Paga Sadhistha
K.V.S. Kutumba Rao
Country: India; Year: 1970; Language: Telugu
Studio: Ravi Chitra Films
Producer: Y.V. Rao; Cinematographer: S.S. Lal; Editor: K.A. Marthand; Composer: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Arudra, C. Narayana Reddy, Dasaradhi, Kosaraju Raghavaiah Choudhury, Veeturi, Kodakandla Appalacharya
Cast: Krishna Ghattamaneni, Kaikala Satyanarayana, M. Prabhakar Reddy, Rajababu, Thyagaraju, Master Ramu, Nelluru Kantharao, Vijayanirmala, Vijayalalitha, Manimala, Sandhyarani, Anitha, Kanakadurga, Chayadevi, Vijayabhanu, Jyothilakshmi, Modhukuri Satyam, Maddhada Krishna, Boddapati, G. Satyam, Master Visweswara Rao, Master Ramu, Master Ramesh
Topic: Original Language, Released
Release Date: May 28, 1970
Story: Smt Y. Vasanthi; Screenplay: Nagarkoil Padmanaban; Dialogue: Kodakandla Appalacharya
Singer: P. Susheela, S. Janaki, L.R. Eswari, Swarnalatha, Pitapuram Nageshwara Rao, B. Vasantha
Art Director: B. Chalam; Dance Director: B. Heeralal
Y.V. Rao (Producer)
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: Manasu Uyyala మనసు ఉయ్యాల తనువు (Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: P. Susheela)
2. Song: Padu Pillode Pinnamma పాడు పిల్లోడే పిన్నమ్మా (Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Kosaraju Raghavaiah Choudhury; Singer: L.R. Eswari)
3. Song: Chitti Chitti Papa చిట్టి చిట్టి పాపా నా చిన్నారి (Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Dasaradhi; Singer: P. Susheela)
4. Song: Ne Muddhadana ముద్దాడనా నీ తమి తీర్చనా (Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Arudra; Singer: S. Janaki)
5. Song: Ee Biguvu Ee Thagavu ఈ బిగువూ ఈ తగవూ కొత్తది (Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Veeturi; Singer: P. Susheela)
6. Song: O My Darling ఓ మైడార్లింగ్ నన్ను విడచీ (Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Kodakandla Appalacharya; Singer: Swarnalatha, Pitapuram Nageshwara Rao, B. Vasantha)
