Batasari
1961 film by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao
Batasari (transl. Wayfarer) is a 1961 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced and directed by Ramakrishna of Bharani Pictures. It was simultaneously made in Tamil as Kaanal Neer (transl. Mirage). A remake of the 1957 Bengali film Bardidi, which itself is based on the eponymous novel by Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, the film stars P. Bhanumathi and Akkineni Nageswara Rao, with music composed by Master Venu. Batasari was released on 30 June 1961, and Kaanal Neer on 21 July. Both versions did not succeed commercially.
Plot
Surendranath / Suren, a lone wolf, is the maternal grandson & heir of Zamindar of Dharapuram. He stays with his father, Raghavaiah, & stepmother, Sundaramma, and she raises Suren with mollycoddle. Suren currently studies in graduation and has his sights on going to England for higher education. Sundaramma dismisses the idea, and a peeved Suren quits and proceeds to Madras. Appa Rao, a wealthy man, resides with his son, Siva Chandra, and two daughters, Madhavi & Prameela.
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