supporting roles. The conflict between two older men with different mindsets{{mdash}}Ramadasu (an eternal, devious debtor) and Mukundarao (a generous, rich gentleman with fake prestige){{mdash}}is the film's centrepiece.

Production began after the success of ''[[Mayabazar]]'' (1957), with M. S. Chalapathi Rao and Jagannadham the film's executive producers. [[Marcus Bartley]] was the director of photography. [[S. Rajeswara Rao]] composed the soundtrack and background score. G. Kalyanasundaram and K. Radhakrishna edited the film, and Madhavapeddi Gokhale and Kaladhar were its art directors. The film is shown almost entirely in black and white, with the exception of a dance sequence filmed in [[Gevacolor]].

''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu'' was released on 14 January 1959, during the [[Makar Sankranti|Makara Sankranti]] festival season. With average returns during its first four weeks, the film eventually became an above-average grosser and its re-release was profitable. It has [[Cult film|cult status]] in [[Telugu cinema]], and is an acclaimed Prasad film. Goldstone Technologies announced that they would attempt to digitise the film in 2007, but abandoned the attempt three years later.

== Plot ==
Ramadasu is a [[zamindar]] who recently acquired the colonial title of [[Rao Bahadur]], and is also a perennial debtor who believes in leading a luxurious life on credit. [[Dewan Bahadur]] Mukunda Rao, a wealthy, generous but naive zamindar, is always searching for a groom of royal or high social standing for his granddaughter Manjari. While Ramadasu also occasionally borrows from Rao, he secretly wishes to have Manjari married to his son Raghu, so that Rao's wealth becomes his, enabling him to pay his debts. Complicating things is Raghu's earlier marriage in his childhood to Leela, whose brother Raja is in prison for his participation in the [[Indian independence movement]]. In order to get more credit, Ramadasu uses his assistant, Bhaja Govindam, to find more lenders and placate angry creditors with false promises. Behind Govindam's back, however, Ramadasu bribes Govindam's uncle and Rao's assistant, Ramalingam, with the promise of getting Ramalingam's daughter, Usha, whom Govindam is in love with, married. Rao, unaware of the deception, agrees to the alliance.

Fed up with his boss's backstabbing, Govindam, Usha, and Manjari conspire to stop the wedding. Raja is released from prison after serving his sentence and is briefed about the situation. Raja and Manjari were in love during their college days, and she tells him about Ramadasu's intentions. Raja confronts Ramadasu about his sister's ill treatment and gets into a scuffle with his bodyguard. Ramadasu offers to let Leela stay in the house on the condition that she becomes a mute servant. After Raghu arrives from London, Ramadasu misleads him into thinking that Leela has died. As part of his plan, Govindam has Raja disguised as Prince Bonkulamarri Raja, a royal prince and businessman, and introduces him to Mukunda Rao. Rao, impressed with Raja, considers him a suitable bridegroom for Manjari. One night, Raghu overhears Leela speaking to Raja and confronts Chenchalayya, Ramadasu's servant, who divulges her identity and Raja's secret. Raghu meets with Govindam and is briefed about the plan, but asks him not to tell anyone. Raghu then continues to flirt with Manjari and play the prospective bridegroom, while also trying to tease Leela, much to Ramadasu's chagrin. The plan nearly goes smoothly until Ramadasu sends his bodyguards to attack and rob Raja, but he dispatches them, leading to his identity being exposed. Forced to leave for his sister's sake, Raja instead dons a new disguise with Govindam's help. In the meantime, Ramadasu forces Rao to accept the former's proposal, threatening to ruin his reputation. Now disguised as Sarva Baksha Swamy, a holy man, Raja first tricks Ramalingam into thinking his daughter has rejected Govindam, leading to Govindam requesting to become an ascetic. As a result, Ramalingam persuades Mukunda Rao to seek Raja's help to convert Manjari to accept Raghu. In the meantime, Govindam has one of his own theatre group members pose as a prospective match and offer ornaments as a sign of alliance, so that he can steal them and place his uncle in a tight situation, forcing him to listen to Govindam. The plan goes awry when Ramadasu, whom Ramalingam told, has his thugs overpower Govindam's assistants and rob Ramalingam themselves.

