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''Missamma'' ((英語:''Miss Madam'')) is a 1955 Indian bilingual romantic comedy film directed by L. V. Prasad and produced by B. Nagi Reddy and Aluri Chakrapani under the banner of Vijaya Vauhini Studios. Aluri Chakrapani wrote the script, based on both Rabindranath Maitra's ''Manmoyee Girls School'' and Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's ''Detective''. The film was edited by C. P. Jambulingam and Kalyanam; Marcus Bartley provided the cinematography; S. Rajeswara Rao composed the music. The relationship of two unemployed graduates of different religions and mentalities, M. T. Rao and Mary are the centerpiece. They pretend to be a married couple in order to gain employment in a high school established by Gopalam, the ''zamindar'' of Appapuram. Gopalam is unaware that Mary is Mahalakshmi, his missing elder daughter. Simultaneously shot in Telugu and Tamil (as ''Missiamma'') each have slightly different casts. The Telugu version features N. T. Rama Rao, Savitri, Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Jamuna in the lead roles with S. V. Ranga Rao, Rushyendramani, Ramana Reddy and Relangi Venkata Ramaiah playing supporting roles. Gemini Ganesan, K. A. Thangavelu, M. N. Nambiar and K. Sarangkapani replace Rama Rao, Nageswara Rao, Ramana Reddy and Venkata Ramaiah respectively in the Tamil version. ''Missamma'' was released on 12 January 1955, and ''Missiamma'' was released two days later during the Sankranthi season. Both versions were critically and commercially successful. The Telugu version has achieved cult status, with terms and phrases from the film being widely cited and serving as an inspiration for later Telugu film titles. The collective ''Missiamma'' and ''Missamma'' proved to be the major breakthrough in Jamuna's career. ''Missamma'' was remade into Hindi as ''Miss Mary'' by L. V. Prasad in 1957. The script was re-written and adapted as ''Pelli Pustakam'' in 1991 by Bapu, Mullapudi Venkata Ramana and Raavi Kondala Rao. == Plot == Gopalam, the ''zamindar'' of Appapuram, is the principal of the high school named after his elder daughter Mahalakshmi. When a child, she went missing during a pilgrimage to Kakinada. She was found and adopted by a Christian couple, Mr. and Mrs. Paul, who named her Mary. Conditions at Gopalam's school deteriorate because of poor management by Gopalam's nephew. This is exacerbated by having A. K. Raju, an amateur detective, and Panthulu, a doctor who practises ayurvedic medicine, teaching the children . Gopalam decides to replace them and appoint two graduates of opposite gender, preferably a married couple, both skilled in music. They would train Sita, his younger daughter, in addition to their teaching duties at the school. Meanwhile, Mary and M. T. Rao, teaching colleagues and both currently unemployed, have financial problems; particularly Mary. She accepted a loan from a Mr. I. P. David with the condition that if she marries him, he would preclude the debt. They decide that if they were to act as a married couple, they could apply for the jobs offered by Gopalam. Both need to clear their debts. Devaiah, a conman and a begger, befriends them. He is persuaded by Rao to accompany them to Appapuram. They find accommodation in a small house which is behind Gopalam's bungalow. Mary decides to call herself Mahalakshmi. Gopalam and Ammi, his wife, are instinctively jovial in nature. They treat the couple as if they are own children. Mary finds the Hindu customs weird. She is afraid to express her grievance to the old couple as in order to repay David's loan, she needs to keep her job. Instead, she vents her frustration on Rao and Devaiah, who bear it with patience. Although Sita wanted Mary to teach her music, Mary's short-temper makes her lose her self-confidence. Rao is pleased to take over her music lessons. Mary's dissatisfaction reaches new heights and she decides to reveal the entire truth to Gopalam and Ammi. Anxious to save their jobs, Rao makes up a far-fetched explanation that that Mary is possessed by the soul of a Christian woman who is named after the mother of Jesus. Attempting to fool Mary's soul, Gopalam lies to her, telling her that he would conduct Sita's marriage with Rao, which makes Raju insecure since he too, like Gopalam, is unaware that Rao is fooling them. Being in love with Sita, Raju wants to keep Rao away from her and he turns to Mary for help in teaching music. This proves to be a disaster. At the end of their first month at the school, Rao and Mary receive their salaries. Mary is able to repay her debt. Raju, the amateur detective, suspects that Mary and Mahalakshmi could be the same person. Ammi had told him that Mahalakshmi's right foot has a mole. Seeking confirmation and, taking his assistant and a torch, he plans to make an illicit entry at night into her home. The plan backfires when they disturb Mary's sleep. In her sleep, she dreams of David forcing her to marry him and Rao coming to her rescue. She starts to develop feelings for Rao. At the end of the following month, Mary wants to visit Madras and stay with the Pauls. At first Rao requests her to stay. She is reluctant and Rao changes his mind, adding that he would lie, saying that Mary is dead following an illness. Gopalam and Ammi misunderstand, believing that Mary may be pregnant. On the night before she is due to leave, Rao fakes a leg fracture in an attempt to delay her departure. David arrives in the morning and informs Raju that Mary is a Christian. Her deception is uncovered when David shows Gopalam a necklace Mahalakshmi was wearing when she was lost. David insists that Mary should be married to him but she refuses and announces her love for Rao. The Pauls come to Gopalam's house. Raju solves the mystery and David is arrested. Mary learns that Gopalam and Ammi are her biological parents but she does not lose her relationship with her foster family. Rao and Mahalakshmi not being married is noticed but is not seriously considered. Gopalam announces the weddings of both Sita with Raju and Mahalakshmi with Rao. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Missamma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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