Hide and seek)[1] is a 1964 Indian Telugu-language comedy film produced by D. B. Narayana and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao, who also wrote the screenplay.

Based on a story by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, it stars N. T. Rama Rao and B. Saroja Devi.

The film begins with a millionaire, Viswasundara Rao, who has ostracized his son Prasad for marrying an impoverished girl, Lakshmi.

Years roll by, and destiny makes Sundarayya run a small-scale hotel adjacent to his grandfather's mill.

Unbeknownst to it, ailing Viswasundara Rao is still in quest of his grandson, when many relatives surround to usurp his wealth: his elder brother's son-in-law Bhushanam & his daughter Ammadu, younger's daughter-in-law Suramma & her son Papai.

Meanwhile, he turns terminally ill when Bhushanam schemes with Suramma by compelling Viswasundara Rao to adopt Papai, provided he espouses Ammadu.

Ergo, Sundarayya engages in messing up the function when Bhushanam forges him as insane and gets him escorted to a mental asylum.

Adurthi Subba Rao was hired to direct, and wrote the screenplay based on Ramana's story.

[3] N. T. Rama Rao was cast as the male lead Sundarayya, and Dagudu Moothalu was his first film under Adurthi's direction.

Distraught, Adurti rushed to Saroja Devi's Bangalore home, and was ready to replace her with Krishna Kumari, but realised her condition was worse than they had imagined.