Chitti Tammudu

Chitti Tammudu
Directed by	K. B. Tilak
Written by	Kondepudi Laxminarayana (story and dialogues) Arudra (Lyrics)
Produced by	Jetti Chandrasekhara Reddy Mungamuri Brothers [1]
Starring	Master Venkata Ramana Kanta Rao Rajasulochana Jaggayya Devika
Cinematography	Laxman Gore
Edited by	C.H. Venkateswara Rao
Music by	Pendyala Nageswara Rao
Distributed by	Poorna Pictures
Release date	1962 (1962)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Chitti Tammudu is a 1962 Telugu drama film directed by K. B. Tilak and produced by Jetti Chandrasekhara Reddy. ^[2] The film is based on the 1838 English novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. ^[3]

The plot

The story is about the problems faced by children in orphanages, irregularities by the management and the related consequences.

Ramu (Jaggayya) and Subhadra (Devika) love one other. Ramu urgently leaves to Kashmir, and returns home to find that his beloved Subhadra is pregnant, and that her father had died of that insult. She delivers a boy in a mission hospital and dies. The boy is admitted to an orphanage and named Chiranjeevi. Hostel warden Tayaramma (Suryakantam) feeds the orphans with insufficient food and they are starving.

Ramu has an elder sister Seetha (Sandhya) and younger brother Srihari (Kanta Rao). Seetha is wife of a lawyer (Ramana Reddy). Ramu dies of chronic cough and mental agony, leaving the property in charge of his brother-in-law.

Cast

Kanta Rao	Srihari, younger brother of Ramu
Rajasulochana
Master Venkata Ramana	Chiranjeevi, son of Ramu
Suryakantham	Tayaramma, Hostel warden
Jaggayya	Ramu
Devika	Subhadra, wife of Ramu
Rajanala Kaleswara Rao
C. S. R. Anjaneyulu	Ansari
Ramana Reddy	Lawyer
Sandhya	Seeta, wife of Lawyer
Balakrishna
Ramakrishna
Rajababu
K. V. S. Sharma
Chadalavada Kutumba Rao

Soundtrack

There are about 7 songs in the film. ^[4]

• "Adagali Adagali Adigedevaro Telali" (Singers: P. Susheela, S. Janaki and group)
• "Ayyo Rama Ayyo Rama Lamba Rasta" (Singers: Madhavapeddi Satyam and Swarnalatha)
• "Dikkuleni Vaariki Devude Dikku" (Singer: P. Susheela)
• "Maya Bazar Lokam Samiranga" (Singer: P. Susheela)
• "Merupu Merisindoyi Mava" (Singer: P. Susheela)
• "Neevu Nenu Jabili Muvvuramu Unnamuga" (Singers: P. Susheela and Ghantasala; Cast: Devika and Jaggayya)
• "Yesko Naa Raja" (Singers: P. Susheela and Maddali)

References

1. "Chitti Tammudu".
2. "Chitti Tammudu | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
3. Farina, William (17 October 2022). Screening Charles Dickens: A Survey of Film and Television Adaptations. McFarland. ISBN   978-1-4766-8567-0.
4. "Lyrical details of Chitti Tammudu film at Ghantasala Galamrutamu". Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.