Sonta Ooru

Sonta Ooru (English: Native Village) is a 1956 Telugu, drama film, produced by G. Sadasivudu under the G.V.S. Productions banner and directed by E. S. N. Murthy. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Sowcar Janaki in the lead roles and  music composed by Ghantasala.

Plot
The film begins in a village, where Rayanam a farmer who lost his entire wealth in charities, he has three children, Madhav & Chinnabai and a daughter Aruna. Madhav returns to his village after completing his education and decides to take up the farming, so, he takes his blind friend Dasu's land on lease. Lakshmi is a milkwoman, adore Rayanam & Madhav as deities. Parallelly, Chinnabai quarrels with his father and starts a hotel by taking a loan from a widow Pitchamma. Pitchamma aspires to couple up her daughter Damayanti with Madhav despite he leaves the agriculture and moves to the city. At the same time, a doctor Damodaram Tripada/DDT lands at the village and falls for Damayanti. Meanwhile, Lakshmi loves Madhav but maintains silence due to fear, even helps them in their needs unknowingly. Learning it, Munsif of the village Dayanidhi questions Madhav when he becomes furious and questions Lakshmi, but later, through Dasu he realizes Lakshmi's love. On the other side, Rayanam fixes Aruna's alliance and obtains some amount on debt which is stolen by Chinnabai. Here Dasu's mother Chukamma exploits the situation and asks Rayanam to perform Aruna's espousal with Dasu, to which he refuses. Keeping the grudge in mind, Chukamma colludes with Pitchamma and both of them spread rumors against Madhav, Lakshmi & Aruna. On the occasion Deepavali, while Madhav is returning to the village, the men sent by Pitchamma attacks him. Eventually, DDT & Dayanidhi hits Lakshmi and Aruna tries to commit suicide. The rest of the story is how all of them escape from these hazardous situations.

Cast
N. T. Rama Rao as Madhav
Sowcar Janaki as Lakshmi
C.S.R. as Rayanam
Ramana Reddy 
Amarnath as Chinnabai
Vangara
Chadalavada
Rajasulochana as Aruna
Suryakantham
Hemalatha
Surabhi Kamalabai
Chandra Kumari

Crew
Art: Thota
Choreography: Vempati
Stills: B. V. Sivaiah
Story - Dialogues: Ravuru 
Lyrics: Ravuru, Samudrala Sr, Malldi, Gopalam 
Playback: Ghantasala, P. Leela, Jikki, J. V. Raghavulu
Music: Ghantasala
Editing: Kandaswamy
Cinematography: Vincent
Producer: G. Sadasivudu 
Screenplay - Director: E. S. N. Murthy
Banner: G.V.S. Productions
Release Date: 23 May 1956

Soundtrack

Music composed by Ghantasala. Music released by Audio Company.

References

Category:Indian films
Category:Indian drama films
Category:Films scored by Ghantasala