Director: Y.V. Rao; Writer: Y.V. Rao, Balijepalli Lakshmikanta Kavi; Producer: Y.V. Rao; Cinematographer: Purushottam; Cast: Y.V. Rao, C.H. Narayana Rao, Kamala Kotnis, Paluvayi Bhanumathi, Balijepalli, Rangaswamy, Krishnaiah, V.J. Varma, Natesaiah, B.V.K. Acharya, B.R. Panthulu, Hemalatha, Rajaratnam, Krishna Kumari, Balatripura Sundari, M.S. Ramarao, Vempati Satyanarayana, Sowdamini
Summary: Y.V. Rao’s best-known film as actor is a satire on
the mania for Westernisation among India’s lower-
level bureaucrats. A minor tehsildar (revenue
collector) (Y.V. Rao) marries the naive, rural
Kamala (Bhanumathi) and instantly wants her to
adopt Western fashions, learn English and walk in
high-heeled shoes. This leads to ludicrous situations
and at a tea party hosted by the collector she feels
publicly humiliated. The tehsildar rejects Kamala in
favour of Rajani (Kotnis), a ‘modern’ lady who
first has Kamala evicted from the house and then
goes on to ruin the Tehsildar financially, causing
him to be arrested for embezzlement. With, e.g.
Grihapravesham (1946), L.V. Prasad
later continued the satires on blind Westernisation.
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