Chandraharam (Telugu: ?????????; Tamil: ???????????) is a 1954 bilingual Telugu - Tamil swashbuckling film, produced by Nagi Reddy - Chakrapani under Vijaya Productions banner and directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. Starring N. T. Rama Rao, Savitri, Sriranjani Jr. in the lead roles and music composed by Ghantasala.
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Plot
The life of Chandana Raju is in the Chandraharam worn by him in the neck. He paints the image of a beautiful lady and wants to marry her. His adviser Dhoomaketu wanted to dethrone him and occupy the kingdom. He sends Niksheparaya to kill any lady with similar resemblance. Yakshini Chanchala loves the king by hearing his song. She was refused and insulted. She takes away the Chandraharam, thereby killing him. He comes back to life by another Yakshini. During this period, he finds Gowri, the painted lady and marries her. Finally her Pativratyam saves him from Chanchala and death.
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Cast
- N.T. Rama Rao
- Savitri
- Sriranjani Jr.
- S. V. Ranga Rao
- Relangi
- R. Nageswara Rao
- Padmanabham
- Balakrishna
- K. V. S. Sarma
- Joga Rao
- Suryakantham
- Rushyendramani
Crew
- Art: Gokhale, Kaladhar
- Choreography: P. Krishna Murthy
- Stills: Vrushbhendraiah
- Story - Dialogues - Lyrics: Pingali Nagendra Rao
- Playback: Ghantasala, P. Leela, A. P. Komala, Lalitha
- Music: Ghantasala
- Editing: Jambulingam
- Cinematography: Marcus Bartley
- Producer: Nagi Reddy - Chakrapani
- Screenplay - Director: Kamalakara Kameswara Rao
- Direction Supervision: L. V. Prasad
- Banner: Vijaya Productions
- Release Date: 6th January 1954
Production
The film was produced by Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani under the banner Vijaya Pictures simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil. This is the directorial debut for Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. Cinematography was by Marcus Bartley. Chakrapani wrote the story while Pingali Nagendra Rao wrote the dialogues and lyrics for the Telugu version.
Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass wrote the dialogues and lyrics for the Tamil version.
Songs
The music was composed by Ghantasala. All the tunes for all the songs for both languages are the same.
Telugu Songs
Lyrics by Pingali Nagendra Rao.
Tamil Songs
Lyrics by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass. Arud Jyothi Daivam is a Thiruvarutpa by Vallalar Ramalinga Swamigal. Playback singers are Ghantasala, Lalitha, K. Rani, P. Leela, M. Sathyam and A. P. Komala.
References
External links
- Chandraharam on IMDb
- Chandraharam songs at Raaga.com
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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