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MALLISWARI 1951

Directed by:
B.N. Reddi

Writing credits:
Buchi Babu
Devulapalli Venkata Krishna Sastri writer

Original Music by:
Rama Rao Addepalli
Saluri Rajeshwara Rao

Cinematography by:
Konda Reddy B.N.
Adi M. Irani

Art Direction by:
A.K. Sekhar

Sound Department:
P.V. Koteswara Rao .... sound

Music Department:
Ramakrishna G. .... playback singer
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna .... playback singer
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao .... playback singer
Madhavapeddi Satyam .... playback singer
Sakuntala V. .... playback singer

Cast:
Doraiswamy ... Narappa
Surabhi Kamalabai
Mallika ... Young Malliswari (as baby Mallika)
Rama Rao Taraka Nandamuri ... Nagaraju
Raghava Rao Nyayapaati ... Allasaani Peddana
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna ... Malliswari
Venkata Ramana ... Youn Nagaraju (as Raster Venkata Ramana)
Rushyendramani ... Nagamma
Sreevatsava ... Sri Krishna Deva Rayalu
Kamala Devi T.G.
Vangara

About Malliswari:
As you all know 'Malliswari' (1951) is one of the best classics of the Telugu cinema. It introduced the renowned Devulapalli Krishna Sastry's poetic genius to the film lovers of the times. The lyricism of the songs he wrote for the movies still ring in the ears of cinegoers and lovers of poetry. The story of this BN Reddy's classic has an interesting background. In the late 1940s Buchibabu wrote a story about a dasi's escapade from a king. The story of Malliswari has its basis in it. The jokes and the pranks of the Nagaraju-Malliswari pair, played by NTR and Bhanumati, are actually are reminiscences of BN Reddy's childhood incidents and experiences.
BN Reddy holds a special place in the history of Telugu Cinema. He is the director who balances artistic values and business needs in the right proportion. Though critics rate 'Sumangali' and 'Swargaseema' as BN Reddy's best films, he thinks 'Malliswari' is his career best.

"When I went to Hampi to shoot my first film 'Vandemataram' in 1939, I was deeply attracted to Sri Krishna Devarayalu", BN Reddy fondly recalls. I wanted to make a film on Sri Krishna Devaraya. Years passed by. But I could not get the right story. Fortunately, 'Malliswari' happened. I think it is the best movie I have directed', he adds.

Songs of 'Malliswari' coupled with the heavenly expressions of Bhanumathi clicked in a big way. The art work by AK Sekhar is commendable. Bhanumathi commemorates "BN Reddy is a great thinker. He injected all his childhood memories into the character of 'Nagaraju' in Malliswari. Can we afford to forget the songs 'kothibavaku pellanta', 'preme neramouna' and 'o meghamala'?"

Bhanumati acted as a vamp in the earlier film of BN Reddy, 'Swargaseema'. She attained the status of superstar at the time of Malliswari shooting. NTR was on a slippery wicket at that time. But it was BN Reddy's confidence in NTR that did the trick. He feels that the pair of Bhanumati and NTR is the best one.

During the production of 'Malliswari', there was a slight misunderstanding between BN Reddy and Bhanumathi. Bhanumathi used to be a little irregular as she was busy with her own production (Prema) work. At one point of time BN Reddy wanted to replace Bhanumathi with a new face called 'Revathi'.

We can get a glimpse of Revathi in one particular song in Malliswari ... 'PoyiRavamma'. Probably he would have thought that Revathi could not match Bhanumati in performance. Though its difficult to him, he was forced to work with Bhanumathi. Bhanumathi never holds back from criticizing BN Reddy that he want his actress to stick to his film and he do not his heroines to get married.

The photographer for the film 'Malliswari' is Konda Reddy, the younger brother of BN Reddy.

Malliswari has gone places and got heavily screened in abroad. BN Reddy wanted to dub this film into English. Due to budget considerations, he could not do it. BN Reddy expired in 1977.

