{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Pooja Phalam | image = Pooja Phalam.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = B. N. Reddy | writer = D. V. Narasa Raju {{small|(dialogues)}} | screenplay = B. N. Reddy | based_on = {{based on|''Poojari''|Munipalle Raju}} | producer = Daggupathi Lakshminarayana Chowdary | starring = Akkineni Nageswara Rao<br />Savitri<br />Jamuna | cinematography = U. Rajagopal | editing = | music = S. Rajeswara Rao | studio = Sri Sambu Pictures | released = {{film date|df=y|1964|1|1}} | runtime = 156 minutes | country = India | language = Telugu | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Pooja Phalam''''' ({{Translation|Fruit of prayer}}) is a 1964 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed and co-written by B. N. Reddy. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri and Jamuna, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film is based on the novel ''Poojari'', written by Munipalle Raju.<ref name="BFTP">{{Cite news |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |date=19 May 2017 |title=Pujaphalamu (1964) |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/pujaphalamu-1964/article18500788.ece |access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=5 January 1964 |title=పూజా ఫలం |language=te |work=Visalaandhra |url=https://indiancine.ma/document/JVD/0,0,2550,3300 |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref>
==Plot== Zamindar Madhu is very gullible, and everyone mocks him. Once, he became acquainted with Vasanthi, who lives in a portion of his house. Vasanthi becomes very friendly to Madhu, which he misinterprets as love, but she treats him as a brother. Meanwhile, Madhu proceeds to higher studies, where he befriends Sriram. He makes several attempts to contact Vasanthi and eagerly waits for a reply. Soon after his return, he finds out Vasanthi and her family left the city, and their whereabouts are unknown. Madhu finds a letter from which he realizes Vasanthi's intention and gets deeply haunted. During that plight, Seeta, the daughter of his Manager Rama Krishnaiah, consoles and recoups him, whom he starts endearing. Parallelly, Govindaiah's coparcenary to Madhu's grandfather claims a case in the court for the property—the court handovers the property until the judgment is issued. So, Madhu must leave his mansion when Rama Krishnaiah shelters him. After a while, Madhu is on the edge to win the case. So, sly Govindaiah seeks to kill Madhu by an accident in which he loses his memory. Now, Sriram is a mental specialist, making serious efforts to regain his friend's memory but in vain. Anyway, Madhu triumphs over Govindaiah, and he is seized. Madhu goes back to his mansion, where he slightly remembers Vasanthi. Sriram & Rama Krishnaiah are in quest of her; favorably, she turns into Sriram's wife. At last, via Vasanthi, Sriram makes Madhu regain his sanity. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Madhu & Seeta.
==Cast== *Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Madhu<ref name="BFTP" /> *Savitri as Seeta<ref name="BFTP" /> *Jamuna as Vasanthi<ref name="BFTP" /> *Jaggayya as Sriram<ref name="BFTP" /> *Gummadi as Ramakrishnaiah<ref name="BFTP" /> *Relangi as Govinda Rao *Ramana Reddy as Govindaiah<ref name="BFTP" /> *Mikkilineni as Bheemudu *Peketi Sivaram as Nityanandam *Potti Prasad as Raja *L. Vijayalakshmi as Neela Nagini *Rajasree as Rani *Hemalatha as Vasanthi's mother *Chhaya Devi
==Soundtrack== {{Infobox album | name = Pooja Phalam | type = film | artist = S. Rajeswara Rao | cover = | alt = | released = 1964 | recorded = 27:38 | venue = | studio = | genre = Soundtrack | length = | label = EMI Columbia Audio | producer = S. Rajeswara Rao | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}
Music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pooja Phalamu (1964)-Song_Booklet |url=https://indiancine.ma/documents/CIB/info |access-date=24 August 2021 |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref> The track "Pagale Vennela" is set in Raga Hindolam/Malkauns. {|class="wikitable" |- !S. No.!!Song title !!Lyrics !!Singers !!length |- |1 |"Pagale Vennela Jagame Ooyala" |C. Narayana Reddy |S. Janaki |2:57 |- |2 |"Ninnaleni Andamedo" |C. Narayana Reddy |Ghantasala |4:03 |- |3 |"Endhu Dagi Unnavo" |Devulapalli |P. Susheela |2:03 |- |4 |"Madhana Manasayera" |C. Narayana Reddy |S. Janaki |2:56 |- |5 |"Neruthuno Ledho" |C. Narayana Reddy |P. Susheela |3:30 |- |6 |"Andhena Ee Chethula" |Devulapalli |P. Susheela |3:01 |- |7 |"O Basthi Doragaru" |Kosaraju |B. Vasantha, Basaveshwar |2:44 |- |8 |"Siva Dheeksha" |Ghanam Seenayya |S. Janaki |4:47 |- |9 |"Vasthavu Pothavu" |C. Narayana Reddy |B. Vasantha |1:37 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0266862}}
Category:1964 Telugu-language films Category:1964 Indian films Category:1964 films Category:Films based on Indian novels Category:Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao Category:Indian black-and-white films Category:Indian drama films Category:Films directed by B. N. Reddy