Naa Illu

The story is based on innocent people cheated by rich people. This film is about an ideal man called Sivaram (Nagayya), who lives happily with his wife (Raja Kumari) and two children. They like music very much and want to make their children musicians and singers. He is a responsible bank employee by profession. He goes to Bombay for a financial transaction and gets money. He is trapped by Dhanaraj (Lingamurthy) and gets into the attraction of beautiful Leela (Vidhyavathi). He loses the bank money and goes to jail. By the time he returns, the family conditions are poor. He is even prepared to do some dirty jobs for the sake of his family. His children get encouragement from Balananda Sangham and shine. He gets out of his problems and rejoins the family.

• V. Nagayya as Sivaram
• B. Jayamma
• T. R. Rajakumari
• Mudigonda Lingamurthy as Dhanraj
• Girija
• Vidhyavathi (debut) as Leela
• Rama Sharma
• Chhaya Devi
• Doraiswamy

The list was compiled from The Hindu review article and from the database of Film News Anandan.

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;Male cast

• V. Nagayya
• T. S. Balaiah
• V. Gopalakrishnan
• Master Sudhakar
• T. E. Krishnamachari

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;Female cast

• T. R. Rajakumari
• Vidyavathi
• Girija
• Chaya Devi

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Both Telugu and Tamil versions of the film were directed by V. Nagayya, who also produced the films under the banner Our India Films. Chandilyan wrote the dialogues. Vidyavathi, whose real life name was Ambujavalli, who was the younger sister of actress Sandhya (mother of J. Jayalalithaa), played a supporting role in her debut. Since the film was made as a Telugu-Tamil bilingual, Tamil actress T. R. Rajakumari was chosen as one of the leads. There were two dance sequences for which the songs were in Hindi, both sung by Meena Kapoor of Bombay. Choreography was done by Satyam. The film was shot at Vauhini and Revathi studios and was processed at Vijaya Lab. The Tamil version was censored on 16 January 1953 and was 17245 feet in length.{{Cite web |title=1953 – என்வீடு – அவர் இந்தியா பிலிம்ஸ் – நாஇல்லு (தெ) |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1953-cinedetails7.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180114070420/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1953-cinedetails7.asp |archive-date=14 January 2018 |access-date=14 January 2018 |website=Lakshman Sruthi |language=Tamil}}

Music was composed by V. Nagayya assisted by A. Rama Rao. Lyrics were penned by Papanasam Sivan, Surabhi, Kashyap and Mohan.{{Cite book |last=Neelamegam |first=G. |title=Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 |date=December 2014 |publisher=Manivasagar Publishers |edition=1st |location=Chennai |pages=50 |language=Tamil}}

Film historian Randor Guy wrote in 2009 that the film, despite its good story and performance by Nagayya and others, was not successful at the box office.

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