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PATHALA BHAIRAVI 1951

Directed by:
Kadri Venkata Reddy

Produced by:
Chakrapani .
Nagi Reddy

Writing credits:
Subbanna Deekshitulu
Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao screen adaptation
Pingali Nagendra Rao dialogue
Pingali Nagendra Rao story
Kadri Venkata Reddy screen adaptation

Original Music by:
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao

Cinematography by:
Marcus Bartley

Art Direction by:
Madhavapeddi Gokhale

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
T. Prakash Rao .... assistant director

Music Department:
Krishnaveni Jikki .... playback singer
Leela P. .... playback singer
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao .... playback singer
Varma V.J. .... playback singer

Cast:
Rama Rao Taraka Nandamuri ... Thota Ramudu
S.V. Ranga Rao ... Nepala Mantrikudu
Malathi K. ... Indumathi
Seeta Rama Anjaneyulu Chilakalpudi
Girija ... Pathalabhairavi
Balakrishna ... Anji
Surabhi Kamalabai
Lakshmikantam
Padmanabham ... Dingiri
Hemalathamma Rao T G Kamala Devi ... Dancer
Relangi Venkatramaiah

Story:
Vijaya Banner was one of the most entertaining and respected production companies in 1950's. Vijaya's debutante film was 'Shavukaru'. It made inroads into box office despite of having a touch of art film. After the tremendous success of Shavukaru Vijaya produced a mythological film called 'Pathalabhairavi'.Pathala Bhairavi's shooting was trigged off on 5th Feb., 1950 and it finished it's shooting on 8th Feb, 1951. After getting released on 15th March 1951 'Pathala Bhairavi' created the box-office sensation by celebrating 100 days in 28 centers. It was one of the four films selected from India for International Film Festival in 1952. Some people claim that 'Pathala Bhairavi' was inspired by 'Arabian Nights'.

The first and foremost factor for the success of this film is none but the brilliant K V Reddy. Prior to Pathala Bhairavi, he directed films like 'Bhakta Potana', 'Yogi Vemana' and 'Guna Sundari Kathalu'. 'Pathala Bhairavi' paved way for a new trend in the mythological films. Another important factor for the fame of 'Pathala Bhairavi' was the dialogue writer 'Pingali'. Legend Ghantasala has given melodious music for this film.

As for as the story is concerned Thota Ramudu (N T R) expresses his desire to his friend Anji (BalaKrishna) he want to marry Indumathi (Malathi). This story consists of adventures by Thota ramudu. 'Entha Ghatu Premayo' is the most popular song of this film. With the entrance of 'nepali manthrikudu'(SV Ranga Rao) the story takes new turn.
As the father of Indumathi puts a condition that he will give his daughter to the man who is as wealthy as he is, 'Nepala Manthrikudu' preys 'Thota Ramudu' by showing him his powers. 'Premakosamai (Nepali Mantrikudi) Valalo Padene Papam Pasivadu' How appropriate this song is!

KV Reddy gets the full credit for this excellent film. This films starts with a theme of 'Dhairye Sahase Laxmi'. The same spirit runs through out the movie. If we look at the actor's performance NTR's Thota Ramudu stands as a synonym to heroism. Idumati character epitomizes the innocence, sensuality of the heroine. But the one who stole the thunder was SV Ranga Rao, who acted with fire in his Nepali manthrikudu' role. He personality too suited well for this character.

Dialogues in this film made a way into the lingo of Telugu people.
1. Raja Kumari labhistundi
2. Abhistam Siddistundi
3. Sahasam Sayara Dimbhaka
4. Bhoopalam Pagilenu
5. Nepali Mantrikudu: Mari Manaku Addamemiraa - Assistant:Mee Gaddame Guru
6. Mosam Guru
7.Nijam Cheppamannara Abaddam Cheppamannara
There are nine songs in this film. T G Kamala's 'Itihasam Vinnaraa', Relangi's 'Vinave Bala.. Naa prema Gola', Rani's 'Vagaloyi Vagalu' and VJ Varms's 'Premakosamai Valalo Padene' are like honeydews.

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SWAPNA SUNDARI 1950

Producer & Direction:
Ghantasala Balaramayya.

Screenplay, Lyrics & Dialogues:
Samudrala Raghavacharya.

Music:
CR Subbaraman.

Singers:
Balasaraswati Devi
Ghantasala.

Banner:
Pratibha Productions.

Cast:
ANR, GHANTASALA BALARAMAIAH
Anjali Devi,
G. Varalakshmi,
Mukkamala,
Sivarao Kasturi,
Surabhi Balasaraswati and Others.