In the meantime, Govindam has one of his other assistants pose as Rose, a woman whom Raghu married in London, to come and demand money for a divorce, which would force Ramadasu to try and rob Rao's safe for the money and also for the creditors. Anticipating this, Raghu, who had identified Raja and now divulged his knowledge of the plan to him and Manjari, plots to replace the money in Rao's safe with blank paper notes. Both Ramalingam and Bhaja Govindam, as well as Ramadasu and his thugs, converge at Rao's house. Ramalingam tries to leave with the fake money, but is caught and knocked out by the thugs, who are, in turn, knocked out by Raja. Ramadasu is forced to disguise himself as Sarva Baksha Swamy's teacher, Sachitananda Swamy, to avoid detection. Converging in the backyard, Ramalingam is exposed when the fake money is discovered in his bag. Raghu, Raja, Manjari and Govindam all come clean to Rao, and a confused Rao turns to ask Ramadasu, only for him to also reveal himself, and acknowledge that the young people have taught them a very valuable lesson. Ramdasu again accepts Leela as his daughter-in-law, as well as Raja and Manjari's relationship, and Ramalingam also accepts Usha and Govindam's relationship, while a still confused Mukunda Rao, now dressed as an ascetic, looks at the camera and smiles awkwardly.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[N. T. Rama Rao]] as Raja Rao
*[[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]] as Manjari
*[[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]] as Leela Raghuram
*[[Jaggayya]] as Raghuram
*[[S. V. Ranga Rao]] as Mukunda Rao
*[[C. S. R. Anjaneyulu|C.S.R]] as Ramadasu
*[[Relangi (actor)|Relangi]] as Bhaja Govindam
*[[Ramana Reddy]] as Ramalingam
*[[Girija (actress)|Girija]] as Usha
*[[Suryakantham (actress)|Suryakantham]] as Rajaratnam
*[[Mukkamala (actor)|Mukkamala]] as Raghu's grandfather
*[[R. Nageshwara Rao]] as Ramdin
*[[Allu Ramalingaiah]] as Chidambara Shetty
*[[Kasturi Siva Rao]] as Takku
*[[Chadalavada (actor)|Chadalavada]] as Chenchalayya
*[[Valluri Balakrishna|Balakrishna]] as Avataram
*[[Padmanabham (actor)|Padmanabham]] as Panakala Rao
*[[Potti Prasad]] as a prospective groom
}}

== Production ==
=== Pre-production ===
After the success of ''[[Mayabazar]]'' (1957), directed by [[K. V. Reddy]], [[Nagi Reddi]] and [[Chakrapani (filmmaker)|Chakrapani]] of [[Vijaya Vauhini Studios|Vijaya Productions]] planned to make a contemporary film. Chakrapani came up with an idea about conflict between two older men who are polar opposites: one a debtor evading his creditors, and the other a wealthy gentleman with an inflated sense of prestige.<ref name="ACPK BFP TH" /><ref name="ACPK nosta" /> [[L. V. Prasad]] was chosen to direct the film; he, Chakrapani and [[Vempati Sadasivabrahmam]] developed a script entitled ''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu'', after a popular Telugu idiom. It was the only film from Vijaya Productions with dialogue written by Sadasivabrahmam.<ref name="ACPK BFP TH" /><ref name="ACPK nosta" />

Film historian [[Randor Guy]] opines that ''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu'' was a Telugu remake of Prasad's Tamil film ''[[Kadan Vaangi Kalyaanam]]'' (1958).<ref name="KVK BFP TH" /> Others such as [[Ashish Rajadhyaksha]] and [[Paul Willemen]] (authors of ''Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema''),<ref name="RW2014" /> film scholar Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pillai |first=Swarnavel Eswaran |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HreICwAAQBAJ&q=appu+chesi+pappu+kudu+kadan+vaangi+kalyanam&pg=PA191 |title=Madras Studios: Narrative, Genre, and Ideology in Tamil Cinema |publisher=[[SAGE Publications]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-93-5150-212-8 |pages=191}}</ref> and M. L. Narasimhan of ''[[The Hindu]]'' believe that they were filmed simultaneously with different casts for different versions.<ref name="ACPK BFP TH" /> [[Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass]] wrote the dialogue for ''Kadan Vaangi Kalyaanam'',<ref name="KVK BFP TH" /> and M. S. Chalapathi Rao and Jagannadham were the film's executive producers.<ref name="Credits" />

