Telugu Cinema Prapamcham

Cast: L.V. Prasad, G. Varalakshmi Director: H.M. Reddy Banner: Madras United Artistes Corporation Notes: Garikapati Varalakshmi from Ongole, was left home to act on stage in Vijayawada when she was 11 years old. She acted along with drama artists Tungala Chalapathi Rao and Dasari Kotiratnam and became popular for her roles in plays like Sakkubai and Rangoon Rowdy. Her first movies are Barrister Parvatheesam by Producer Raghupathi Prakash and Bondam Pelli by Producer H.M. Reddy, when she was 14 years old.

Cast: Lanka Satyam, G. Varalakshmi, Kasturi Sivarao, Dr. Siva Ramakrishnaiah Story: Mokkapati Narasimha Sastry Lyrics and Music: Kopparapu Subba Rao Producer: K. Subrahmanyam Director: R. Prakash Banner: Motion Pictures Producers Combines Release Date: 7 Aug, 1940 Notes: This film was based on the hilarious Telugu novel 'Barrister Parvateesam' (1924) by Mokkapati Narasimha Sastry. The title role of Parvateesam is played by Lanka Satyam. This was second film to him. His first movie was 'Amma', directed by Niranjan Pal. He worked as assistant to Director R. Prakash. Varalakshmi got the female lead role unexpectedly. Director Prakash saw her, when she was acting in the stage play 'Sakkubai' in Rajahmundry, and called her for make-up test and given her the role of wife of Parvateesam. Then she was just 12 years old girl. She sung two songs in the film also. Kasturi Sivarao did two roles as a dentist and a rikshaw puller. 1940 was a bad year for the Telugu fi...