Runanubandham
Runanubandham () is a 1960 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by P. Adinarayana Rao under the Anjali Pictures banner and directed by Vedantam Raghavayya. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi, and music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao. This film had its beginning sequence in Gevacolor.

Plot
Lakshmi is an orphan who lives in a village, and Subbanna a local goon dotes on her as his sibling. Meanwhile, Zamindar Pratap Rao converts his property into gold, due to the land ceiling act and decides to leave the city. Unfortunately, their house catches fire in which Zamindar dies, his wife Kantham & son Raghu are rescued by Lakshmi. Before breathes her last, Kantham reveals her ambition to mold her son as a doctor when Lakshmi words to fulfill her dream. Following, she shifts to the city to join Raghu in the school and strives as a maid at a school teacher Narasimham's residence. Here Suryam the nephew of the headmaster falls for her and he too decides to participate in her responsibility. Now, Subbanna digs out the hidden treasure from the burnt house, hands over it to Govt, and finds the whereabouts of Lakshmi & Raghu. Until then Pratap Rao's cousin Veerabhadraiah seizes the property and the concerned authorities deny Subbanna's words when self-esteem Lakshmi quits. Parallelly, Narasimham's wife Gajalakshmi learns about the love affair of Lakshmi & Suryam. So, she attributes an illicit relationship between Lakshmi & Subbanna and knits Suryam with her daughter Padma. Knowing it, enraged Subbanna seeks to kill Gajalakshmi and lands in jail. Currently, Lakshmi stands up with courage and toils to fulfill her aim. Years roll by, and Lakshmi carves Raghu a doctor, and aspires to construct a hospital to serve the destitute. Besides, Veerabhadraiah detects the existence of Raghu. Hence, he intrigues to slay him. Parallelly, Subbanna acquits and divulges the ruse of Gajalakshmi. Forthwith, Suryam rushes for Lakshmi, and by that time, Veerabhadraiah abducts Lakshmi & Raghu. Suryam & Subbanna rescues them, in which Lakshmi dies while guarding Raghu. Finally, the movie ends with Raghu constructing a memorial hospital in the name of Lakshmi.

Cast
Anjali Devi as Lakshmi
Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Suryam 
Gummadi as Subbanna
Suryakantham as Gajalakshmi
Haranath as Dr. Raghu & Raghu (dual role)
Master Gopi as Young Raghu
Relangi as Narasimham 
Rajanala as Veerabhadraiah 
C.S.R as Zamindar Pratap Rao 
Peketi Sivaram as Seetaiah 
Allu Ramalingaiah as Panthulu  
Girija as Padma 
Nirmalamma as Kantham

Crew
Art: Vaali, Sekhar
Choreography: Vempati
Story — Dialogues: Acharya Aatreya
Lyrics: Samudrala Jr, Kosaraju
Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, S. Janaki, P. B. Sreenivas 
Editing: N. S. Prakasam
Cinematography: C. Nageswara Rao 
Music — Producer: P. Adinarayana Rao
Screenplay — Director: Vedantam Raghavayya
Banner: Anjali Pictures 
Release Date: 7 December 1960

Soundtrack

Music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao. Music released on EMI Columbia Audio Company.

References

Indian drama films