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GreatGoodWatch scoreSummary
Rao and Mary, unemployed college graduates from Madras, act as if they are a married couple to get jobs as schoolteachers in the small village of Appapuram.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 86GoodWatch 84
IMDb8.6
Running time
3 h 1 min
Longer than 9 in 10 comedies, +81 min on the typical 100
typical 100181Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 6 more
Released
1955
January 12, 1955
71 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaFamilyRomanceLanguage
Telugu
Original language
Made in
India
Directing · 1
- L. V. Prasad Director
Writing · 3
- Chakrapani Screenplay, Producer
- Pingali Nagendra Rao Dialogue
- Rabindranath Maitra Theatre Play
Production · 1
- B. Nagi Reddy Producer
Camera · 1
- Marcus Bartley Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- G. Kalyanasundaram Editor
- C. P. Jambulingam Editor
Sound · 2
- Saluri Rajeswara Rao Original Music Composer
- Sivaram Vallabhajosyula Sound Recordist
Art · 1
- Madhavapeddi Gokhale Art Direction
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