Telugu Cinema Prapamcham

Cast: Vemuri Gaggaiah, M.V. Rajamma, Chadalawada Narayana Rao, G. Varalakshmi Director: Chitrapu Narayana Murthy Banner: Sobhanachala Pictures

Cast:  BS Rajayya (Prabodhanatha), Vemuri Gaggaiah (Jalandhara), Ramatilakam (Brunda), Madhavapeddi Venkata Ramaiah (Siva), Sr. Sriranjani (Parvathi), Dommeti Satyanarayana (Vishnu), Ghantasala Radhakrishnaiah (Narada), Pulipati Venkateswarlu (Sukracharya), Nellore Nagaraja Rao (Indra), Kasi Chenchu (Prachanda), Venkata Reddy (Brahma), Parabrahma Sastry (Doordanda), Subba Reddy (Nandikeswara), Ramachandra Rao (Sagara), Ghantasala Seshachalam (Rushi), Dodla Subbarama Reddy (Rushi), Papireddy (Muni Balaka), Pasupuleti Venkata Subbaiah (Rahu), Lakshmi Devi (Lakshmi), Rajya Lakshmi (Mohini), Ramana (Bhoodevi) Dialogues and Lyrics: Duvvuri Rami Reddy Music: Bhimavarapu Narasimha Rao Art: TVS Sharma (Thangirala Venkata Subbayya Sharma) Director: Chitrapu Narasimha Rao Banner: Sri Rama Films Limited Trivia: This movie was also known as JALANDHARA.

Bhakta Prahlada is the first Telugu talkie movie made in 1931 by H.M. Reddy, a pioneer in Indian film industry. It is a classic mythological drawn from the Vishnu Purana. Prahlada, the son of the demon Hiranya Kasipa (Subbaiah), defies his father and worships Vishnu. He is imprisoned but Vishnu protects him. Cast: Munipalle Venkata Subbaiah or V.V. Subba Rao (Hiranya Kasipa), Krishna Rao (Prahlada), Surabhi Kamalabai (Leelavathi), L.V. Prasad (friend of Prahlada), Doraswami Naidu (Indra), Chitrapu Narasimha Rao (Brahma and Chandamarka), BV Subba Rao Story: Dharmavaram Krishnamacharyulu Music: H.R. Padmanabha Sastri Lyrics: Chandala Kesavadasu Cinematography: Govardhanbhai Patel Producer: Manikyalal Seth Director: H.M. Reddy Banner: Bharat Movietone (Sri Krishna Film Company) Budget: Rs. 20,000 Duration: 108 mts. Release Date: 15 September 1931 Trivia:  Valluru Venkata Subba Rao (V.V. Subba Rao) was born in Munipalle near Ponnur. So, later he called as Munipal...