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*''Thuninthapin Maname Thuyaram Kollathe'' by [[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]] |
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===Trivia=== |
===Trivia=== |
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| Directed by | Vedantam Raghavaiah |
| Written by | Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay Samudrala Raghavacharya |
| Starring | Akkineni Nageswara Rao Savitri S.V.Ranga Rao |
| Music by | C. R. Subburaman |
| Distributed by | Vinoda Pictures |
Release date | 1953 |
Running time | 191 min. |
| Language | Telugu |
Devdas ( Telugu), also known as Devadasu (Template:Lang-te), is a 1953 social film based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novella, Devdas. Samudrala Raghavacharya wrote the dialogue and screen adaptation. It is a film of Vinoda Pictures produced in Black and White produced simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil languages. The Tamil version is named as Devadas.
Devadasu was one of the most memorable films for Telugu people. The songs in this film are popular even today. 'Jagame Maayaa', 'Palleku Podam .. Paarunu Choodaam', 'Kudi Edamaithe' are the few unforgettable song of Devadasu. Major credit goes to Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, the singer and C. R. Subburaman, the music director. It is said that singer Ghantasala had observed a fast for 41 days in order to get the right effects to represent a grief-stricken Devadasu while singing the song 'Jagame Maaya Brathuke Maaya'.
Plot
Devadas (Akkineni Nageshwara Rao)is a well educated guy who returns to his village after spending several years in London for his education. Parvathi (Savitri) is his childhood sweet heart and both of them make a very adorable pair. Things take a bad turn when Parvathi's family proposes for marriage to Devadas's family and get rejected on the grounds that they are of inferior caste and social status. Devadas upon persistence and threatening from his father rejects Parvathi when the latter meets him personally and asks for his love. A dejected Devadas returns to the city while Parvathi gets married. Devadas realizes that he is deeply in love with Parvathi but comes to know that she is already married when he returns to his village. To forget her he becomes alcoholic and spends his time with a courtesan named Chandramukhi (Lalita) who falls in love with him. As time pass by Devadas condition worsens due to heavy drinking and after knowing that he doesn't have much time left and plans to meet Parvathi for one last time. In a fitting climax he dies even before he meets Parvathi ending the movie on a sad note.
Cast
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Akkineni Nageshwara Rao | Devadas |
| Savitri | Parvati |
| S. V. Ranga Rao | Zamindar Narayana Rao |
| Chilakalapudi Seetha Rama Anjaneyulu | |
| Lalita | Chandramukhi |
| Doraiswamy | Neelakantham |
| Aarani Satyanarayana | Dharmanna |
| Peketi Sivaram | Bhagawan |
| R. Nageswara Rao | |
| Chandrakumari | |
| Bellary Lalitha | |
| Sitaram | Bandivadu |
| Kanchi Narasimha Rao |
Crew
- Producer : D. L. Narayana, Vedantam Raghavaiah, C. R. Subburaman and Samudrala Raghavacharya
- Production Company: Vinoda Pictures
- Director : Vedantam Raghavaiah
- Music : C. R. Subburaman assisted by M. S. Viswanathan & T. K. Ramamoorthy
- Screenplay: Vedantam Raghavaiah
- Dialogue: Samudrala Raghavacharya (Telugu) and Udayakumar (Tamil)
- Lyrics: Samudrala Raghavacharya (Telugu), Udumalai Narayana Kavi & K. D. Santhanam (Tamil)
- Art Direction : Godgaonkar
- Editing : Narayana
- Choreography: Vempati Chinna Satyam
- Cinematography : B. S. Ranga
- Makeup : Mangayya
- Playback singers : Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, Jikki Krishnaveni, K. Rani and Raavu Balasaraswathi.
Soundtrack
- Telugu songs
- Andaala Aanandam - R. Balasaraswati Devi.
- Antha Bhranthi Yenaa Jeevitana Velugintena - K. Rani.
- Cheliya Ledhu Chelimi Ledhu - Ghantasala and K. Rani.
- Jagame Maaya Bratuke Maya - Ghantasala.
- Kala Idani Nijamidani Teliyadule Bratukintenule - Ghantasala
- Kudi Yedamaithe Porapatuledoy - Ghantasala.
- Oh Devada - Ghantasala and K. Rani
- Palleku Podam Paaruni Choodam Chalo Chalo - Ghantasala
- Thaane Marenaa by R. Balasaraswathi Devi
Trivia
 | This article contains a list of miscellaneous information. (June 2009) |
- Dilip Kumar is reported to have acknowledged that ANR has done the role of Devdas much better than him which came three years later.
- ANR was irked when Krishna remade the movie a couple of decades later and re-released the movie. The movie ran again successfully leaving Krishna's version behind which ended up as a disaster.
In this Movie, producer cum Director Vedantam Ragavaiah, Choreographer Vempati Chinna Satyam, Producer D. L. Narayana, Background Violinist Yeleswarapu Vasu Deva Sastry belongs to Kuchipudi village which is famous for Kuchipudi dance. We are very proud to honour their team work.
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