as R. P. Nanda Peketi Sivaram as M. V. Hal Allu Ramalingaiah as Prakatanalu Chadalavada as Ammakalu Balakrishna as Office Peon Surabhi Kamalabai as Yerukala Subbi Production K. V. Reddy liked the American film The Seven Year Itch (1955) and its story idea and wanted to make a film on the same theme. Earlier, K. V. Reddy wanted to make this film for Annapurna Pictures' maiden production but was vetoed by producer Dukkipati Madhusudana Rao despite the fact that both K. V. Reddy and the lead actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao liked the idea. Madhusudana Rao felt that the audience may not accept their favourite hero to be shown as the father of three children in most parts of the movie and cheat his wife. After the phenomenal success of both Donga Ramudu (1955) and Mayabazar (1957), K. V. Reddy decided to venture into film production and formed Jayanthi Pictures, with fellow alumni at the Presidency College, Madras — P. S. Reddy and T. Pattabhirama Reddy. He chose this idea for Jayanthi Pictures' first project. K. V. Reddy entrusted the job of adapting it to Telugu nativity to Pingali Nagendra Rao. Pingali took only the central point of “marital wanderlust” from the Hollywood film and came up with an entirely new story and characters. Titled Pellilnati Pramanalu, the film starred Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Jamuna. The film was simultaneously made in Tamil as Vaazhkai Oppandham with a slightly different cast that released the following year. Release and reception The Telugu version was released on 12 December 1958 and the Tamil film on 4 September 1959. The Telugu version had an above average run at the box-office while the Tamil film fared average but recovered its money through pre-selling. Soundtrack Music was composed by Ghantasala. Lyrics were written by Pingali. Accolades At the 6th National Film Awards, Pellinaati Pramanalu won the award for Best Feature Film in Telugu. References External links 1950s feminist films 1950s Telugu-language films 1958 comedy-drama films 1958 films Best Telugu Feature Film National Film Award winners Films about Indian weddings Films about women in India Films directed by K. V. Reddy Films scored by Ghantasala (musician) Indian black-and-white films Indian comedy-drama films Indian feminist films Social realism in film Telugu films remade in other languages