Velugu Needalu

Rao Bahadur Venkataramaiah owns a printing press & a magazine with the assistance of his stanch Vengalappa. Venkataramaiah & his wife Kanaka Durgamma adopt a girl Suguna. Later she gives birth to a child Varalakshmi. Therefrom, Kanaka Durgamma's affection towards Suguna diminishes and she throws her out and raised Vengalappa and his wife Santhamma. Years roll by and Suguna is self-cultivated as a medico. Chandra Shekar/Chandram the nephew of Vengalappa is her colleague and the two fall in love. Suguna tuitions at the residence of wealthy Subhadramma whose brother Dr. Raghunath endears her. Meanwhile, Chandram is afflicted with tuberculosis, so Heeding Chandram's words, Suguna wedlock Raghu. Chandram is admitted to the Union Mission Sanatorium in Madanapalle and is cured. Raghu meets with a fatal accident on his way to receive Chandram. Bowing to Suguna's wish, Chandram marries Varalakshmi and steers the press and the magazine toward profit. Kanaka Durgamma sows suspicion in Varalakshmi about Suguna and Chandram's relationship. Chandram joins the workers in their fight for the bonus. Venkataramaiah brings in new workers. While trying to stop the fight between them, Varalakshmi is grievously injured. Suguna saves her. The shadows are a thing of the past in their family.

The Tamil cast list is adapted from the book Thiraikalanjiyam Part2[3]

Velugu Needalu was simultaneously filmed in Tamil as Thooya Ullam, with K. A. Thangavelu replacing Relangi.[2][1] Thooya Ullam is the first film that was screened in Shanti Theatre, Chennai. While C. V. Sridhar wrote the dialogues for the film, K. S. Gopalakrishnan who later became a popular director, taught the cast to render the dialogues.[3]

Music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao.[4]

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Udumalai Narayana Kavi and Kannadasan wrote the lyrics.[3]

• Velugu Needalu at IMDb