Jayachitra recollects...

I do not remember the basic story line of the film but I remember that the film was based on the Jaya Badhuri's film. I was happy to work for the remakes of two of her super hit films. One was Guddi, which when made in Tamil ran for more than 100 days in Devi-Sridevi Complex in Chennai - this was the first Tamil black and white film that ran for so long in that theater complex. Kalpana was also remake of Jayabadhuri's film Anamika. Raghavendra Rao I know earlier when he worked as an assistant to his father.

I worked with him in the film Jeevitam (Sobhan Babu, Sarada, Jayanthi - K.S. Prakash Rao) I played the role of Sobhan's daughter as a child artist and Raghavendra Rao gaaru is assistant director for that film. It was nice working with him. I can never forget the songs in the film - dikkulu chooDaku raamayyaa..., vadalanuraa ninu raghuraamaa..., oka udayamlO naa hRdayamlO... are even remembered now. In a show where I was among the audience, when Susheela gaaru sang vadalanuraa ninu raghuraamaa..., she got a lot of applause - a standing ovation - which I'll never forget, also because she mentioned that it was one of her favorite songs.

Article by: Sri
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