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{{short description|1961 film directed by Kotayya Pratyagatma}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Bharya Bhartalu
| image = Bharya Bhartalu.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release Poster
| director = [[K. Pratyagatma]]
| producer = A. V. Subba Rao
| writer = [[Sri Sri (writer)|Sri Sri]]<br />Pitcheswara Rao {{small|(dialogues)}}
| story = Dr. K. Tripura Sundari
| screenplay = K. Pratyagatma
| starring = [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]]<br />[[Krishna Kumari (actress)|Krishna Kumari]]
| music = [[S. Rajeswara Rao]]
| cinematography = C. Nageswara Rao
| editing = A. Sanjeevi
| studio = [[Prasad Art Pictures]]
| distributor = Navayuga Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1961|3|31}}
| runtime = 159 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
}}

'''''Bharya Bhartalu''''' ({{translation|Wife and Husband}}) is a 1961 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]], produced by A. V. Subba Rao under the [[Prasad Art Pictures]] banner and directed by [[K. Pratyagatma]]. It stars [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] and [[Krishna Kumari (actress)|Krishna Kumari]], with music composed by [[S. Rajeswara Rao]]. The film was adapted from the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] novel ''Pennmanam'' by Lakshmi Tripurasundari.<ref name="remake">{{Cite news |date=28 April 2016 |title=Bharya Bharthalu (1961) |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/bharya-bharthalu-1961/article8532431.ece |url-status=live |access-date=1 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221085810/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/bharya-bharthalu-1961/article8532431.ece |archive-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> It was remade in [[Malayalam]] as ''[[Abhimaanam]]'' (1975).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Menon |first=Ajay |date=15 December 2010 |title=Old is Gold: Remakes from other languages (than Tamil) |url=http://oldmalayalam.blogspot.com/2010/12/remakes-from-other-languages-than-tamil.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129171214/http://oldmalayalam.blogspot.com/2010/12/remakes-from-other-languages-than-tamil.html |archive-date=29 January 2021 |access-date=14 July 2021 |website=Old is Gold}}</ref> The movie was also remade in Tamil as ''[[Iruvar Ullam (1963 film)|Iruvar Ullam]]'' (1963) and in Hindi as ''Hamrahi ''(1963) - both of which completed 25 weeks run.<ref name="remake" />

== Plot ==
The film begins with Public Prosecutor Dharma Rao, a paterfamilias at the forefront of high esteem in society. He lives with his wife, Manikyamma, two sons advocate Ramanandam, & Anand, and a daughter, Sarala. Anand studies in Madras, spends his life frolicking, and becomes a playboy. During that time, Hemalatha, one of his girlfriends, who traps several men for her aspirations, blackmails Anand to marry her, but he cuts loose. So, she informs Dharma Rao when he becomes furious and sends his brother-in-law Venakataratham to resolve the problem. At that juncture, Venkataratnam discovers that Hema has an affair with a callow, Anjaneyulu. So, he ceases her and rotates Anand back.

Therein, he starts a new play when he gets acquainted with a school teacher, Sarada, and truly falls for her. Parallelly, a glimpse, Sarada is the daughter of court clerk Sivakamaiah, who stays with his second wife, Kanakam, and her father, Kutumbaiah, a lazy berg who constantly suffers from him with his naughty deeds. Fortuitously, Sarada joins tuition at Sarala, where she is surprised to see Anand. Once Anand expresses his love, which she denies when he challenges her to marry her. The incident libeled Sarada and compelled her to marry Anand. Soon after, Sarada professes he could nearly win the heart when anguished. Anand replies that until he does so, he will not touch her.

Meanwhile, Hema marries Anjaneyulu on papers and shifts to Visakhapatnam, unwittingly joining as a tenant in the house of Anand's friend Gopinath, and she fastens fling with him, too. Just after, Sarada tries to accept Anand, but the rift increases due to his past life. Moreover, Hema creates turbulence between the couple, leading to Sarada's ailing. Thereupon, Hema reaches Anand's house, showers her fake love for him for money, and denigrates Sarada when Anand rebukes and necks her. At that moment, Sarada overhears the conversation and realizes her husband's nobility.

Besides, Sivakamaiah annoyed & boots his father-in-law when he accommodated himself in a hotel. At the same time, Anjaneyulu recognizes the promiscuous nature of Hema and is enraged with avenge, so he ruses as if he moved to a camp but holds back in a hotel along with Subbaiah. Right now, discovering Anand & Gopi are friends, Hema falsifies Anand and makes him land there when a quarrel erupts. Exploiting it, Anjaneyulu backstabs Hema, in which Anand is indicted. Here, Dharma Rao prosecutes the case, and Ramanandam takes up the defense counsel when Kutumbaiah reveals the presence of Anjaneyulu in the city. At last, Sarada, with her willpower, enacts a mask play and rescues her husband from death's door. Finally, the movie ends happily with the couple's reunion.

== Cast ==
*[[Akkineni Nageshwara Rao]] as Anand
*[[Krishna Kumari (actress)|Krishna Kumari]] as Sarada
*[[Relangi (actor)|Relangi]] as Lawyer Ramanandham
*[[Ramana Reddy]] as Sivakamaiah
*[[Gummadi (actor)|Gummadi]] as Public Prosecutor Dharma Rao
*[[B. Padmanabham|Padmanabham]] as Anjaneyulu
*[[Chadalavada Kutumba Rao|Chadalavada]] as Kutumbaiah
*[[Allu Ramalingaiah]] as Train Passenger
*[[Suryakantam (actress)|Suryakantam]] as Tayaru
*[[Girija (actress)|Girija]] as Hema
*[[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanti]] as Kamala
*Sandhya as Kanakam
*[[Nirmalamma]] as Manikyamma
*[[Kusalakumari]] special appearance in the song "Ranga rangeli"
*[[Hemalatha (Telugu actress)|Hemalatha]]

== Soundtrack ==
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| name = Bharya Bhartalu
| type = film
| artist = [[S. Rajeswara Rao]]
| cover =
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| released = 1961
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| length = 24:21
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Music composed by [[S. Rajeswara Rao]]. Music released on [[Saregama|His Master's Voice]].
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!S. No!!Song title !!Lyrics !!Singers !!length
|-
|1
|"Jooruga Hoosharuga"
|Sri Sri
|[[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]]
|4:09
|-
|2
|"O Sukumara"
|[[Sri Sri (writer)|Sri Sri]]
|Ghantasala, [[P. Susheela]]
|3:57
|-
|3
|"Madhuram Madhuram"
|Sri Sri
|Ghantasala, P. Susheela
|4:29
|-
|4
|"Emani Padedano Eevela"
|Sri Sri
|P. Susheela
|2:53
|-
|5
|"Ranga Rangeli"
| Arudra
|P. Susheela
|2:52
|-
|6
|"Choosi Choosi Kallu"
|[[Kosaraju Raghavaiah|Kosaraju]]
|Ghantasala, [[Jikki]]
|3:04
|-
|7
|"Kanakamma"
|Kosaraju
|[[Madhavapeddi Satyam]], Swarnalata
|2:57
|}

== Awards ==
The film won [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu]] in 1962 at [[9th National Film Awards]].<ref name="9thaward">{{Cite web |title=9th National Film Awards |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202115652/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=2 December 2016 |publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]] |accessdate=8 September 2011}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0213515}}
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Telugu}}

[[Category:1961 films]]
[[Category:Best Telugu Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films directed by Kotayya Pratyagatma]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao]]
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]

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