Telugu Cinema Prapamcham

Synopsis: King Chandrasena (Mukkamala) has two wives Gunavathi (Rushyendramani) and Rupavathi (Chayadevi). Rupavathi has three sons. Rupavathi brother Vakraketu (Rajanala) has eye on the king’s throne. When Guanvathi gets pregnant with the blessings of the goddess Parvathi, Vakraketu along with his sister Rupavathi bribes the astrologer and tries to kill the kid, but is rescued and brought up the Shepard couple (Lanka Satyam and Hemalatha). Once King Chandrasena goes to hunting in the forest and sees Vijay (NTR). He lost the eyesight due to the Vakraketu poisoning the food. He blames Vijay for that. Doctors advice king to get the Gulebakavali flower which blossoms on the full moon day in the Yakshaloka. How Vijay brings back the flower along with the two beautiful heroines and teaches the lesson to Vakraketu is the rest of the story. Cast: NT Rama Rao (Vijay), Jamuna (Yuktimathi), Rajanala (Vakraketu), Rushyendramani (Gunavathi), Nagaratna, Mukkamala (Chandrasena), Chayadevi...

Cast: NT Rama Rao, Devika, SV Ranga Rao, Jaggaiah, Relangi, Girija, Rajanala, Rushyendramani Music: TV Raju Play-back: Ghantasala, P. Susheela Producers: DBK Raju, KAS Raju Director: V. Madhusudana Rao Banner: Sri Ramakrishna Productions Release Date: 18 October Box-office: Flop

Cast: NT Rama Rao, Anjali Devi, Krishna Kumari, Jaggaiah, Relangi, Chalam, Girija, Suryakantham, Chayadevi, Balakrishna Dialogues: Samudrala Ramanujacharya Music: Ramesh Naidu Cinematography: Kamal Ghosh Editing: M. Sundaram Art: VV Rajendra Kumar Choreography: AK Chopra Executive Producer: PV Satyanarayana Rao Producer: MR Jayaram Director: Manapuram Appa Rao Banner: Santhikala Films Release Date: 17 July

Cast: NT Rama Rao, Devika, Kannamba, Relangi, Girija, Suryakantham, CSR Anjaneyulu, KVS Sharma, Hemalatha, Peketi Sivaram Dialogues: Athreya, Arudra Music: K. Prasada Rao Play-back: Ghantasala, P. Susheela Cinematography: Bul Bul Producer: D Bhavanarayana Director: Amamcharla Seshagiri Rao Banner: DBN Productions Release Date: 5 May Trivia: 'Pendli Pilupu' and 'Indrajit' or 'Sati Sulochana' released same day (5 May 1961), both starred by NTR. This was happened first time in Indian film history. This film had a 100-day run in Vijayawada and Rajahmundry.

Cast: NT Rama Rao, B. Saroja Devi, Jaggaiah, Chittooru Nagaiah, Relangi, Kannamba, EV Saroja, Girija, Balakrishna Play-back: Ghantasala, PB Srinivas, P. Susheela Music:  Viswanathan and Ramamurthy Cinematography: V. Gopikrishna Art: Ganga Producer: TR Ramanna Director: VN Reddy Banner: RR Pictures Release Date: 26 January Popular Songs: 1. Evariki evaru kaapalaa 2. Oke raagam oke taalam

Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao (Jayanth), Anjali Devi (Suvarna Sundari), Relangi (Kailasam), Ramana Reddy (Ullasam), Balakrishna (Chadastham), Peketi Sivaram, Chittooru Nagaiah, Gummadi, CSR Anjaneyulu, Rajasulochana, Girija, Suryakala, KVS Sharma, EV Saroja, Master Babji Story: Sadasivabrahmam, Adityan (Adi Narayana Rao) Dialogues: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry Lyrics: Samudrala Raghavacharya, Samudrala Ramanujacharya, Kosaraju Music: Adi Narayana Rao Play-back: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, Jikki Cinematography: MA Rahman Editing: Prakash Art: Vaali Choreography: Vempati Satyam Make-up: Narayana Murthy Producer: Adi Narayana Rao Director: Vedantam Raghavaiah Banner: Anjali Pictures Release Date: 10 May Trivia: There are 14 songs in this film. The film remade in Hindi and Tamil. Both are hits like Telugu original. Adi Narayana Rao received best national music director award from Bombay Journaslists Association. ANR and Anjali Devi did their roles in the H...

Cast: NT Rama Rao (Vikramarka), Kanta Rao (Bhatti), Anjali Devi, SV Ranga Rao, Kanchana, Relangi, Girija, Mukkamala, Balakrishna (Anji) Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao Play-back: Ghantasala, P. Susheela Producer: PVV Satyanarayana Murthy Director: Jampana Chandrasekhara Rao Banner: PVVSM Productions Release Date: 28 September Trivia: It had a 100-day run in 13 centers. There was Fire Accident on the sets of Narasu Studios, Guindy, Madras on March 13, 1959. The 'Bhatti Vikramarka' shooting required a fire, and a fire was made by using petrol and straw. Mukkamala and Anjali Devi were on the sets. The bamboo setting was ablaze and the flames rose high fast. The fire spread to the adjacent sets too and caused a huge damage of a lakh and half rupees. It took them for more than 90 minutes for the fire brigades to bring the fire under control. This was the worst fire disaster in the history of Telugu cinema. Popular Songs: 1. Kanne pilla sogasu choodu 2. Kommulu th...