Ananda Nilayam
B.S. Narayana
Country: India; Year: 1971; Language: Telugu; Color: Black and White
Studio: Mercury Cine Productions
Producer: Guthikonda Venkat Ratnam, C.H.L.N. Rao; Cinematographer: U.K. Ramachandra; Editor: C.H. Venkateswara Rao; Composer: Pendyala Nageswara Rao; Lyricist: Arudra, Dasaradhi, C. Narayana Reddy, K.G.R. Sharma
Cast: Kantharao, Chalam, Rajanala, Relangi Venkataramaiah, T.V. Ramana Reddy, Rajababu, Balakrishna, T. Krishna Kumari, Vijayalalitha, Suryakantham, Surabi Balasaraswathi, Hemalatha, Jhansi, Rajeswari, Vijayanirmala, Vanisri, Ramakoti, Boddapati, Chidatala Apparao
Topic: Original Language, Released, Manasu Collection
Release Date: April 14, 1971
Executive Producer: B.V. Krishna Murthy; Assistant Director: A. Kodandarami Reddy; Story: Guthikonda Venkat Ratnam; Screenplay: B.S. Narayana; Dialogue: Bollimuntha Sivaramakrishna, K.G.R. Sharma
Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, P. Susheela, P.B. Srinivas, S. Janaki, L.R. Eswari, Pitapuram Nageshwara Rao, Madhavapedhi Satyam
Art Director: B. Chalam; Publicity Design: Gangadhar; Dance Director: Chinni-Sampath, Rajkumar
Pendyala Nageswara Rao (Composer) - Show Filmography
(1924-84) Telugu composer born in Kattur, coastal AP. Son of a music teacher. Harmonium accompanist in the theatre; joined films as a musician, playing the harmonium in Jyotish Sinha’s Talliprema (1941). First break as composer in L.V. Prasad’s Drohi. Early films mainly with K.S. Prakash Rao. Best-known work associated with the lyrics of Arudra, e.g. in K.B. Tilak’s and K.V. Reddy’s films. Regarded as the one who introduced rural folk music into the Telugu film song, influencing contemporaries like Ghantasala. Singers P. Susheela and S. Janaki both débuted with him. Scored most of NTR’s big 70s mythologicals (Chanakya Chandragupta, Shri Rama Pattabhishekham).
Songs:
1. Song: Yedhuru Chuche Nayanalu ఎదురు చూచె నయనాలు ఏమి చేసెను యిన్నాళ్ళు (Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao; Lyricist: C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: P. Susheela, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao)
2. Song: Gutiloni Pillaku గూటిలోని పిల్లకు గుండె ఝల్లుమన్నది (Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao; Lyricist: K.G.R. Sharma; Singer: P. Susheela)
3. Song: Padhimandhilo Paata Paadina Adhi Ankithamevaro Okarike పది మందిలో పాట పాడినా (Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao; Lyricist: Arudra; Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao)
4. Song: Rani Rani Maikam Rani Poni Poni Bidiyam Poni రానీ రానీ మైకం రానీ పోనీ పోనీ బిడియం పోనీ (Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao; Lyricist: Arudra; Singer: L.R. Eswari, Madhavapedhi Satyam, Pitapuram Nageshwara Rao)
5. Song: Ee Kanne Gulabi Virichinadhoyi ఈ కన్నె గులాబి విరిసినదోయి (Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao; Lyricist: Dasaradhi; Singer: P.B. Srinivas, S. Janaki)
2. Song: Gutiloni Pillaku గూటిలోని పిల్లకు గుండె ఝల్లుమన్నది (Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao; Lyricist: K.G.R. Sharma; Singer: P. Susheela)
3. Song: Padhimandhilo Paata Paadina Adhi Ankithamevaro Okarike పది మందిలో పాట పాడినా (Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao; Lyricist: Arudra; Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao)
4. Song: Rani Rani Maikam Rani Poni Poni Bidiyam Poni రానీ రానీ మైకం రానీ పోనీ పోనీ బిడియం పోనీ (Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao; Lyricist: Arudra; Singer: L.R. Eswari, Madhavapedhi Satyam, Pitapuram Nageshwara Rao)
5. Song: Ee Kanne Gulabi Virichinadhoyi ఈ కన్నె గులాబి విరిసినదోయి (Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao; Lyricist: Dasaradhi; Singer: P.B. Srinivas, S. Janaki)
