''Raja Malaya Simha'' (or ''Raja Malaya Simhan'') is a 1959 Indian
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India
** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language.
* Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...
/
Tamil
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People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
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-language film directed and produced by
B. S. Ranga. This film is known to be the first Telugu film to contain sequences in
Eastmancolor
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Eastmancolor, introduced in 1950, was o ...
.
Plot
Cast
;Cast according to the opening credits of the film
;Male cast
*
Ranjan as Raja
*
K. Sarangapani
*
Rajanala
* Sayeeram as Bharavasingam
* Kulathu Mani as King
* Ganapathi Bhat as Malaya King
* Thodi Kannan as Dharmakirti
* Venkatesh as Raghupathi
* Krishnan
* G. K. Venkatesh
;Female cast
*
P. Rajasulochana as Chitralekha
*
Sowcar Janaki
Sankaramanchi Janaki (born 12 December 1931), widely known as Sowcar Janaki, is an Indian actress known for her works in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. In a career spanning over seven decades, Janaki has appeared in nearly 390 fil ...
as Malathi
* M. S. Draupadi as Manorama
* K. Suryakala as Sundari
* K. S. Angamuthu as Sugandhi
;Ship Dance
*
Cuckoo
Production
''Raja Malaya Simha'' was simultaneously shot in Tamil as ''Raja Malaya Simhan''. Udayakumar wrote the dialogues and
A. Maruthakasi penned the lyrics.
The costumes were designed by V. N. Murthi.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by
Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy were an Indian music composing duo composed of M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy. They worked together on over 100 films, from 1952's '' Panam'' to 1965's '' Aayirathil Oruvan''. After their split, Ramamoorthy w ...
. All the tunes for all the songs for both languages are the same.
Tamil Songs
All lyrics are by
A. Maruthakasi.
Telugu Songs
All lyrics are by Anisetti.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title
1950s Indian films
1950s multilingual films
1950s Tamil-language films
1950s Telugu-language films
1959 films
Films directed by B. S. Ranga
Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
Indian multilingual films
Tamil-language Indian films