Papa Kosam
G.V.R. Seshagiri Rao
Country: India; Year: 1968; Language: Telugu
Studio: Vijaya Suresh Combines
Producer: D. Ramanaidu; Cinematographer: S. Venkat Ratnam; Editor: K.A. Marthand; Composer: Pendyala Nageswara Rao; Lyricist: Acharya Athreya, C. Narayana Reddy
Cast: Kongara Jagaiah, Devika, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Thyagaraju, Ramadasu, Baby Rani, Krishna Ghattamaneni, B. Padmanabam, M. Prabhakar Reddy, Dulipala, Raavi Kondal Rao, Allu Ramalingaiah, Ramachandra Rao, Jaggarao, Madhumati, Lakshmikanthamma, Rushendramani, Relangi Venkataramaiah, Rajababu, D. Ramanaidu, Vijayanirmala, Nirmala, Geethanjali Ramakrishna, Kumar
Topic: Original Language, Released
Release Date: March 15, 1968
IMDb ID: 0293494
Direction Supervision: K.S. Prakash Rao
Story: K. Murthy; Dialogue: Acharya Athreya
Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, J.V. Raghavulu, P. Susheela, L.R. Eswari, Madhavapedhi Satyam
Art Director: V.V. Rajendra Kumar; Dance Director: K.S. Reddy
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).
