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Chadalavada Kutumba Rao
Chadalavada Kutumba Rao, popularly known as Chadalavada (died 1968), was a Tollywood actor well known for his comedian roles. He appeared in many Telugu films. The prominent among them are: ''Aada Paduchu, Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu, Bharya Bharthalu, Jayabheri, Krishna Leelalu (1959), Maya Bazaar, Palletooru, Parivartana, Pelli Naati Pramanalu, Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham (1963), Thirupathamma Katha'' (1963) and ''Thodi Kodallu''. He started acting in dramas initially. He entered the Telugu cinema field in 1951. He had a familiar accent and was also a jovial personality. He died in 1968.Kutumba Rao Chadalvada, Luminaries of 20th Century, Part I, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005, pp: 86. Filmography # ''Tahsildar'' (1944) # '' Swargaseema'' (1945) # ''Mana Desam'' (1949) as Madhu #''Pelli Chesi Choodu'' (1952) # ''Palletooru'' (1952) (actor and playback singer) # ''Pitchi Pullaiah'' (1953) #''Vayyari Bhama'' (1953) # '' Parivartana'' (1954) as Pichi vaadu # ''Nir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or animal actively maintains the experience, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure. It is an emotion with po ... situations, or acting foolish (as in slapstick), or employing prop comedy. A comedian who addresses an audience directly is called a stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian. A popular saying often attributed to Ed Wynn attempts to differentiate the two terms: "A comic says funny things; a comedian says things funny." This draws a distinction between how much of the comedy (drama), comedy can be attributed to verbal content and how much to acting and persona. Since the 1980s, a new wave of comedy, called alternative comedy, has grown in popularity with its more offbeat and experimental style. This normally i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vayyari Bhama
''Vayyari Bhama'' () is a 1953 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler film, produced by Satrasala Lakshminarayana, P. Subba Rao under the Ajantha Pictures banner and directed by P. Subba Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, S. Varalakshmi and Sulochana Devi, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film was released on 6 June 1953. Plot Once upon a time, in a kingdom there lived a naughty guy called Chadraiah, his father gets annoyed with his deeds and exiled him from their house. Chadraiah leaves the village, on the way he meets a soldier who narrates to him a false story regarding a magical woman ''Vayyari Bhama'' who lives on an island that comes after crossing seven seas and she possesses a diamond through which a man can achieve anything in the universe. Chandraiah reaches the fort and reveals the secret to the King. The King has immense belief in these miracles and he promises Chandraiah that if his word comes true he is ready to give half of his kingdom along with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aada Pettanam
''Aada Pettanam'' () is a 1958 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language drama (film and television), drama film, produced by M. Narayana Swamy and M. Venkata Ramadasu and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Anjali Devi, with music jointly composed by S. Rajeswara Rao and Master Venu. ''Anisetty'' was announced as the director initially, but Adurthi Subba Rao took over later. Plot The film begins in a village, where a wealthy couple, Ganapathi (Chadalavada) & Rangamma (Kannamba) has a son Krishna (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) and a daughter Swarajyam (Suryakala). Virago Rangamma maintains the household and scorns the step-son Krishna. Krishna falls for his childhood friend Radha (Anjali Devi), daughter of school teacher Ramaiah (Perumallu). Learning it, Ramaiah moves with the wedding proposal when Rangamma desires Rs. 10,000 of dowry. So, Ramaiah approaches malicious President Kondaiah (Gummadi), one that tramples the villagers by providing loans. Ramaiah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankalpam (1957 Film)
