Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha

1950 c.200’ b&w Telugu d/s K. Siva Rao pc Allied Prod. lyr Tapi Dharma Rao c B. Subba Rao m Ogirala Ramchandra Rao, S. Dakshinamurthy lp C.S.R. Anjaneyulu, A. Nageshwara Rao, Lakshmirajyam, K. Siva Rao, Relangi Venkatramaiah, Nalla Ramamurthy, Kanakam, D. Hemalatha, Girija

Comedy portraying two bumbling disciples of the eccentric philosopher Paramanandayya (Anjaneyulu). Into this standard folk narrative, scenarist Tapi Dharma Rao weaves a Shakespearean court intrigue while conveying his political concerns in lines like ‘It is better to starve than to rob others’ and in satirical attacks on political opportunism. Nageshwara Rao and Lakshmirajyam played the romantic leads.

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