Premalu Pellillu

Premalu Pellillu is a 1974 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by D. Bhaskara Rao under the Sri Ananta Lakshmi Art Pictures banner and directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jayalalitha, and Sharada with music composed by M. S. Viswanathan.

Plot
Dr. Madhu is an idealist who holds high societal esteem. He loves & knits vainglory spendthrift Indira, for which his orthodox mother is half-hearted. Plus, a rift always arises between them because of divergent customs. Besides, an upright Raghavaiah resides in a village with his wife Janaki, son Mohan, and niece Anuradha / Radha. Raghavaiah desires to espouse Mohan with Anuradha despite the refusal of greedy Janaki. Once, Radha fractures her leg, and Madhu treats her. Next to Radha is Malathi, the daughter of a tycoon joins who is crippled in an accident. It severely declines her, whom Mohan consoles. From there, he becomes a frequent to her, and she yearns to wedlock him. Being materialistic, Mohan accepts it, which Raghavaiah enrages, but Janaki vocalizes her support, and Mohan bonds with Malathi. Following this agony, Radha walks to the town for a post, where she befriends Madhu’s cousin Saroja.

Time passed, and God blessed Madhu’s couple with two kids, but Indira’s sumptuous mindset remained the same, which he silently bears. Slowly, she dumps him into colossal debt & mortification. She also detests her progeny, not any beloved feelings, and disdains her mother-in-law. Things get worse when Madhu freaks out, and as a result, they file for a divorce. Heartache Madhu gets addicted to narcotic injections. Consequently, Radha arrives via Saroja, who revives his disintegrated family and showers motherly affection to the infants. Ergo, Madhu’s mother, wants to carry deuterogamy to her son. Madhu stipulates to Radha that she shall be a mother to his kids, not his spouse, to which she agrees, and they splice. From there, Radha adores her husband and strives to reform him despite his rebukes & discards.

Mohan is obsessed with wealth and overlooks his parents when Radha aids them, which makes Janaki regretful. Moreover, Raghavaiah turned terminally ill, and when Madhu was diagnosed, to underwent surgery. Just before he encounters Indira, who mocks him as impaired, Madhu again takes sedation. However, Radha, with her grit, enlightens him regardless of being beaten to death when his integrity emanates. Forthwith, he sets foot for Radha after accomplishing surgery, seeks pardon, and wholeheartedly receives her as his better half. Apart from this, Mohan continuously pesters Malathi for his luxuries, which her father withholds. So, he hustles for divorce and approaches Madhu for a fake certificate, being unbeknownst. Whereat, he detects and rectifies him with Radha and reunites the pair.

Meanwhile, remorseful Indira eats humble pie, craves for her children, and steps up when Radha conceives. Indira implores Radha to spend two days with the kiddies, which she approves in the absence of Madhu. Anyhow, they cannot stand in that atmosphere and abscond. Concurrently, Madhu returns to chastise Radha, which throws her into labor. Now Madhu & Indira hasten for the children. At last, Indira sacrifices her life while guarding them, and they admit her as a mother at the last breath. Finally, the movie ends happily with Radha delivering a baby girl.

Soundtrack
Music composed by M. S. Viswanathan. Music released on Audio Company.

Reception
On 25 January 1974, Griddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot gave a mixed review for the film. He termed it watchable, but criticized the poorly made romantic scenes and humour. Andhra Jyothi critic Bharadwaja in his review dated 14 January 1974 appreciated the performances and the soundtrack.