Pakkinti Ammayi (1981)

Early Telugu version of a comic Bengali short story first filmed by Sudhir Mukherjee (1952) in Bengali though best known in its Hindi version, Padosan (1968). Anjali Devi plays the sexy neighbour of Venkatramaiah. The music helped assure its success with a rare on-screen performance by the singer A.M. Raja. It was also remade in 1981 with singer S.P. Balasubramanyam and composer Chakravarty playing the two rivals for the heroine’s affections.