Legends Of Telugu Cinema, NTR and ANR Options

[Abdur Rehman]

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.

[swarapriya]

(ANR) Rathnamala (1948)

Bhanumathi, one of the most versatile actresses of Telugu films, established her own production company along with her director-husband Rama Krishna Rao and made this maiden film under that banner, "Bharani Pictures". She was a gifted singer, actress, humorist, writer, producer, director, music director, and was equally at ease with both Telugu and Tamil languages in which she appeared or made several noteworthy movies. In the middle of all this fame and fortune, she enrolled in the school to finish the Doctorate degree in Telugu literature. She was truly a remarkable and awesomely talented woman.

I am uploading some of the songs from this film below. A couple of them, noted in the table below, are of pretty bad quality. I tried to clean them but without much success. Because these songs are so rare, I am including them here compromising on their quality. Also, I am also pretty sure that these songs are not complete. If anyone of you have any of the missing songs from this film, please share.

One of the character actors of Telugu films, C.S.R. Anjaneyulu sang several songs in this film. I am uploading one of his songs "Aagave Maradala" with and without the introduction. I am not confident who the person giving this introduction is, but I thought it might be the hero of this film, Nageshwara Rao himself. If someone can throw more light on this I will be thankful.

Here are the songs I have from this film...