Santhanam

1955 187’ b&w Telugu d C.V. Ranganatha Das pc Sadhana Prod. co-dial/lyr Anisetty, Pinisetty m S. Dakshinamurthy c Rehman, Prasad, Rajamani lp A. Nageshwara Rao, S.V. Ranga Rao, Amarnath, Chalam, Ramana Reddy, Savitri, Relangi Venkatramaiah, Sriranjani Jr., Mikkilineni

Melodrama about a sister and two brothers who believe themselves to be orphans. They grow up doing odd jobs and the elder brother becomes the manager of a touring theatre group, the younger a wrestler and the sister a maid in a rich household. They eventually trace their father and the family is reunited. Lata Mangeshkar sang her first Telugu film song, Nidura pora thammuda. L.V. Prasad is credited with ‘direction supervision’.

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