O Seeta Katha

O Seeta Katha (Telugu: ఓ సీత కథ) is a 1974 Indian Telugu-language film directed by K. Viswanath.[1][2][3] The film won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Silver), and the Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu).[4] The film was later remade both in Malayalam and Tamil languages. Kamal Hassan played the antagonist in the Malayalam version, (Mattoru Seetha) while Rajinikanth played the same role in the Tamil version, (Moondru Mudichu).[5] The film was screened at the Asian and African film Festival at Tashkent.[6][7] C. Ashwani Dutt was Executive Producer for the film.

O Seeta Katha
Directed byK. Vishwanath
Written byGollapudi Maruti Rao
Produced byA.R.S.Sharma
Starring
Music byK. V. Mahadevan
Release date
1974
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

Seeta (Roja Ramani), a teenage girl, lives with her mother and elder sister (Subha), who runs the house with her harikatha performances. Seeta falls in love with Chandram (Chandramohan), but Gopalakrishna (Devadas Kanakala) has an eye on her and hires goons to bash Chandram, who dies on the spot. Seeta marries Madhava Rao (Kantha Rao), father of Gopalakrishna, and makes Gopalakrishna realize his mistakes.

Cast

Awards
Nandi Awards - 1974[8]
Filmfare Awards South - 1974

Songs

Remakes
Year Film Language Cast Director Box Office
1975 Mattoru Seetha Malayalam Roja Ramani, M. G. Soman, Kamal Haasan P. Bhaskaran Hit
1976 Moondru Mudichu Tamil Sridevi, Kamal Hassan, Rajnikanth K. Balachander Super Hit

References
  1. "Golden Classics-Roja Ramani-O Seeta Katha Movie Special-01". youtube. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. "Golden Classics-Roja Ramani-O Seeta Katha Movie Special-02". youtube. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. "Golden Classics-Roja Ramani-O Seeta Katha Movie Special-03". youtube. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  4. Reed, Sir Stanley (1984). The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who.
  5. "O Seeta Katha Movie Cast".
  6. Collections. Update Video Publication. 1991. p. 387.
  7. "Arts / History & Culture : Celebrating a doyen". The Hindu. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  8. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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