Aggi Pidugu

Aggi Pidugu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	B. Vittalacharya
Written by	G. K. Murthy (dialogues)
Screenplay by	B. Vittalacharya
Story by	B. Vittalacharya
Based on	The Corsican Brothers by Alexandre Dumas
Produced by	B. Vittalacharya
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao Krishna Kumari Rajasree
Cinematography	Ravikant Nagaich
Edited by	K. Govinda Swamy A. Mohan
Music by	Rajan–Nagendra
Production company	Sri Vital Combines
Release date	31 July 1964 (1964-07-31) [1]
Running time	124 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Aggi Pidugu (transl. Fire and Thunder) is a 1964 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler film, produced and directed by B. Vittalacharya under the Sri Vital Combines banner. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Krishna Kumari and Rajasree, with music composed by Rajan–Nagendra.^[2] The film is based on the 1844 French novella The Corsican Brothers, written by Alexandre Dumas. The film was dubbed into Tamil with the title Veeraadhi Veeran and released in the same year.^[3]

Plot

Once upon on time a kingdom ruled by King Mahendra, his younger brother Veerendra hoped he would inherit the throne because his brother is childless. However, Veerendra is disappointed as Mahendra is blessed with twins in his later life. Since the infants are conjoined, it was thought they wouldn't survive. However, a British doctor in Royal employment came to the rescue and separated them by surgery. The boys are named Raja and Madhav. On their naming ceremony day, Veerendra suddenly attacks and slaughters his brother & sister-in-law and also tries to kill the twins. But the latter was hidden from his eyes by Veerayya, a personal servant of Mahendra and the doctor. Unable to find the kids, Veerendra sets the palace on fire assuming the children are still inside. Staring at the palace on fire, and with tearful eyes, Veerayya and Doctor vow to raise the twins into adulthood and secure them their royal throne. With a fear that the twins living together would raise suspicion, the Doctor keeps with him the elder boy Madhav. Veerayya takes Raja with him to rear him in the forest.

Years roll by, and Raja & Madhav have a strange bond between them when Madhav undergoes a certain feeling, the other also is affected. Raja falls in love with a village belle called Roja, whereas Madhav imbibes modern habits and wins the heart of a girl called Malathi. Veerendra's excesses know no bounds; he usurped the throne. One day, Raja angrily rushes into the royal court in its full session after knowing that Veerendra's soldiers had tormented the villagers. Raja beats Veerendra's henchmen to a pulp and frees his men from the village. Veerendra was aghast wondering about the young man striking like thunder. Veerayya asks the doctor what should be done, out of his fear that Veerendra has seen Raja. It is time for the reunion of the brothers. They will have to claim their rights. With these points in mind, Veerayya and the doctor introduced the siblings to each other in front of their parents’ cemeteries. They embrace each other while pledging to bring peace to the souls who perished in the ashes of the palace fire. Raja rushes to the fort to kill Veerendra. As his efforts to appease Raja go in vain, Madhav runs after him intervenes, and requests his uncle to justly and peacefully surrender their kingdom. In the meantime, Vedanda, the right-hand of Veerendra throws a knife at Raja that falls him to the ground. Watching all this, Madhav turns wild and makes everyone helpless, and retreats from the scene along with his brother.

Veerendra is left clueless about how his brother's sons are alive. So, he sends Vedanda to find the twins' whereabouts. Madhav and the doctor are just retreating after having dressed Raja's wounds. Vedanda happened to come there while he is on the hunt for the twins. Then, Madhav sees Vedanta and his followers insulting the modesty of lonesome Madhav. He thrashed and chased them away. The doctor happened to see them when they were fleeing. The doctor dutifully tends to their wounds. Veerendra gets suspicious after learning the above. He wondered what a doctor has anything to do with the forest. He thought that the doctor had something to do with some treason. He made a vain attempt to reach the doctor's home to find out the truth. But he forgets; he came there once and saw Malathi. She came there to see Madhav. Veerendra decides to marry, whatever the case. He learns that she is the daughter of Rangaraju, who is one of his staff. He goes to Rangaraju's house along with his soldiers. When Malathi declined his love proposal, Veerendra secured their house with his soldiers and kept them under house arrest. Madhav learned about this and goes there in disguise and releases them intact. Madhav takes Malathi to Veerayya to provide shelter. Veerendra finds out about the foul play and sends his soldiers to get Malathi. Raja sees Malathi for the first time, he feels her as his dream girl and tries to advance with her. Veerayya scolds him and tells him that she is the fiancé of his brother Madhav. Raja starts hating himself, he goes to the doctor's house and asks him to give him poison. The Doctor interacts with him by telling the unique strange relationship between the brothers and reminds him of their debt. Malathi is frightened of seeing Raja and flees. Vedenda captures her and takes her to Veerendra. Meanwhile, Madhav could not find Malathi, suspects his brother Raja and both start fighting. Roja comes and says that Malathi escaped. Madhav starts to rescue Malathi. Veerendra decides to marry Malathi, he also captivates the Doctor and Veerayya. Now Madhav enters the scene as a diamond merchant and gains the confidence of Veerendra. During the time of the marriage, Madhav snatches the wedding chain from Veerendra's hand and unties Malathi. Veerendra arrests him and starts beating him. Raja comes to his rescue and both of them stamp out Veerendra. The movie ends with the marriages of Madhav & Malathi, and Raja & Roja.

Cast

• N. T. Rama Rao as Raja & Madhav (dual role)
• Krishna Kumari as Malathi
• Rajasree as Roja
• Rajanala as Veerendrudu
• V. Nagayya as Veeraiah
• Satyanarayana as Vedanda
• Mukkamala as Doctor
• Balakrishna
• Maduukuri Satyam
• Jayanthi
• Brundavana Chowdary

Soundtrack

Music composed by Rajan–Nagendra. The song Emo Emo Idhi is a blockbuster. Music released by AVM Audio Company.

References

External links

• Amaidhi kollaamal on YouTube - A song sung by S. Janaki and L. R. Eswari from the Tamil version film

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