Revolver Rani
K.V.S. Kutumba Rao
Country: India; Year: 1971; Language: Telugu
Studio: Ravi Chitra Films
Producer: Y.V. Rao; Cinematographer: P. Devaraj; Editor: K.A. Marthand; Composer: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Arudra, Veeturi
Cast: Vijayalalitha, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Vijayasri, Jyothilakshmi, Chandramohan (Telugu Actor), Rao Gopal Rao, Thyagaraju, Rajababu, Jaggarao, T. Jayasri, Kavitha, Shamim, Ramadasu, Madhavan, Azad Shando, Modhukuri Satyam
Story: Smt Y. Vasanthi Rao; Dialogue: Arudra
Singer: P. Susheela, L.R. Eswari, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
Art Director: B. Chalam; Dance Director: B. Heeralal
Y.V. Rao (Producer) - Show Filmography
Release Date: May 13 1971
Yaragudipati Varada Rao (1903-73) Tamil and Telugu director born in Nellore, AP. Medical student at Madras University. Went to Bombay and acted in Manilal Joshi’s Laxmi Pics (1925) and Ardeshir Irani’s Royal Art Studio before joining General Pics (Madras) as art director and actor, notably in R.S. Prakash’s silents. Directorial début in 1929 and started his own Chintamani Pics (1939) and Shri Varuna Films (early 50s). The only film-maker to work in all major West and South Indian film centres (Bombay, Kolhapur, Madras and Mysore) and to make films in seven languages including Marathi, Kannada and Konkani (one film, Jeevit Amche Ashe). Best-known films were a major influence upon filmic conversion of stage Company Natak traditions, e.g. Hari Maya (for Gubbi Veeranna), Sati Sulochana (first Kannada talkie starring M.V. Subbaiah Naidu and R. Nagendra Rao) and Chintamani (made in Calcutta but based on Kallakuri Narayana Rao’s noted Telugu saint biographical play). His multilingual talkies pioneered a cultural hybrid, e.g. in cross-breeding regional conventions of language, gesture and costume, crucial to the economic amalgamation of a unified South Indian film industry. His wife, Rukmini, was a noted star, as is their daughter Laxmi in Tamil and Telugu films, and their granddaughter Aishwarya.
Songs:
1. Song: Reyi chalichali రేయి చలి చలి - అహహ అహహ హాయి గిలి గిలి (Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Arudra; Singer: L.R. Eswari)
2. Song: Kannugeeti rammante కనుగీటి రమ్మంటే - అంత సులువుగ వస్తానా (Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Arudra; Singer: L.R. Eswari)
3. Song: Puvvala Remma Muddula Gumma పువ్వులరెమ్మా-ముద్దులగుమ్మా కుస్తీకి వస్తావా (Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Veeturi; Singer: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, L.R. Eswari)
4. Song: Idhugo itu chudara ఇదుగో ఇటు చూడరా - మదిలో మది లేదురా (Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Arudra; Singer: P. Susheela, Chorus)
5. Song: Neelona Neetundhi నీలోన నీటుంది - నాలోన గోటుంది (Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Arudra; Singer: L.R. Eswari)
2. Song: Kannugeeti rammante కనుగీటి రమ్మంటే - అంత సులువుగ వస్తానా (Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Arudra; Singer: L.R. Eswari)
3. Song: Puvvala Remma Muddula Gumma పువ్వులరెమ్మా-ముద్దులగుమ్మా కుస్తీకి వస్తావా (Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Veeturi; Singer: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, L.R. Eswari)
4. Song: Idhugo itu chudara ఇదుగో ఇటు చూడరా - మదిలో మది లేదురా (Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Arudra; Singer: P. Susheela, Chorus)
5. Song: Neelona Neetundhi నీలోన నీటుంది - నాలోన గోటుంది (Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Arudra; Singer: L.R. Eswari)
