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I am starting a new post on the Legends of Telugu Cinema NT Rama Rao and A Nageswar Rao. I know the foot fall of this post will be few but still I want to complete my collection and sharing the albums available with me of these two legends. These two need no introduction as far as Telugu Cinema is concerned. They were fortunate enough to have reigned the Golden Period of Telugu Cinema accompanied my Ghantasala's music. Here is the brief biography of these two stars followed by their filmography.
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Mana Desam (Telugu)
This film was directed by L.V. Prasad (of many Telugu and Hindi films fame). It made history in several fronts. Here are some highlights… 1. It introduced N.T. Rama Rao in a supporting role. It was a negative role. Little did anyone know that he will go on to make history in Telugu films first and later in Andhra Pradesh politics. 2. It also introduced one of the greatest character actors of the Indian screen, S.V. Ranga Rao. 3. It introduced another great Telugu name, Ghantasala. He was the music director of the film. He also sang few songs in the film. Ghantasala ruled the Telugu cinema field unchallenged for nearly four decades as a singer unparalleled. 4. It was produced by the actress C. Krishnaveni, who also was the heroine of the film. She was also a singer and sang all of her own songs in the film. 5. Some reports say that one of South India’s greatest singers, Susheela was also introduced in this film. I couldn’t authenticate this claim because I wasn’t sure the song she sang. 6. It was the first Telugu movie based on Bengali literature. Its story was taken from Sharat Chandra Chatterjee’s classic Bengali novel, “Vipradas”. A word or two about the actress, singer, and the producer of this film, Krishnaveni. She started playing small roles in dramas and got a break by entering into the movies as a child artiste. She made only few movies in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada, altogether less than 30. After marrying one of the producers in the Telugu field, Raja of MIrzapuram, she ventured into producing movies herself. She experimented in her movies by showing the rich cultural heritage of Telugu people and their culture. Besides the artistes mentioned above, she also introduced another music director Ramesh Naidu. I am uploading most of the songs from this film in two back-to-back posts. It appears that I may be missing two songs shown in red italics in the second table given in the second post. If anyone can share these missing songs, I will be thankful. I am not certain of singer assignments. I would appreciate if someone can help sort this out. Also, a word of caution. The quality of these songs varies from poor to average. I tried to clean the noise, but was only partially successful. Please download this with this warning in mind. Incidentally, the song “Vaishnava Janato Tene Kahiye” sung by Ghantasala appears to be a Gujarati song. Can someone verify this please? Thanks. Now for the songs in the first post from this history making film… This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jul 20 2011, 12:55 PM Attached image(s) ![]() |
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