Kanaka Tara (1937)

Cast: Dommeti Suryanarayana (Kroorasena), Kannamba (Kamala), Kamala Kumari (Tara), Arani Satyanarayana (Pratap), P. Suribabu (Sadhu), Manjari (Manjari), Sivalenka Basavayya Sastry (Udayasena), M. Durga Prasad (Kanakasena), Veerraju (Vimala), Hemalatha (Radhabai), Chitra (Ratnabai), Gangarathnam (Elli), Anjanibai (Pushpa), Subbulu (Champa), Elisetty Satyanarayana (Dheemantha), K. Hemambara Das (Ramjetti), MC Raghavan (Durjaya), Kumpatla Subba Rao (Malligadu), K. Narasimha Murthy (Veerapala), KV Krishnayya Chowdary (Soorapala), Bhanu Prasad Singh (Bhilla), K. Nagabhushanam (Matimantha)
Story: Chandala Kevasa Das
Dialogues and Lyrics: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Bhimavarapu Narasimha Rao
Cinematography: DB Chawan
Editing: BR Barodkar
Art: OR Embaraiah
Director: Hanumappa Vishwanatha Babu
Banner: Saraswathi Talkies Ltd.
Trivia: This is the first folklore movie in Telugu.
This was based on Chandala Kesava Das's stage play 'Kanaka Tara'.
This was debut movie of Samudrala Raghavacharya as a writer.

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