![]() ![]() It is not as much the story that captivates you as how it is artfully presented with excellent performances, witty dialogue, some of the best lyrics ever penned and enchanting music. Going through these vicissitudes together, the bickering couple end up falling in love and eventually,Mary's true identity is established and all is well that ends well. Rao's sidekick is the perfect foil for Raju, trying to thwart his plans and lead him astray. Raju, Gopalams' Son-in law and the Private detective-cum- ex-headmaster is given the job of finding the lost daughter of Gopalam his travails at discovering the truth and the methods he employs to establish Mary's true identity are hilarious. It is this difference in their religions as well as characters that creates several complex and humorous situations between the unwilling couple and is beautifully and melodiously summarized in the song "Ravoyi Chandamama". It so happens that Mary is also the long lost Daughter of Gopalam, who is brought up in a Christian household, with strong moral and religious convictions. Rao and Mary) in financial dire straits, forced by their pecuniary circumstances to act like a married couple to gain employment with a quirky, but kind hearted employer (Gopalam). Set in early post-independence India with unemployment as the backdrop, the movie is about two young unemployed graduates (M.T. The movie's evergreen appeal transcends generations and time.Simplicity, being its innate strength, the movie has a very simple story line with humor as an undercurrent, highlighted by brilliant performances and melodious music. Missamma is a "Drushya Kavyam", roughly translated as a "Visual poem". I may be biased in considering Missamma as the best Telugu Movie ever made and placing it at the top 1-5 slots in the best Telugu movies,but I believe I have good reason to be for lack of anything better, I would describe Missamma as Superlative in terms of Moviemaking. ![]() Even without them, this would still be the most nominated film ever (counting the double nominations) with a grand total of 15 and if I was the only judge, it would also be the film with most Oscars ever. Not being technical enough, I might have hesitated in the sound editing, costume and make up categories. The list came up like this:īest Picture- Producers Nagireddi and Chakrapani (Vijaya Productions)īest Supporting Actor- Two nominations: ANR and Relangiīest Film Editing- Jambulingam and Kalyanamīest Original Score- Saluri Rajeswara Raoīest Original song- Two nominations for lyricist: Pingali Nagendra Rao: Ravoyi Chandamama and Aaduvari Maatalaku Ardhale Verule I imagined myself to be one of the Academy members in 1955, and reflected on how many Oscars I would have nominated Missamma for. I was watching the Academy awards last weekend, which set off a train of thought about Indian movies, and automatically I started thinking about Missamma, my all time favorite film. ![]()
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