About Swapna Sundari:
The hit pair of yesteryear Telugu cinema-Anjali Devi and ANR.
ANR, since the beginning of his career, choose a number of folklore based (Janapada) movies to star in. He soon created a niche for himself, and was a popular choice for starring in a Janapada movie, a treat both for the successful producers and the audience. It was definitely his forte, but part of the credit went to Pratibha Productions' Ghantasala Balaramayya. In fact, ANR debuted with this production house way back in 1944 with the movie 'Sri Sita Rama Jananam'. This association continued with 'Mugguru Marathilu' in 1946 followed by 'Balaraju' in 1948. 'Balaraju' made a superstar out of Akkineni, and there was no looking back, for both the actor and the producer.

Now Balaramayya had a fascination for fantasy, and tended to use magic and ethereal set-ups in his movies. A fantasy flick full of thrills and frills would entice the audience, is what he firmly believed in. 'Swapna Sundari' was the result of that belief, an imaginative love story about a celestial being and a common man-the basis of many a modern movie, from 'Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari' to the recent 'Mayabazar'.

Prabhu always dreamt of a lovely lady, his 'Dream Girl' or 'Swapna Sundari'. On a tour he encounters a tribal queen (G. Varalakshmi), who falls in love with him, but he rejects her. He finally meets his 'Swapna Sundari' (Anjali Devi) who is actually a Deva Kanya, and the love is mutual. She leaves her Godly abode to stay with Prabhu. But an evil Mantrik finds out that with her help, he can conquer the world and become invincible so he kidnaps her. Prabhu, with the help of the tribal queen vanquishes the evil Mantrik, but the Rani dies. Swapna Sundari and Prabhu live happily ever after.

Ghantasala Balaramayya was the one who gave ANR his first break in Telugu cinema.
This story had a strong musical backing. Samudrala Raghavacharya wrote the screenplay, dialogues and the lyrics for this musical folk fiction. Subbaraman, a Telugu based musician settled in Chennai composed the songs. Balasaraswati Devi, a renowned singer, and one of the first female playback singers down South, along with the legendary Ghantasala rendered the songs which were a rage overnight.

The movie was shot in Vauhini Studios. Midway through the shooting, Balaramayya stopped shooting for 'Swapna Sundari' and started on another movie, 'Srilakshmamma Katha', using the same star cast. The reason for this was, he always wanted to put the story of 'Srilakshmamma Katha' on celluloid, another folklore story. A rival production house set about making it first, so he gloomily dropped his dream project. A stroke of luck struck Balaramayya, and the rival producers stalled their version of the Janapadam. Interestingly, two movies with this story came out at once-one by Balaramayya and the other by Mirzapur Raja. Raja's version starred Krishnaveni and Ch. Narayana Rao, and was directed by the famous author Gopichand. Balaramayya's 'Srilakshmamma Katha' hit bulls-eye and had a successful run at the box-office.

With renewed enthusiasm and vigor, they started on 'Swapna Sundari' again. The only hitch was that due to this delay, the proposed budget was crossed. 'Swapna Sundari' was dubbed into Tamil, and both versions had a good run. The movie set the imagination of the youth on fire in those days. The songs were much liked, and the grapevine tells us that some people even went on as far as to name their daughters 'Swapna Sundari'! ANR-Anjali Devi became a 'Hit' pair, and the association of ANR and Balaramayya continued, delivering good cinema for the bygone era.

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PALLETURI PILLA 1950

B A SUBBA RAO

Producer -
B.A. Subba Rao

Director -
B.A. Subba Rao

Story -
B.A. Subba Rao

Dialogues -
B.A. Subba Rao

Music -
P. Adinarayana Rao

Cinematography -
Kotnis

Editing -
Marthand

Art Director -
Vaali

Assistant Director -
Tapi Chanakya

Sound Editor -
Valke

Playback Singers -
Jikki,
Pithapuram Nageshwara Rao,
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao

Cast:
Anjali Devi ... Santha
Nageshwara Rao Akkineni ... Vasanth
Rama Rao Taraka Nandamuri ... Jayanth
Subba Rao A.V. ... Kampanna Dora
S.V. Ranga Rao ... Taatha
Rama Murthy Nalla ... Lappam
Sitaram ... Tappam (as Seetaram)
Lakshmikantam ... Dancer in the song O Veera Kampanna
Raju T.V. ... Goodhachari

About Palleturi Pilla:
Bugatha Venkata Subba Rao or BA Subba Rao, as he later rechristened himself, worked for the railways. He was dabbling in theatre as a hobby, but he soon quit his cushy job for the love of the arch lights. He landed up in Madras, where he got to play a comic role in one movie.

