| | 4 | 1954 183’ b&w Telugu d/co-sc B.N. Reddi pc Vauhini st/co-sc Palagummi Padmaraju from George Eliot’s Silas Marner lyr Devulapalli Krishna Sastry c B.N. Konda Reddy m A. Rama Rao lp S.V. Ranga Rao, K. Jaggaiah, Jamuna, Krishnakumari, Ramasarma, Vidyavati, Ramana Reddy, Jayalakshmi, Hemalatha |
| | 7 | The rich Manohar (Jaggaiah) marries the poor Shanta (Jamuna), neglecting to inform his conservative and tyrannical father. The father forces him to marry a girl of his choice, even as Shanta dies in a storm leaving an infant daughter behind. The daughter is rescued by the criminal Kotaiah (Ranga Rao) who, while raising her, becomes a reformed character. Manohar suffers, unable to declare the woman to be his daughter. The melodrama is remembered for Ranga Rao’s performance. A commercial flop though a success among the urban upper class. |