Grama Devathalu
C.S. Rao
Country: India; Year: 1968; Language: Telugu
Studio: Sugandhi Pictures
Producer: Babu and Babu; Cinematographer: D. Lakshmi Narayana; Editor: Akkineni Sanjeevi Rao; Composer: Pendyala Nageswara Rao; Lyricist: Arudra, Kosaraju Raghavaiah Choudhury, Dasaradhi, Vapasa, Sugandhi Kunthalamba, B.L.N. Acharya
Cast: Kongara Jagaiah, Relangi Venkataramaiah, Lanka Satyam, Vangara, Chadalawada, Rajababu, M. Prabhakar Reddy, Prasad, Allu Ramalingaiah, Vijayanirmala, Girija, Ramakoti, Boddapati, K. Jaggarao, Rajasulochana, Ragini, Chalam, Dulipala, Kantharao
Topic: Original Language, Released
Release Date: December 6, 1968
IMDb ID: 0261718
Guest Appearance: Chalam, Dulipala, Kantharao
Presented By: A.N.C. Financiers; Story: B.S. Ramaiah, Srirama Murthy Prakya; Dialogue: Palagummi Padmaraju
Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, P. Susheela, L.R. Eswari, B. Vasantha, B. Gopalam, Mallik, Basaveswar, K.J. Jesudas, P. Leela
Art Director: V. Suranna; Dance Director: Chinni-Sampath
C.S. Rao (Director) - Show Filmography
Chittajalu Srinivasa Rao (b. 1924) Born in Kakinada, AP. Mainstream Telugu filmmaker of sentimental dramas, mythologicals and contemporary socials. Also worked in Kannada. Son of C. Pullaiah, in whose children’s films Dhruva and Ansuya (both 1936) he acted. Sponsored commercial Telugu theatre group Navagraha Kootam. Joined Gemini as assistant director (1946) and worked with Pullaiah, Ramnoth, A.K. Sekhar and on Uday Shankar’s Kalpana (1948). A major figure in perpetuating the cultural orthodoxy of e.g. Vel Pics and the early Gemini in combining values of entertainment with sentimental moralism, a trend continued by his assistants A. Sheshgiri Rao, Ramchandra Rao, etc. Married actress Rajasulochana, a consistent presence in his work since the late 50s.
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).