After that, a friendship with the Raja of Mirzapuram ensured that he got to direct a movie, without assisting anyone before this. His childhood friend and musician Adi Narayana Rao composed the music, wrote a song and even helped develop the story. The story was based on the English play, Fijaro by Richard Sherton. The movie was titled 'Palletoori Pilla'.

The story goes thus: NTR's photographs, which were with LV Prasad, fell into the hands of Subba Rao. A call later, NTR landed up with the lead role in the movie. So that he gets used to the camera, the makers gave him a small role in 'Mana Desam', that of a villainous inspector. As a lead, Palletoori Pilla is NTR's first flick.

Anjali Devi and ANR were not newcomers, having done several movies till then. While Subba Rao told him he liked his nose and his gait, Adi Narayana Rao said that 'He looks good even without makeup.'

But not everyone was happy with this choice. LV Prasad for one warned Subba Rao about the risks of casting a newcomer. Elapati Raghuramayya was considered for playing Vasanth, but the fight scenes deterred him.

ANR, who had already proven his acting and action skills in movies such as Keelu Gurram, was a worthy choice the makers then made. People spoke about ANR accepting to play a part right in the same league as that of a newbie. Anjali Devi, an established actress, was also asked why she agreed to be cast opposite a debutante.

Anjali Devi was paired with NTR in several films after Palletoori Pilla.
But all doubts vanished once they saw the new lead work. NTR's first ever shot as a lead actor required him to be slapped by Anjali Devi, with many retakes, of course. For an action sequence, he refused to let the director employ a dupe and fought with a violent bull himself. Two fractures later, NTR was still shooting, wearing full sleeves to cover the bandages.

Tapi Chanakya, who later went on to wield the megaphone himself, assisted the director in this movie. TV Raju was the assistant composer. Subba Rao started BAS Productions after the success of this movie. He made several movies such as Raju Peda, Chenchu Laxmi, Bheeshma and others. Palletoori Pilla was remade into Hindi as Insaaniyat (1955), starring Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand and Bina Roy, by Gemini Pictures. Even in Hindi, it tasted success.

During the shooting, NTR signed two more movies. After the movie was declared a hit, another hit, Sowkar, produced by Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani (Vijaya Productions) was released. BA Subba Rao's confidence in NTR ensured that the Telugu industry did not lose out an actor who was to later become a legend.

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JEEVITHAM 1950

A.V.M.Productions
Direction and Editing:
M.V.Raman
Supervised by :
A.V.Meiyappan
Dialogues and lyrics:
Toleti
Camera:
T.Muttuswamy
Music:
R .Sudarshanam and swarswathi
Singers:
D.K.Pattamal,
T.S.Bhagavathi,
M.S.Rajeshwari,
M.Satyanarayana
Dances:
Hiralal

Cast:
Vyjayantimala Bali
T.R.Ramachandran .... Pati
C.H.Narayana rao .......Murthy
C.S.R.Anjaneyulu ........sivasinkaralingeshwara prasad
K.Doraswamy.........Vekatasubbiah
A.Narayana rao ....... Veeraswamy
Kamchi narasimha rao ..... Basawayya
K.V.Subba Rao ......Bank secretary
V.M.Elumalai .......Ayomayam
P.D.Sambandam ..... Seenu
Podala Krishna murthy ..... patrika sampadakudu
A.L.Narayana rao ......Bandivadu
lalitha and padmini ..... Dance artists
Kum.Vyjanthimala (debut) .....Mohini
S.varalaxmi .....varalaxmi
venkumaba ..... bangaramma
annapurna .....durgamma
baby vimala .....leela
Baby narayanan and baby meena
and sita,nagaratnam,rajalaxmi,tangamma etc.,