=== Casting and filming ===
[[N. T. Rama Rao]] and [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]] were chosen for the lead roles, with [[Jaggayya]], [[C. S. R. Anjaneyulu]], [[S. V. Ranga Rao]] and [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]] in supporting roles; Jamuna had no dialogue for most of the film.<ref name="ACPK nosta" /> It was Rama Rao's 55th film as an actor,<ref name="ACPK nosta" /> and Jaggayya's first film for Vijaya Productions. Jaggayya replaced [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]], who bowed out due to scheduling conflicts.<ref name="ACPK BFP TH" /> Jaggayya had worked with Prasad as a [[Voice acting|voice artist]] for the Telugu-dubbed version of the director's ''[[Manohara (film)|Manohara]]'' (1954).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=25 January 2008 |title=Celluloid colossus |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/celluloid-colossus/article1432936.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110034204/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/celluloid-colossus/article1432936.ece |archive-date=10 November 2015 |access-date=11 June 2016 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> Comedian [[Potti Prasad]] and [[Padmanabham (actor)|Padmanabham]] made appearances as the prospective bridegrooms of [[Girija (actress)|Girija]], who played [[Relangi (actor)|Relangi]]{{'s}} fiancée; the former made his [[Telugu cinema]] debut with this film. Prasad, who received {{INR}}1,116 for his single scene, praised Nagi Reddi and Chakrapani's generosity.<ref name="ACPK BFP TH" /> [[Marcus Bartley]] was the director of photography.<ref name="ACPK BFP TH" /><ref name="ACPK nosta" /> [[S. Rajeswara Rao]] composed the soundtrack and background score, assisted by Ogirala Ramachandra Rao and K. Prasada Rao. Ramachandra Rao's son, Narasimhamurthy, was cast as a child artiste.<ref name="ACPK BFP TH" /> G. Kalyanasundaram and K. Radhakrishna edited the film, and Madhavapeddi Gokhale and Kaladhar were its art directors.<ref name="ACPK BFP TH" />

The success of ''[[Missamma]]'' (1955) encouraged Chakrapani to include a dream sequence, "Damayanti Swayamvaram", in which Rama Rao, Savitri and Jaggayya play [[Nala]], [[Damayanti]] and [[Indra]].<ref name="ACPK nosta" /> Rama Rao had to shave his signature moustache for a scene, making ''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu'' the only contemporary film in which he is clean-shaven.<ref name="ACPK nosta" /> Another dance scene, "Aathmathyagam", was filmed by [[E. V. Saroja]] and [[Mikkilineni (actor)|Mikkilineni]] in [[Gevacolor]]; both were choreographed by Pasumarthi Krishnamurthy. Though the film is shown almost entirely in black and white, "Aathmathyagam" alone was filmed in colour.<ref name="ACPK BFP TH" /> M. Pithambaram and T. P. Bhaktavatsalam provided the make-up.<ref name="Credits" /> ''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu'' was processed at the Vijaya Laboratory, and was recorded with the Westrex Sound System.<ref name="Credits" /> The film's final length was {{Convert|4934|metres|feet}}.<ref name="Credits" />

== Music ==
S. Rajeswara Rao composed the soundtrack of ''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu''. [[Pingali (writer)|Pingali Nagendrarao]] wrote the lyrics. Sound mixing was supervised by A. Krishnan and V. Sivaram, processed by N. C. Sen Gupta and orchestrated by A. Krishnamurthy.<ref name="Credits" /> [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] provided vocals for Rama Rao and Ramaiah, and [[A. M. Rajah]] sang for Jaggayya's portions.<ref name="ACPK nosta" /> [[P. Leela]], [[P. Susheela]], and Swarnalatha provided vocals for the actresses.<ref name="Credits" /> "Echatinundi Veecheno" was based on the [[Mohanam|Mohana raga]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sridhar |first=Gudipoodi |date=25 December 2009 |title=A medley of Mohana |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/a-medley-of-mohana/article661082.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610144309/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/a-medley-of-mohana/article661082.ece |archive-date=10 June 2016 |access-date=10 June 2016 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> For "Sundarangulanu Choosina Velana" Rajeswara Rao re-used the melody of "Brundavanamadi Andaridi Govindudu Andarivadele", which he wrote for Vijaya Productions' ''Missamma'' at Chakrapani's urging (a rare example of the composer recycling an earlier song).<ref name="ACPK BFP TH" />

