Naa Illu is a 1953 Telugu film produced and directed by Chittor V. Nagaiah

Chittor V. Nagaiah

Chitturu Nagayya or Chittor V. Nagaiah birth name - Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya was an Indian actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer of Telugu film industry, Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as ‘The...

. The story is written by Devulapalli Krishnasastri

Devulapalli Krishnasastri

Devulapalli Venkata Krishnasastri was a Telugu poet, playwright and translator. He is famously known as Andhra Shelley.-Early life:Krishnasastri was born in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India...

. It is simultaneously made in Tamil language as En Veedu with the same cast and crew.

The film had two dance sequences and full-length Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 songs sung by Meena Kapoor

Meena Kapoor

Meena Kapoor was a playback singer in Hindi cinema, who sang mainly during the 1940s and 1950s, singing hits such as "Rasiya Re Man Basiya Re" from Pardesi . She was a friend of the singer Geeta Dutt; the two had similar vocal styles....

.

The plot

The story is based on innocent people cheated by rich people. This film is about an ideal man Sivaram (Nagaiah), who lives happily with his wife (Raja Kumari) and two children. They like music very much and want to make their children musicians and singers. He is a responsible bank employee by profession. He goes to Bombay for financial transaction and gets money. He is trapped by Dhanaraj (Lingamurthy) and got into the attraction of beautiful Leela (Vedavati). He loses the bank money and gets into jail. By the time he returns, the family conditions are poor. He is even prepared to do some dirty jobs for the sake of his family. His children gets encouragement from Balananda Sangham and shines. He gets out of his problems and joins the family.

Cast

• Chittor V. Nagaiah
  Chittor V. Nagaiah
  Chitturu Nagayya or Chittor V. Nagaiah birth name - Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya was an Indian actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer of Telugu film industry, Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as ‘The...
  
  as Sivaram
• B. Jayamma
• T. N. Raja Kumari
• Mudigonda Lingamurthy
  Mudigonda Lingamurthy
  Mudigonda Lingamurthy, shortly Lingamurthy is a famous Character actor in Telugu drama and cinema and writer in South India.,-Life sketch:...
  
  as Dhanraj
• Girija
  Girija (actress)
  Girija is an early Telugu film actress and comedian of 1950 and 1960s. Her first movie is Kasturi Sivarao's Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha . She acted in many films with Relangi Venkataramaiah and became famous hit comedian pair...
  
  
• Vedavathi (debut) as Leela
• Rama Sharma
• Chhaya Devi
  Chhaya Devi
  Chhaya Devi or Chhaya Debi was an Indian film actress. She has acted in hundreds of Bengali, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language movies for over five decades and played many character roles...
  
  
• Doraiswamy

Crew

• Director: Chittor V. Nagaiah
  Chittor V. Nagaiah
  Chitturu Nagayya or Chittor V. Nagaiah birth name - Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya was an Indian actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer of Telugu film industry, Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as ‘The...
  
  
• Writer: Devulapalli Venkata Krishna Sastri
• Producer: Chittor V. Nagaiah
  Chittor V. Nagaiah
  Chitturu Nagayya or Chittor V. Nagaiah birth name - Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya was an Indian actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer of Telugu film industry, Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as ‘The...
  
  
• Production Company: Our India Films
• Original Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
  Chittor V. Nagaiah
  Chitturu Nagayya or Chittor V. Nagaiah birth name - Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya was an Indian actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer of Telugu film industry, Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as ‘The...
  
  
• Assistant Composer: Addepalli Rama Rao
• Cinematography: M. A. Rehman
• Playback singers: Meena Kapoor
  Meena Kapoor
  Meena Kapoor was a playback singer in Hindi cinema, who sang mainly during the 1940s and 1950s, singing hits such as "Rasiya Re Man Basiya Re" from Pardesi . She was a friend of the singer Geeta Dutt; the two had similar vocal styles....
  
  , M. L. Vasantha Kumari, M. S. Rama Rao and Chittor V. Nagaiah
  Chittor V. Nagaiah
  Chitturu Nagayya or Chittor V. Nagaiah birth name - Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya was an Indian actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer of Telugu film industry, Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as ‘The...
  
  

Songs

• Adigadigo Gagana Seema Andamaina Chandamama Adigo-1 (in Saaranga Ragam) (Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishnasastri)
• Adigadigo Gagana Seema Andamaina Chandamama Adigo-2 (in Saaranga Ragam) (Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishnasastri)
• Gobbillo Gobbillo Vachenamma Sankranthi (Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishnasastri)
• Pommu Bayaluderi Ika Pommu Bayaluderi (Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishnasastri)
• Raara Maa Intidaka
• Ravamma Ravamma Ratanala Bomma (Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishnasastri)
• Vinnara Janulara Veenulara Sri Ramakatha (Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishnasastri)

En Veedu

Tamil version of Naa Illu film is En Veedu.
Tamil writer Sandilyan

Sandilyan

Sandilyan or Chandilyan is the Pen name of Bhashyam Iyengar, a noted Tamil writer of Historical fiction. He is known for his historical romance and adventure novels, often set in the times of the Chola and Pandya empires.-Early life:...

wrote the dialogues.

External links

• Naa Illu film at IMDb.