Pooja Phalam

Pooja Phalam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	B. N. Reddy
Produced by	Daggupathi Lakshminarayana Chowdary
Written by	D. V. Narasa Raju (dialogues)
Screenplay by	B. N. Reddy
Story by	Munipalle Raju
Based on	Poojari (Novel)
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Savitri Jamuna
Music by	Saluri Rajeshwara Rao
Cinematography	U. Rajagopal
Production company	Sri Sambu Pictures
Release date	1 January 1964 (1964-01-01)
Running time	156 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Pooja Phalam (English: Prayer's Fruit) is a 1964 Telugu, drama film, produced by Daggupathi Lakshminarayana Chowdary on Sri Sambu Pictures banner and directed by B. N. Reddy. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri, Jamunain the lead roles and music composed by Saluri Rajeshwara Rao. The film is based on Poojari novel written by Munipalle Raju.

Madhu also called Chinnababu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) a Zamindar is very gullible who everyone laughs at. One day he meets a girl Vasanthi (Jamuna) who stays in a portion of his house. Vasanthi becomes very friendly with Madhu and behaves very close to him as she sees Madhu just as a brother and nothing else whereas in Madhu mistakes Vasanthi's friendly nature to love. One day Madhu has to leave to Chennai for higher studies. He writes letters but he never gets any reply from Vasanthi to any of his letters. When he comes back he finds out Vasanthi and her family left the city without telling anybody. Madhu finds a letter from which he realizes that Vasanthi only saw him as a brother. He gets very depressed and falls sick. Seetha (Savitri), Ramakrishnaiah (Gummadi)'s daughter takes care of Madhu by taking care of his health and giving him company. The whole story is how he recovers from the depression he faces because of Vasanthi.

Music composed by Saluri Rajeswara Rao. All songs are hit tracks. Music released on EMI Columbia Audio Company.