''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu''{{'s}} soundtrack was released in December 1959 on the [[Saregama]] label.{{efn|[[iTunes]] estimates its release date as 1 December 1959,<ref name="iTunes" /> but [[Gaana (music streaming service)|Gaana]] estimates the date as 31 December.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 December 1959 |title=Appuchesi Pappukoodu |url=http://gaana.com/song/appuchesi-pappukoodu-4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610153550/http://gaana.com/song/appuchesi-pappukoodu-4 |archive-date=10 June 2016 |access-date=10 June 2016 |website=[[Gaana (music streaming service)|Gaana]]}}</ref>}} "Kaseeki Poyanu Ramahari", "Echatinundi Veecheno", "Moogavaina Emile Nagumome" and "Cheyi Cheyi Kaluparave" became popular over the years;<ref name="ACPK BFP TH" /> "Cheyi Cheyi Kaluparave" was parodied by the [[Indian National Congress]] as part of their election campaign during the [[1989 Indian general election|1989 general elections]].<ref name="ACPK nosta" /> The poem "Nava Kala Samithi" and other popular songs were played by keyboardist V. Seetharamaiah at the April 2013 Ghantasala Padya Sangeetha Vibhavari event at Kalabharathi Auditorium in [[Visakhapatnam]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Subrahmanyam |first=Velcheti |date=11 April 2013 |title=Musical treat |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/musical-treat/article4602420.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610152712/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/musical-treat/article4602420.ece |archive-date=10 June 2016 |access-date=10 June 2016 |work=The Hindu}}</ref>

'''Track listing'''<ref name="iTunes" />

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| all_lyrics = [[Pingali Nagendrarao]]
| title1 = Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu
| extra1 = Ghantasala
| length1 = 2:40
| title2 = Kalam Kaani Kalamlo
| extra2 = P. Leela, [[P. Susheela]]
| length2 = 3:25
| title3 = Rama Rama Saranam
| extra3 = P. Leela
| length3 = 2:02
| title4 = Nava Kala Samithi
| extra4 = Ghantasala
| length4 = 1:08
| title5 = Joharu Gaikonara
| extra5 = P. Leela
| length5 = 2:52
| title6 = Balidaanam
| extra6 = Ghantasala, P. Susheela
| length6 = 4:33
| title7 = Oh Panchavannela Chilaka
| extra7 = Ghantasala, Swarnalatha
| length7 = 2:53
| title8 = Yechati Nundi Veecheno
| extra8 = Ghantasala, P. Leela
| length8 = 2:41
| title9 = Sundarangulanu Choosina Velana
| extra9 = Ghantasala, A. M. Rajah, P. Leela
| length9 = 3:34
| title10 = Moogavaina Yemile
| extra10 = A. M. Rajah
| length10 = 2:10
| title11 = Chitra Naleeyam
| extra11 = Ghantasala, P. Leela
| length11 = 6:17
| title12 = Chinnari Choopulaku
| extra12 = A M Rajah
| length12 = 2:12
| title13 = Anandam Paramanandam
| extra13 = [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]], [[P. Leela]]
| length13 = 2:24
| title14 = Cheyi Cheyi Kaluparave
| extra14 = [[A. M. Rajah]], P. Leela
| length14 = 2:42
| title15 = Kaseeki Poyanu Ramahari
| extra15 = Ghantasala, Swarnalatha
| length15 = 2:54

}}

== Release, reception and legacy ==
''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu'' was released theatrically on 14 January 1959, during the [[Makar Sankranti|Makara Sankranti]] festival season.<ref name="ACPK BFP TH" /> With mediocre earnings during its first four weeks, the film became an above-average grosser.<ref name="ACPK BFP TH" /><ref name="ACPK nosta" /> Its re-release was profitable, and it became a Telugu cult film.<ref name="ACPK BFP TH" />

According to M. L. Narasimham of ''The Hindu'', Prasad's "deft handling" made the scenes "flow smoothly" despite the number of characters but the magic of ''[[Pelli Chesi Choodu]]'' (1952) and ''Missamma'' was missing from ''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu''.<ref name="ACPK BFP TH" /> In their ''Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema'', Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen wrote that the film "stages the victory of nationalist-modern alliance over decadent feudalism"; Ramaiah's scenes are its "most remarkable sections", giving a "semblance of unity" to a plot they found "barely coherent".<ref name="RW2014" /> K. Moti Gokulsing and Wimal Dissanayake wrote that ''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu'', ''Missamma'', ''[[Gundamma Katha]]'' (1962) and ''[[Ramudu Bheemudu]]'' (1964) "represented the scope comedy had in the 1950s and 60s."<ref name="GD2013" />