Story:
This is the first film of vyjanthimalaMohini (vyjayanthimala) is the daughter of sivashankaralingeswara prasad(CSR) who is married to durgamma (annapurna) after mohin's mouther's death. Durgamma's brother is murthy (C.H.Narayana rao). Murthy wants to marry mohini. Mohini likes the writerings of ashok. Ashok is none other then the neighbor pati. But she is not aware of that. Murthy goes to the village where she sees varalaxmi (s.varalaxmi) and traps her. She promises her that she will come back from madras and release laxmi's family from the debt of basavayya and leaves the village. After coming to the madras he asks CSR for the hand of mohini. Mohini refuses him. She falls in love with pati after knowing that he is none other than ashok the writer. Varalaxmi became pregnant and comes to madras in search of murthy. She searches for him, before she finds him she delivers the boy in a hospital. She locates murthy and requests to accept her and the child. Murthy refuses as usual. She leaves the child in pati's car and goes into the sea for suicide. Pati leaves the child in a rickshaw and Murthy sees this and asks his aide to bring the child to pati and mohin's engagement venue. The engagement will get cancelled because of the child. Pati brought up the child, unsatisfied murthy makes some more plans to get pati out of job and succeeds in it. Varalaxmi is rescued by the fisherman and she again starts searching for the kid. And sees him in pati's place and feels happy. When the kid met with an accident, she comes forward and releaves the identity of her because kid needs the blood of mother. Murhty comes into the scene but still don't accepts the child. When pati tries to hit murthy it is varalaxmi who comes to his rescue. Seeing that muthy changes his ways and accepts varalaxmi as his wife.

Plus Points of the movie:

* Beautiful photography. Even though it is made in Black & white the village scenes and the other scenes are too good.

* Good melody songs. The song eedena bharatadesam.. eda bharatha desam is a big hit. Other songs like Andhra yuvatha jayamu needera and dada dada are also big hits.

* Acting of Ch.Narayana Rao is good. It is one of his favorite roles.

Funny things about this movie:

* T.ramachandran (hero) is shorter then the vyjayanthimala. He don't look like a hero. In fact Narayana rao looks like hero then of a villan.

* Hero and heroine introduction is usual like bumping their cars and some quarrel in the beginning and love afterwards. (may be trend setter to the later on movies).

* S.varalxmi searches for the hero six months without doing anything. How she survived with pregnancy for that long without eating or doing any work is a surprising factor.

* In second half we don't see much of narayana rao, where he gone, while she is pregnant and searching for her or what he is doing we don't know.

* An accountant in bank can maintain car in madras city. Once the job is gone he has to sell all the things.
About the movieThe movie first made in tamil, then in hindi and then made in telugu

Songs:
Chakkaniana koyarajujuni ekkdaina choosara .. meerekkadiana choosara
Cast: Vyjyanthimala and others

Melukondi tellavare tellaga.. peda kallapu challi muggu pettaga
Cast: S.Varalaxmi

Anandamayena maa palleseema.. dana dharmala maa palleseema
Cast: S.Varalaxmi

Aasalani galilona kalispoyene devi
Cast : S.Varalaxmi

Gopala neeku neenu adutanoye.. nanda gopala neeku neenu
Cast:Vyjayanthimala

Edena maa desem, eda bharatadesam
Cast: madavapeddi satyam

Bhoomi dunnalo rayeta bhoomi dunnalo
Cast: padmini and lalitha

Priyamiana Raani mohini, ela aluka chalika, .. dada dada dada
Cast: T.Ramachandran and Vyjanthimala

Priyamaina raja naa pati, ela aluka chaluka dada..dada.
Cast: Vyjanthimala and T.Ramachandran

Choopava pati tova.. deva.. choopava pati tova..
Cast: S.Varalaxmi

Mana masanasu manasu ekame, anandmai navalokam choodama
Cast: T.Ramachandran and Vyjanthimala

Tikku tikku takkuladi tapu tari adaga, okkasari choodara
Cast: Vyjanthimala (Pehilemoolakath hai song)

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LAILA MAJNU 1949

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RAKSHAREKHA 1949

Director:
R. Padmanabhan

Writer:
Balijepalli Lakshmikanta Kavi

Produced by
R. Padmanabhan .... producer

Original Music by
Ogirala Ramchandra Rao
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao
H.R. Padmanabha Sastry

Cinematography by
T. Marconi

Music Department
Komala A.P. .... playback singer
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna .... playback singer
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao .... playback singer

choreographer
Vedantam Raghavaiah

Cast:
Nageshwara Rao Akkineni ... Prince Sudhakar
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna ... Princess Kalavathi
Anjali Devi ... Chitra
Siva Rao Kasturi
Showkar Janaki ... Chandrika
Balijepalli Lakshmikanta Kavi
Vangara
Kanakam
Lakshmi Rajyam C.
Vijayalaxmi (as Vijayalakshmi)
Ganga Ratnam P.
Vedantam Raghavaiah
Subbamma R.
Lakshmi Devi
Ramanatha Sastri