''Sankalpam'' () is a 1957 Telugu-language drama film, produced and directed by C. V. Ranganatha Das under the Sadhana films banner. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Kusuma Kumari, with music composed by Susarla Dakshinamurthi. Plot The film begins with Raghu a burglar, when his mother Mangamma is terminally ill she calls her brother Gopaiah and requests him to knit his daughter Lakshmi with Raghu. Gopaiah agrees to the proposal despite the refusal of his son Papaiah as he aspires to perform Lakshmi's marriage with Shankaram, a rich & innocent guy. During the time of the wedding, Raghu gets arrested and sentenced to 3 months which leads to Gopaiah's death. Right now, Papaiah feels Lakshmi is a burden when soft-hearted Shankaram takes care of her. Time passes, Raghu acquits, makes acquaintance with a huge burglar Kondalu, and goes into the trap of his sister Maya. During that time, Shankaram gets back to him through a play but he steals his money & jewelry from Lakshmi and presents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todi Kodallu
''Thodi Kodallu'' () is a 1957 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language drama (film and television), drama film directed and edited by Adurthi Subba Rao who co-wrote the script with D. Madhusudhana Rao and Acharya Aatreya. Madhusudhana Rao produced the film under Annapurna Studios, Annapurna Pictures. It stars Savitri (actress), Savitri and Akkineni Nageswara Rao with music composed by Master Venu. The film is based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bengali language, Bengali novel ''Nishkriti'', and was simultaneously made as the Tamil language, Tamil film ''Engal Veettu Mahalakshmi'' (1957); both films were made simultaneously by the same banner and director, and some of the scenes and artists are the same in both versions. ''Thodi Kodallu'' won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, Certificate of merit for Best Feature Film in Telugu. Cast Telugu cast Tamil cast Production The film was produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao under his own banner Annapurna Picture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonta Ooru
''Sonta Ooru'' () is a 1956 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by G. Sadasivudu under the G.V.S. Productions banner and directed by E. S. N. Murthy. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Sowcar Janaki and music composed by Ghantasala. Plot The film begins in a village, where Rayanam a farmer who lost his entire wealth in charities, he has three children, Madhav & Chinnabai, and a daughter Aruna. Madhav returns to his village after completing his education and decides to take up farming, so, he takes his blind friend Dasu's land on lease. Lakshmi is a milkwoman, adores Rayanam & Madhav as deities. Parallelly, Chinnabai quarrels with his father and starts a hotel by taking a loan from a widow Pitchamma. Pitchamma aspires to couple up her daughter Damayanti with Madhav despite he leaves agriculture and moves to the city. At the same time, a doctor Damodaram Tripada/DDT lands at the village and falls for Damayanti. Meanwhile, Lakshmi loves Madhav but maintains silence due to fear, ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charana Daasi
''Charana Daasi'' () is a 1956 Indian Telugu-language drama film written by Vempati Sadasivabrahmam and directed by T. Prakash Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi and Savitri, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film is based on Rabindranath Tagore's 1906 Bengali novel '' Noukadubi''. It was simultaneously made in Tamil as '' Mathar Kula Manikkam'' (1956). Story and Dialogues were by Vempati Sadasivabrahmam Plot The film revolves around two couples – Dr. Chandra Sekhar & Parvathi ahead Venu & Lakshmi. Venu & Lakshmi love birds, but Venu is forcibly knitted with a girl Devaki by his parents. Simultaneously, another wedding takes place in the same village, of an orthodox girl Parvathi which is disrupted due to dowry problems. During that plight, Dr. Chandra Shekar the bestie of Parvathi's brother nuptials her to keep them at save face. Due to the sudden espousal, the couple fails to notice. Parallelly, as it is an unwilling alliance Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santosham (1955 Film)
''Santosham'' () is a 1955 Telugu-language drama film, produced by M. Somasundaram under the Jupiter Pictures banner and directed by C. P. Deekshith. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi and Jamuna, with music composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. It is a remake of the Tamil film ''Velaikari'' (1949) and it was simultaneously made in Hindi as ''Naya Aadmi'' (1956). Plot Zamindar Dayanidhi is a deceitful vicious miser whose profession is to take advantage of the destitute by giving loans and taking authority over them. Unable to repay the money he has borrowed from Zamindar for his son Anand's higher studies, Sundaraiah commits suicide. A depressed Anand makes an aborted bid to kill the Zamindar and on the same night, he along with his friend Madan Mohan stumbles upon the corpse of an England-returned rich young man Paramanand, who resembles Anand. On Mohan's advice, Anand takes his place. The dead man's blind mother believes that Anand is her son and performs his marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardhangi
