Vichitra Bandham () is a 1972 Telugu-language drama film, produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao under the Annapurna Pictures banner and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Vanisri, with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film was based on the Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani novel Vijetha.

Plot

Madhav and Sandhya are college mates. Sandhya is a daughter of an arrogant rich man, Aadi Narayana Rao. Once Madhav insults Sandhya before everyone in the college and to take revenge she fools Madhav with her act of love and in his rage of anger, Madhav kidnaps and molests her, as a result, Sandhya becomes pregnant. Sandhya's family is affected by this incident and her father kills himself, her brother becomes crippled and loses their entire wealth. She goes to reside in an ancient property in the village. Due to guilt, Madhav leaves for abroad, at that time Sandhya gives birth to a baby boy and puts the child in an orphanage. After few years, Madhav returns from abroad and he accidentally meets Sandhya in the village and learns the entire story. The rest of the story is what strange attachments develop and how their lives change.

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Cast

Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Madhav

Vanisri as Sandhya

S. V. Ranga Rao as Aadi Narayana Rao

V. Nagayya as Father Dayanidhi

Gummadi as Ahobila Rao

Satyanarayana as Akbar

Allu Ramalingaiah as Chalapathi

Padmanabham as Chitti Babu

Raja Babu as Babji

Bhanu Prakash as Gopal Rao

Anjali Devi as Shanthamma

Suryakantam as Kantham

Rama Prabha as Bhagyam

Radha Kumari as Kantham

Lila Rani as Jyoti

Y. Vijaya as Lilly

Crew

Art: G. V. Subba Rao

Choreography: Heeralal, Sundaram, Taara

Fights: Raghavulu

Dialogues: Acharya Aatreya

Lyrics: Acharya Aatreya, Dasaradhi, Kosaraju

Playback: Ghantasala, V. Ramakrishna, P. Susheela

Music: K. V. Mahadevan

Story: Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani

Editing: M. S. Mani

Cinematography: P. S. Selvaraj

Producer: D. Madhusudhana Rao

Screenplay - Director: Adurthi Subba Rao

Banner: Annapurna Pictures

Release Date: 1972

Soundtrack

Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Music released on Audio Company.

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Other

VCDs and DVDs on - VOLGA Videos, Hyderabad

References

Indian drama films

Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan

Films based on Indian novels

Films directed by Adurthi Subba Rao

Films based on novels by Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani

1972 drama films

1972 films

Vichitra Bandham