In September 2006, a postage stamp commemorating Prasad was issued in [[Hyderabad]]. M. L. Narasimham, in an article about the honour, listed ''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu'' with ''[[Shavukaru]]'' (1950), ''[[Samsaram (1950 film)|Samsaram]]'' (1950), ''Pelli Chesi Choodu'', ''Manohara'', ''Missamma'' and others as acclaimed films by the director after the release of ''[[Mana Desam]]'' (1949) and his association with Vijaya Productions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |date=8 September 2006 |title=A leader and a visionary |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/a-leader-and-a-visionary/article3230624.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110034602/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/a-leader-and-a-visionary/article3230624.ece |archive-date=10 November 2015 |access-date=11 June 2016 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> ''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu'' was one of the popular 1950s films featuring [[Ramana Reddy]] and Relangi Venkata Ramaiah, whom film historian Punnami Ravi Chandra termed the [[Laurel and Hardy]] of Telugu cinema at the time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pasupulate |first=Karthik |date=30 March 2013 |title=8 decades of laughter |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/8-decades-of-laughter/articleshow/19293176.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611040723/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/8-decades-of-laughter/articleshow/19293176.cms |archive-date=11 June 2016 |access-date=11 June 2016 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> [[Relangi Narasimha Rao]]{{'s}} 2008 comedy film of the same name, starring [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 June 2008 |title=Friends indeed! |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Friends-indeed/articleshow/3153455.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611041223/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Friends-indeed/articleshow/3153455.cms |archive-date=11 June 2016 |access-date=11 June 2016 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> was a commercial failure.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 December 2008 |title=A peek at how actors fared in 2008! |url=http://www.sify.com/youth/fullstory.php?id=14827672 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611042121/http://www.sify.com/youth/fullstory.php?id=14827672 |archive-date=11 June 2016 |access-date=11 June 2016 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>

== Digitisation plans ==
In late November 2007, [[Hyderabad]]-based Goldstone Technologies acquired the [[Photographic film|film-negative]] rights to 14 Telugu films produced by Vijaya Vauhini Studios (including ''Mayabazar'' and ''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu'') to produce digitally-remastered versions in colour.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 November 2007 |title=Old classics in colour soon |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/old-classics-in-colour-soon/article1953295.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528121554/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/old-classics-in-colour-soon/article1953295.ece |archive-date=28 May 2015 |access-date=9 November 2015 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> Although the remastered, colourised version of ''Mayabazar'' was released in January 2010 and performed well in theatres, Goldstone decided not to remaster the remaining 13 films. According to the company, most of the producers who sold their negative rights to television networks relinquished control of them and the legal ownership and copyright issues proved insurmountable.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=Hemanth |date=11 February 2014 |title=Preserving Tollywood's timeless classics |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Preserving-Tollywoods-timeless-classics/articleshow/30226239.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528121550/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Preserving-Tollywoods-timeless-classics/articleshow/30226239.cms |archive-date=28 May 2015 |access-date=9 November 2015 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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<ref name="GD2013">{{Cite book |last1=Gokulsing |first1=K. Moti |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QwGgF-rDucEC |title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas |last2=Dissanayake |first2=Wimal |author-link2=Wimal Dissanayake |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-415-67774-5 |pages=139}}</ref>
<ref name="ACPK BFP TH">{{Cite news |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |date=20 August 2015 |title=Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu (1959) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/appu-chesi-pappu-koodu-1959/article7561720.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609161335/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/appu-chesi-pappu-koodu-1959/article7561720.ece |archive-date=9 June 2016 |access-date=9 June 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
<ref name="ACPK nosta">{{Cite web |last=APK |date=17 January 2008 |title=Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu (1959) |url=http://www.cinegoer.net/appuchesipappukoodu.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609161554/http://www.cinegoer.net/appuchesipappukoodu.htm |archive-date=9 June 2016 |access-date=9 June 2016 |website=Cinegoer.net}}</ref>
<ref name="KVK BFP TH">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=19 December 2015 |title=Kadan Vaangi Kalyanam (1958) |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/blast-from-the-past-kadan-vaangi-kalyanam-1958/article8008280.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609161452/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/blast-from-the-past-kadan-vaangi-kalyanam-1958/article8008280.ece |archive-date=9 June 2016 |access-date=9 June 2016 |work=The Hindu}}</ref>
<ref name="RW2014">{{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |author-link2=Paul Willemen |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] and [[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=353 |orig-date=1994}}</ref>
<ref name="Credits">{{Cite AV media |title=Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu |medium=motion picture |language=Telugu |publisher=[[Vijaya Vauhini Studios]] |year=1959 |time=00:00:00 to 00:02:57 |time-caption=From}}</ref>
<ref name="iTunes">{{Cite web |date=1 December 1959 |title=Appuchesi Pappukoodu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/appuchesi-pappukoodu-original/id913969818 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610153403/https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/appuchesi-pappukoodu-original/id913969818 |archive-date=10 June 2016 |access-date=10 June 2016 |website=[[iTunes Store]]}}</ref>

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Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu - Revision history

Smartkabadi at 04:58, 5 March 2026