''Sati Anasuya'' is a story that has been made into many Indian films in different languages. It has been made into the Telugu language in 1935, 1936, 1957 and 1971.
Plot
The story of ''
Anasuya'' is the basis for these films with some cinematic changes.
Sati Anasuya (1935 film)
It is produced by
Aurora Film Corporation based in Calcutta. Dasari Kotiratnam played the title role of
Anasuya.
Cast
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Dasari Kotiratnam as Anasuya
* Tungala Chalapati Rao as Narada
Anasuya (1936 film)
Cast
* C. Krishnaveni
* Prakash Rao
* Suryanarayana
* Narayanrao
* P. Sundaramma
*
R. Balasaraswathi Devi
*
C. S. R
Sati Anasuya (1957 film)
Cast
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Anjali Devi
Anjali Devi (; 24 August 1927 – 13 January 2014) was an Indian actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films. She was well known for her role as the Devi Sita in '' Lava Kusa'' as well as for the title roles in movies like Chenchu ...
as Anasuya
*
Gummadi
*
N.T.Rama Rao
Soundtrack
Music is by
Ghantasala.
Playback singer
A playback singer, as they are usually known in South Asian cinema, or ghost singer in Western cinema, is a singer whose performance is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and the performers lip-sync the ...
s are
Ghantasala,
M. S. Rama Rao,
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 ...
,
J. V. Raghavulu,
M. L. Vasanthakumari,
P. Leela,
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 ...
,
P. Leela &
K. Rani.
Sati Anasuya (1971 film)
Cast
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Jamuna as
Anasuya
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Sarada as Sumati
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Kantha Rao as
Atri Maharshi
Atri or Attri is a Vedic sage, who is credited with composing numerous shlokas to Agni, Indra, and other Vedic deities of Hinduism. Atri is one of the Saptarishi (seven great Vedic sages) in the Hindu tradition, and the one most mentioned in ...
*
Prabhakar Reddy
Mandadi Prabhakar Reddy (1935–1997) was an Indian film character actor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He acted in over 472 films over three decades. He wrote stories for several acclaimed films, including '' Karthika Deepam''.
Dr. M ...
as
Shiva
Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...
*
Sobhan Babu as
Narada
Narada (, ), or Narada Muni, is a sage-divinity, famous in Hinduism, Hindu traditions as a travelling musician and storyteller, who carries news and enlightening wisdom. He is one of the Manasputra, mind-created children of Brahma, the creator ...
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Rajanala as Sivanandam
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Rajababu as Sukhanandam
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Satyanarayana
*
Venniradai Nirmala
Soundtrack
* "Aalayamela Archanalela Aradhanalela" (Singer:
P. Susheela)
* "Enni Janmala Enni Nomula Punyamo" (Singer: P. Susheela)
* "Himagiri Mandira Girija Sundara" (Singer: P. Susheela)by
External links
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1930s Telugu-language films
1950s Telugu-language films
1970s Telugu-language films
1970s Indian films
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