Telugu Cinema Prapamcham

Cast: Chalam, Jayanthi, Bharathi, Satyanarayana, Master Bablu, Subha, K. Vijaya, Chalapathi Rao, Veerabhadra Rao, Mallikarjuna Rao, Ch. Venkateswara Rao, G. Sivaraju, Panchadi Swamy, Vangara Appa Rao, Amara Prasad, Savitri, Ratna Kumari, Master Ramesh, Master Jagannath, Baby Usha Story and Screenplay: K. Viswanath Dialogues: DV Narasa Raju Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishna Sastry, C. Narayana Reddy Play-back: SP Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela Music:  KV Mahadevan Cinematography: B. Rama Chandraiah Editing: B. Gopala Rao Art: Bhaskara Raju Producer: GVS Raju Director: K. Viswanath Banner: Vijaya Lakshmi Movies Censor Date: 04.09.1974 Popular Songs: 1. Evaru evaru evaruraa peddavaallu (CNR)

Cast: Kalyanam Raghu Ramaiah, Parupalli Satyanarayana, Surabhi Kamalabai Director: Pothina Srinivasa Rao Banner: Saraswati Movietone Notes: The first cinema hall in Andhra Pradesh was Maruthi Talkies in Bezawada constructed by Pothina Srinivasa Rao in 1921. This theatre was inaugurated on October 23 that year. The theatre still exists. It was the beginning of the birth of cinema theatres. The first talkie ever made in India, Alam Ara , was first released in this theatre. It enjoyed such a pride of place that all the films made at Bombay and at other production centers were first released in Maruthi Talkies, along with their release in Bombay. Srinivasa Rao also turned producer-director with his film titled Prithvi Putra in 1933, under his own banner Saraswathi Movietone. He was also the film's script writer.