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Ammalakkalu (English: Mothers & Sisters) is a 1953 Telugu, drama film, produced by Lena Chettiar on Krishna Pictures banner^[2] and directed by D. Yoganand in his directorial debut^[3] while L. V. Prasad has taken care of supervision.^[4] Starring N. T. Rama Rao, Padmini in the lead roles^[5] and music composed by C. R. Subburaman & Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy.^[6] The film was simultaneously made as Tamil as Marumagal.^[7]

Plot

Ammalakalu means few women in the neighborhood peep into others houses who carries the information from one home to another to create misunderstandings and enjoy themselves. Ramaiah (B. R. Panthulu) & Kistaiah (D. Balasubramanyam) are farmers and good friends. Ramaiah’s family is wife Sugunamma (Rushyendramani) and two sons Sundar (Amarnath), Kumar (N. T. Rama Rao) and a daughter Rupa (Surabhi Balasaraswathi) who are struggling for daily needs. His relative tells him to start a small contract business in the town. Ramaiah discusses with Kistaiah regarding this matter, he mortgages his wife’s jewelry and gives money to Ramaiah. Ramaiah settles in the town and returns the debt and promises Kishtaiah that they will make his daughter Usha's (Padmini) marriage with his son Kumar. Ramaiah takes his sons to town for education. Meanwhile, these Ammalakkalutells her that if her father also does business she too can go to town for education. Kistaiah gets offended by these words. So he also starts to town and joins her in the same school. Years roll by, Kumar & Usha grows up and starts loving each other. Sugunamma marries elder son Sundar to Santha (Lalitha) a Shrew. In the marriage, Sugunamma listens to Ammalakalu’s words and refuses the marriage of Kumar with Usha and insults Kistaiah’s wife. Kistaiah became furious and leaves the venue and brings back Usha to the village. Usha & Kumar get registered marriage with the help of friends. Kishtiah calls the police to arrest Kumar but they refuse, being this a registered marriage. Ramaiah takes Kumar & Usha to his house. Usha lands up in the very difficult situation. Sugunamma & Santha are very cold towards her. Simultaneously, Kumar leaves abroad for higher studies and Usha faces a lot of torture in her in-law's house. Rest of the story how she get rid of these problems and reunited the family.

Cast

• N. T. Rama Rao as Kumar
• Padmini as Usha
• Lalitha as Shanta
• Relangi as Riyo
• Amarnath as Sundar
• Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah as Achchaiah
• B. R. Panthulu as Rammaiah
• D. Balasubramanyam as Kishtaiah
• Suryakantham as Seshamma
• Rushyendramani as Sugunamma
• Surabhi Kamalabai as Parvathi
• Surabhi Balasaraswathi as Rupa

Crew

• Art: Thota
• Choreography: Vempati
• Stills: Naad
• Story — Dialogues: Vempati Sadasivabrahmam
• Lyrics: Samudrala Jr
• Playback:
• Music: C. R. Subburaman, Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
• Editing: Nataraja Moiliyar
• Cinematography: Bomman Irani
• Producer: Lena Chettiar
• Direction Supervision: L. V. Prasad
• Screenplay — Director: D. Yoganand
• Banner: Krishna Pictures
• Release Date: 12 March 1953

Soundtrack

Music composed by C. R. Subburaman & Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. Lyrics were written by Samudrala Jr. Music released by Audio Company.