''Ardhangi'' () is a 1955 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced and directed by P. Pullayya under the Ragini Pictures banner. It stars Santha Kumari, Savitri, and Akkineni Nageswara Rao. Music is composed by Master Venu and B. Narasimha Rao. Acharya Aatreya scripted the film based on Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of the Bengali novel ''Swayamsidda'' written by Manilal Banerjee. The film was successful at the box office. It has received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and the Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu. The film was remade in Tamil as ''Pennin Perumai'' and in Hindi as '' Bahurani'' (1963). Plot Zamindar Bhujangarao has two sons. The elder son Raghunath Rao born to his first wife is developmentally disabled. After his first wife's death, the Zamindar marries Rajeswari and the couple has a son Nagendra Rao / Naagu who is shown to be a man of vices. Naagu is cruel to his half-brother. Impressed by the way Padma, a village girl, faces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santhanam (film)
''Santhanam'' () is a 1955 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced & directed by C. V. Ranganatha Das under the Sadhana Films banner while L. V. Prasad has taken care of direction supervision. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri, with music composed by Susarla Dakshina Murthy. The film is the debut of legendary singer ''Lata Mangeshkar'' in the Telugu film industry. The song ''Nidura Pora Thammuda'' was a trend setter in being a theme song that unites lost siblings. The film was remade in Tamil as '' Marakka Mudiyuma?''. Plot The film begins with Rangaiah (S. V. Ranga Rao) a worker who has two children and his wife passes away giving birth to a third. Beyond that, Rangaiah loses his eyesight in an accident, and 3 children are left to fend for themselves by Rangaiah. Due to misfortune, the second one Ramu is lost on the train and joins a drama troupe. the eldest Lakshmi finds shelter at the rich man Narahari Rao's (Mikkilineni) residence, with the help of his son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanyasulkam
''Kanyasulkam'' is a Telugu play written by Gurajada Apparao in 1892.20th Century Telugu Luminaries, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005 It is one of the earliest modern works in an Indian language, and it is the first Telugu play to deal with social issues. The play portrays the practice of ''Kanya-sulkam'' (roughly translates to ''bride price'') which was common among the priestly Brahmins in Telugu-speaking areas of southern India. Controversial in its time, this play continues to be one of the most popular Telugu literary works of all time. A number of expressions used by Gurajada in this play are still popular in modern-day Telugu. Objective Gurajada wrote this play to raise awareness about what he felt was a scandalous state of affairs in society. His English preface to the first edition states: "Such a scandalous state of things is a disgrace to society, and literature can not have a higher function than to show up such practices and give currency to a hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annadata (1954 Film)
''Annadata'' () is a 1954 Telugu-language drama film, produced by K. Gopala Rao under the Ashwaraj Films banner and directed by Vedantam Raghavayya. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Anjali Devi, with music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao. The film was dubbed into Tamil-language and released in 1957. Plot The film begins with a peasant Bangaraiah who devoted his life to serving the public. Once, a severe drought affects their terrain when he sets up a rescue camp and feeds the destitute by mortgaging his property. Shanta one of the victims also aids Bangaraiah to raise the funds by playing a stage show with drama artist Kamayya Naidu. The program triumphs, following Bangaraiah nuptials Shanta and they, are blessed with a baby girl Annapurna. Kamayya also knits a dancer Subbulu by deceiving who gives birth to an ugly girl and he quits her. Meanwhile, Bangaraiah rushes conscious that the rescue camp caught fire, keeping Shanta & baby under Kamayya. Unfortunately, Kamayya has a ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