Story:
Costumed fantasy, and a rare joint appearance of Telugu cinema's two best-known female stars, Bhanumathi and Anjali Devi. Kalavathi (Bhanumathi), talented and versatile daughter of the king of Simhala, refuses to marry, as does Sudhakar (A, Nageshwara Rao), prince of the neighbouring kingdom ofAvanti, While he is asleep, fairies come and transport him in his bed to Kalavathi's chamber and they fall in love. The celestial damsel Chitra (Anjali Devi), envious of Kalavathi, whisks Sudhakar up to heaven, allowing him to return to earth once a week but threatening that hi,s head will explode into a 1000 pieces if he reveals her existence. When Kalavathi gets pregnant, her husband's disappearances lead to rumours accusing her of infidelity and she is forced to leave the palace. Kidnapped by tribals, she escapes dressed as a man. Another princess, Chandrika, believing Kalavathi to be a man, falls in love with her and marries her. In the end, Chitra throws Sudhakar out of heaven and he lands on earth, petrified into a stone statue. A holy man makes him human again and changes Chitra into a witch. Patterned on an earlier hit, Pullaiah's Gollabhama (1947), the film became a pioneering example of a genre Telugu film critics call 'folklore films’.

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MANA DESAM 1949

Producer -
Krishnaveni and her husband
Raja MirzaPuram
under MRA Productions.

Director -
L. V. Prasad

Music -
Ghantasala

Story -
famous bengal writer Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel

Dailogues and lyrics -
Samudrala Raghavacharya

Camera -
MA Rehman
Singers -
Ghantasala,
M. S. Ramarao,
C. Krishnaveni,
P.G. Jikki Krishnaveni,
P. Leela,
Nagaiah etc.

C KRISHNAVENI

Cast

* Madhu - Chadalavada Narayana Rao
* Sobha - Ms. C Krishnaveni
* Police Inspector - N. T. Rama Rao
* Chittur Nagaiah
* Relangi Venkatramiah
* S. V. Rangarao
* Vangara Venkatsubbayya
* Ramanatha Sastry
* Kanchana
* Surabhi Bala Saraswati
* Hemalatha
* Lakshmikantham

Story:

Mana Desam (1949) is a Telugu social film directed by L. V. Prasad and produced by actress Krishnaveni. The title means "Our Country" in Telugu. The film based on Vipradas, a Bengali novel and runs in the backdrop of India's freedom fight.

* It will be remembered as the film that introduced telugu thespians like S. V. Ranga Rao and N. T. Rama Rao and the popular singer Ghantasala as a music director and famous south Indian singer P. Leela to telugu people.
* Krishnaveni used the all traditional story telling techniques then in the movie. She used styles of Burra katha, Oggu katha, stage dramas like Veedhi Natakalu, Bommalatalu in parts of the movie. She also included all types of traditional songs in telugu, patriotic songs, dhampudu songs, bhajans and rural songs.
* The movie also portrays the Gandhian values during freedom struggle and their deterioration after India got freedom from British.
* It is first Telugu film based on Bengali story. Many Bengali stories like Devdas and Aradhana were used as plots for Telugu movies afterwards.

Madhu and Shoba are lovers. Madhu supports the Congress party but Shoba is opposed to congress views. They both are arrested in political violence during the freedom struggle. Madhu is tortured by the police and loses memory. The movie ends with his recovering from amnesia and reunion of the couple. Producer Krishnaveni herself played the role of Sobha and Narayana Rao played the role of Madhu.

LYRICS:

Jaya Janani - patriotic song, singers are Ghantasala and C. Krishnaveni
* Emito Ee Sambhandam Enduko Ee Anubhandam - duet, singers are M. S. Ramarao and C. Krishnaveni
* Chalo Chalo Raja - Singers are M.S. Ramarao amd C. Krishnaveni
* Ninnu Nenu Maruvalenura Police yenkatsami - rural style song, singer is Jikki Krishnaveni
* Atta leni Kodalu Uttamuralu - folklore song. singer is Jikki Kirshnaveni
* Vedalipo Tella Dora Vedalipo - patriotic group song
* Nirvedamela kanneridela - Gandian song by Nagaiah
* O Bharata Yuvaka - patriotic group song
* Kallo Ninnu CHoosinane Pilla Vallu Jallumannade - duet, singers are Ghantasala and C. Krishnaveni
* Vaishnava Janato - Traditional Bhajan

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