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, produced by K. Gopala Rao under the Ashwaraj Films banner and directed by

Vedantam Raghavayya Vedantam Raghavayya (8 June 1919 –19,October 1971) was an Indian film director, dance choreographer, and actor known for his work in Telugu and Tamil cinema. An accomplished Kuchipudi dancer, he was honoured with the title "Bharata Kala Prapur ...

. It stars

Akkineni Nageswara Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1924 – 22 January 2014), known as ANR, was an Indian actor and film producer in Telugu cinema. Over his seven decade career, he became a prominent figures in the industry, and is among most influential ac ...

and

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, with music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao. The film was dubbed into Tamil-language and released in 1957.

Plot

The film begins with a peasant, Bangaraiah, who devoted his life to serving the public. Once, a severe drought affected their terrain when he set up a rescue camp and fed the destitute by mortgaging his property. Shanta, one of the victims, also aids Bangaraiah in raising funds by playing a stage show with drama artist Kamayya Naidu. The program triumphs following which Bangaraiah marries Shanta and is blessed with a baby girl, Annapurna. Kamayya also marries and deceives a dancer, Subbulu, who gives birth to an ugly girl, and he abandons her. Meanwhile, Bangaraiah rushes, conscious that the rescue camp caught fire, keeping Shanta & baby under Kamayya. Unfortunately, Kamayya has a lousy aim at Shanta, making Bangaraiah suspect her chastity and renounce her. Next, Kamayya tries to molest Shanta but escapes, swapping their babies. Bangaraiah reaches a tribal hamlet and encourages them to farm. Zamindar of reign is impressed by it and entrusts Bangaraiah's liability of a barrage construction. Shanta moves in search of her husband and takes shelter in a temple along with Kamayya's daughter, Leela. Shanta's daughter Annapurna grew up as Kalyani with Kamayya & Subbulu. Years roll by, Zamindar dies, and his heir Ranga Babu is debauchery whom Kamayya clutches, and he ruses to espouse Kalyani with him, who already duped Leela. Eventually, Kalyani attempts suicide as it is an unwilling alliance when Bangaraiah shields her, but Kamayya retrieves her forcibly, and Bangaraiah chases them. Parallelly, Leela moves to Ranga Babu, and Shanta follows her. At the same time, Ranga Babu sends his men to blast the barrage. The rest of the story is about what happens.

Cast

as Bangaraiah *

as Shanta * S. V. Ranga Rao as Kamaiah Naidu * Chalam as Rangababu * Chadalavada as Keetanna *Dr. Sivaramakrishnayya as Jatakaala Zamindar *Surabhi Maalabai as Rangamma *

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as Subbulu *Ammaji as Kalyani / Annapurna *Shanta Kumari (Jr.) as Leela

Crew

*Art: T. V. S. Sharma *Choreography: Vempati *Dialogues: M. V. Krishna Sarma, Dr. Balasundara Rao *Playback: A. M. Rajah,

Pendyala Nageswara Rao Pendyala Nageswara Rao (6 March 1917 – 31 August 1984), known mononymously by his surname Pendyala, was an Indian composer, multi-instrumentalist, conductor, music producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema along with Tam ...

Madhavapeddi Satyam Madhavapeddi Satyam (11 March 1922 – 18 December 2000) was an Indian playback singer and actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He entered films as a singer-actor in Y. V. Rao's Tamil-Hindi bilingual movie ''Ramadas'' in the year 19 ...

, M. S. Ramarao,

Jikki Pillavalu Gajapathy Krishnaveni (3 November 1935 – 16 August 2004), more famously known as Jikki, was an Indian playback singer from Andhra Pradesh. She sang around 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Sinhalese, and Hindi lan ...

, Krishnaveni, Padma *Music, Lyrics: P. Adinarayana Rao *Editing: N. S. Prakasam *Cinematography: C. Nageswara Rao *Story - Producer: K. Gopala Rao and Nagisetty Mukunda Rao. *Screenplay - Director:

*Banner: Ashwaraj Films *Release Date: 17 December 1954

Soundtrack

The music and lyrics are by P. Adinarayana Rao. The music was released on Audio Company.

References

External links

* * - a song from the Tamil version of the film sung by

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