{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox film | name = Pempudu Koothuru | image = Pempudu Koothuru.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | screenplay = D. V. Narasa Raju | story = Iraa Shanmugam | producer = B. R. Panthulu | director = B. R. Panthulu | starring = N. T. Rama Rao<br />Sowcar Janaki<br />Devika | music = T. G. Lingappa | cinematography = V. Ram Murthy | editing = D. Devaraju | studio = Padmini Pictures | released = {{Film date|df=y|1963|2|6}} | runtime = 158 mins | country = India | language = Telugu | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Pempudu Koothuru''''' ({{Translation|Foster Daughter}}) is a 1963 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced and directed by B. R. Panthulu. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Sowcar Janaki, Devika with music composed by T. G. Lingappa.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rardhakrishna |date=10 February 1963 |title=చిత్రసమీక్ష: పెంపుడుకూతురు |language=te |trans-title=Film Review: Pempudu Koothuru |pages=10 |work=Andhra Prabha |url=https://media.indiancine.ma/documents/EVL/Pempudu_Kuthuru_(1963)_Review.jpg |url-status=live |access-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114130557/https://media.indiancine.ma/documents/EVL/Pempudu_Kuthuru_%281963%29_Review.jpg |archive-date=14 November 2020}}</ref> The film was simultaneously made in Kannada as ''Saaku Magalu'' by the same banner and director.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=British Film Institute and Oxford University Press |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=639 |author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author-link2=Paul Willemen |orig-date=1994}}</ref>
== Plot == Raghu & Tirupati are vagabond father & son and spend their life frolicking. Uma, the sister of Raghu, a schoolteacher, & a classical singer, preserve the family. Parallelly, affluent Dasavataram leads a delightful life with his wife & two children, Vasu & Manjula. Once, Raghu rags Manjula whenever they meet, and she declares him a hooligan. Ahead, Vasu becomes a stan of Uma's tune, and both fall in love. Though Dasavataram's family agrees to the nuptial, Manjula rejects discerning Uma as Raghu's sibling. So, Uma decides to quit when her mother, Sitamma, claims her as their foster. Then, Uma oaths to be unmarried until they put their family right. After that, Tirupati ruses to knit Uma with an old tycoon, Simhachalam, for his wealth. Whereat, Raghu senses the morality of Uma, transforms, and performs Uma's splice with Vasu. Forthwith, Vasu leaves abroad, and in a tragedy, Manjula loses her eyesight due to Uma's fault when everyone indicts her. To protect his sister's grace, Raghu weds Manjula by dramatizing as dumb. Soon after, the truth breaks out when Manjula attempts suicide. Scrutinizing it, Raghu exits, and her in-laws discard Uma despite being pregnant. Manjula's parents shift her to Bangalore for treatment, where Raghu lands; unbeknownst to her, he serves her. Uma is secured by a wise, and she gives birth to a baby boy. Meanwhile, Manjula recoups her vision, comprehends Raghu's righteousness, and proceeds for him. Coincidentally, Raghu shields Uma's child from danger and joins her when Vasu also backs. Finally, the movie ends happily.
== Cast == *N. T. Rama Rao as Raghu *Sowcar Janaki as Manjula *Devika as Uma *Haranath as Vaasu *Relangi as Dasavataram R *Ramana Reddy as Tirupati *Balakrishna as Shankaram *Malathi as Seetamma *Kutty Padmini *Y. V. Raju *Lanka Satyam as Simhachalam
== Soundtrack == {{Infobox album | name = Pempudu Koothuru | type = film | artist = T. G. Lingappa | cover = | alt = | released = 1963 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Soundtrack | length = 23:19 | label = | producer = T. G. Lingappa | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}
Music composed by T. G. Lingappa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pempudu Kuthuru (1963)-Song_Booklet |url=https://indiancine.ma/documents/DGY/info |access-date=23 January 2021 |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref> {|class="wikitable" |- !S. No.!!Song title !!Lyrics !!Singers !!length |- |1 |"Cheppina Maatenanuko" |Kosaraju |Ghantasala |2:56 |- |2 |"Kannula Vindav Andaalu" |Anishetty |P. B. Srinivas, P. Susheela |3:24 |- |3 |"Jeevana Raagam" |Anishetty |S. Janaki |3:15 |- |4 |"Nee Jaada Kananaitiraa" |C. Narayana Reddy |P. Leela |4:50 |- |5 |"Naaku Kanulu Levu" |C. Narayana Reddy |P. Susheela |3:43 |- |6 |"Evi Veluturulevi" |C. Narayana Reddy |Ghantasala |3:21 |- |7 |"Naaku Kanulu Levu" (Sad) |C. Narayana Reddy |P. Susheela |1:50 |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb title|0250650}} {{B. R. Panthulu}}
Category:Indian drama films Category:Indian multilingual films Category:Films directed by B. R. Panthulu Category:Films scored by T. G. Lingappa Category:1963 multilingual films Category:1963 drama films Category:Indian black-and-white films