Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu

1989 film by A. Kodandarami Reddy

14 January 1989 (1989-01-14)

Running time

140 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTelugu language

Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu (transl. Husband to the girl and Yama to the mother-in-law) is a 1989 Indian Telugu-language masala film co-written and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy.^[1] Produced by Allu Aravind, the film stars Chiranjeevi, Vanisri, and Vijayashanti. The film marks Vanisri's comeback to cinema after several years.

Released on 14 January 1989, the film was a major commercial success.^[2] It was an industry hit film at the time.^[3]^[2] It was eventually remade in Tamil twice as Maapillai (1989) and Mappillai (2011), in Kannada as Bhale Chathura (1990), in Hindi as Jamai Raja (1990), in Bengali as Sasurbari Zindabad (2000), in Bangladesh as Shoshurbari Zindabad (2002) and in Malayalam as Mr. Marumakan (2012).

Plot

Kalyan is an unemployed, lower class, but simple and humble do-gooder. Rekha is the loving daughter of arrogant businesswoman Chamundeswari. Kalyan, one day, ruins the engagement of Rekha's friend. Rekha at first thinks that Kalyan did this to her friend but later learns that her friend was getting married against her wish. Rekha and Kalyan later fall in love. Meanwhile, Rekha's mother Chamundeswari rejects Kalyan's sister's love with Rekha's' brother. Kalyan learns that Rekha is Chamundeswari's daughter and decides to marry Rekha. Chamundeswari holds her daughter in the house and refuses to let her go. Kalyan is enraged and challenges that he would marry Rekha. Kalyan and Chamundeswari fight over authority. The rest of the movie is about how Kalyan and Chamundeswari resolve their differences and how Kalyan wins back Rekha.

Cast

Chiranjeevi as Kalyan
Vanisri as Chamundeswari Devi
Vijayashanti as Rekha
Kaikala Satyanarayana as Ramachandrayya, Chamundeswari Devi's husband
Rao Gopal Rao
Allu Ramalingaiah
Brahmanandam
Giribabu
Sudhakar as Rekha's brother
Annapoorna as Kalyan's mother

Soundtrack

All music is composed by K. Chakravarthy^[4]

Track list^[4]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Shanthi Om Shanthi Are Khaidi"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	5:54
2.	"Merupula La La"	Bhuvana Chandra	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:06
3.	"Digu Digu Bhama Aa Prema"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	3:42
4.	"Kalalo Pettani Muddulu Pettu"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	4:20
5.	"Tinguranga Chakkanamma"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	4:17
Total length:				22:21

Remakes

Year	Film	Language
1989	Mappillai	Tamil
1990	Bhale Chathura	Kannada
1990	Jamai Raja	Hindi
2000	Sasurbari Zindabad	Bengali
2002	Shoshurbari Zindabad	Bangladesh
2011	Mappillai	Tamil
2012	Mr. Marumakan	Malayalam

References

^ "అందరు కలిసి నవ్వుకోవచ్చు , అత్తకి యముడు అమ్మాయికి మొగుడి" (PDF). Zamin Ryot (in Telugu). 3 February 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Happy Birthday A Kodandarami Reddy: 5 box office hits of the renowned filmmaker". The Times of India. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022.
^ S. Hari Prasad (18 April 2024). "Most Industry hits telugu hero: కెరీర్లో ఎక్కువ ఇండస్ట్రీ హిట్స్ అందుకున్న తెలుగు హీరోలు వీళ్లే.. టాప్‌లో మెగాస్టార్". Hindustan Times (in Telugu). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Attaku Yumudu Ammayiki Mogudu". Spotify. 14 January 1989. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.