Eedu Jodu


Eedu Jodu is a 1963 Indian Telugu-language film produced and directed by K. B. Tilak. The film stars Jaggayya, Jamuna, Gummadi, Chalam and Manimala. It was released on 17 May 1963 and became a commercial success. The director remade the film in Hindi in 1971 as Kangan.

Plot

Shanta a village next door type homely girl, Dr.Venu and his mother Sundaramma coming back to their native place after years where they settled in Vizag for Venu's mbbs. Venu and Shanta are two childhood Sweethearts, and there parents promises each other at there childhood to tie knot to them when are at correct age. But, Sundaramma doesn't tolerate their closeness and she wants to do his son's marriage to Shoba who was well educated than Santha, and daughter of Rangamma and Veerayya. Rangamma has a family there who was her mother, brother Chalapathi and his son Anji, Chalam has a one sided love on his cousin Shoba, shoba also knows it so, she challenges him to pass out his graduation like her, then she will marry him, Anji accepts it. By the closeness of Venu and Santha, Sundaramma orders Venu to leave to Vizag, for his studies. He left. Sundaramma and Venu are be-loyal to Lakshmipathy was an alcoholic. Moreover,he was a close friend of Venu's late father and helps them at there low stage. For his gratitude Venu and his mother accepts, after completion of his course, he will practice his course in Sushila hospital. After, Venu leave to Vizag, Sundaramma came to Rangamma's house to fix Venu and Shoba's Marriage therefore, Sundaramma insults Parvathamma . Through that insult Parvathamma's health totally spoiled. So, Santha wrote a letter to Venu to help her. By, her presence Venu promises Parvathamma he will take care of Santha till his last breathe. Parvathamma dies atlast after listen to Venu words. However, Circumstances separate them again. By Rangamma, secretly set marriage to Santha by Lakshmipathy with the help of Chalapathi. Dislikely, Lakshmipathy also agreed to marry her because of his guru orders.Lakshmipathy was much older than Shanta, Forcefully, with the hands of Rangamma and his brother Chalapathi there marriage was done. Poor Venu doesn't know all this but, his mother knows it by Rangamma's letter. Santha takes promise by Lakshmipathy that he won't touch alcohol anymore onwards and Lakshmipathy stops taking alcohol. When Venu came back to his village he was shocked by listening Veerayya words at Rangamma's residency, that Santha was married to Lakshmipathy, by the presence of Rangamma and Chalapathi, Venu immediately went to Lakshmipathy's residency to ask about why she breaks the last wish of her late mother's and promisethey gave to her. Santha ignores his questions both insults each other for their faith. Misleads of Venu, Santha slaps Venu and he left from there. Venu decided to not be work in Lakshmipathy's hospital anymore. By request of Santha he canceled his thought and works in Lakshmipathy's hospital. Venu ignores Shoba all the time. Slowly, Shoba also understand his thoughts Venu. Atlast, Lakshmipathy knows the relation of Santha and Venu, and tries both to get close again by acting as sick. Santha catches his thoughts and say no to all this. Venu directly rejects Shoba and later,directly say no to Rangamma and Sundaramma that he won't marry Shoba. So, Rangamma takes this as insults and misleads Santha and Venu's relation. Sundaramma misunderstood Santha again and warns Santha, Lakshmipathy stops her and tell her to get lost. Afterall this scene, Santha orders Venu to marry Shoba, Venu disagree to Santha, by later on her request he dislikely accept it. Anji knows all this by Venu's assistant Ramalingachari that Shoba and Venu are getting marry. By saying to his father and grandmother he tries to stop their marriage, Rangamma disagrees to their request, Shoba also opened up about Anji and tell her mother, she wants to marry to Anji. Rangamma this time also disagreed. Chalapathi opened up a secret and Lakshmipathy orders him to reveal that secret to Santha as well. Chalapathi opened up to Santha that Santha was not married, which on that day, Rangamma tie auspicious thread to Santha by herself to take the help of Chalapathi by turns off the lights. Because, Lakshmipathy was not in a conscious which he fully drunk and Santha was not in conscious as well for her faith. After, hearing all this Santha devastated and commits Suicide, Lakshmipathy stops her. Convinces her to marry Venu, this time Santha accepts his request to marry Venu. How Rangamma plays the drama by turns off the light, like that Veerayya and Chalapathi turns off the lights and replace Anji in a place of Venu. Anji and Shoba married to each other by help of Veerayya and Chalapathi. In a temple Lakshmipathy arranges marriage to Venu and Santha. Rangamma and Sundaramma tries to stop that marriage by grouping up all the village people, to ask Santha as already a married women. Rangamma and Sundaramma and rest of the people try to stop the marriage, they doesn't listen to them. Rangamma asks Venu to stop all this, he replied very arrogantly this is your faith. Lakshmipathy order's Rangamma accept her mistake behalf of people. Rangamma accepts her mistake that on that day, she tied auspicious thread to Santha instead of Lakshmipathy. Lakshmipathy teach a lesson to Sundaramma and Rangamma by his words. Atlast, Sundaramma and Rangamma accepts their mistakes and happily helps Venu and Shanta's marriage. After, a lot of circumstances faces by Venu and Shanta to win their love, film happily ended by reunite of Venu and Santha by their marriage.

Cast

Production

Eedu Jodu was produced and directed by K. B. Tilak under Anupama Films, and written by S. R. Pinisetty. Cinematography was handled by V. V. Ram Chowdary, and editing by C. H. Venkateswara Rao. The film was the debut of Manimala, who played Sobha, in Telugu cinema. While some scenes were shot at Narasu Studios and Prasad Productions, Eedu Jodu was predominantly filmed in a bungalow owned by Tilak's friend, Ch. Subbarao in Nungambakkam, Madras. The song "Idhemi Lahiri Idhemi Gaaradi" was filmed at Mahabalipuram, and K. S. Prakash Rao directed the song "Pancharu Pancharu Pancharu" at Tilak's request as Tilak had other commitments. When Tilak contracted fever, he asked his friend Pratibha Sastri to direct a scene picturised on Venu and Santha to avoid production delays; Sastri agreed, and completed a day's work. A scene where Lakshmipathy asks Santha to remove her mangala sutra was found to be objectionable by G. P. Sastry of the Censor Board, so it was removed and replaced with a divorce scene.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Pendyala, and the lyrics were written by Aarudra.

Release and reception

Eedu Jodu was released on 17 May 1963, and became a commercial success. The film was remade in Hindi as Kangan, with Tilak again directing.