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Punyavathi
''Punyavathi'' is a 1967 Telugu-language drama film, produced by Vasu Menon under the Vasu Studios banner and directed by V. Dadamirasi. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Krishna Kumari, Shobhan Babu and the music is composed by Ghantasala. The film was a remake of the Hindi film '' Nai Roshni'' (1967). Plot Professor Krishna Rao is a great educationist. During his youth, he has knitted to a wise woman Parvati and they has a son Prakash. Later, lack of ill-health Parvati losses her sight and Krishna Rao expels her with Prakash. Following, he nuptials vainglory Padmavati and their progeny are Shekar & Chitra. Along with them, Krishna Rao adopts his friend's daughter Shanti. Padmavati one that neglects her family and spends the life modernistic. To make things worse, she makes Chitra accustomed to it. As a result, Chitra falls scapegoat to a hoodwink Ramesh, gets pregnant, and commits suicide. Sekhar turns into an alcoholic due to inadequate adoration and roams around with fellow ind ...
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Nihar Ranjan Gupta
Nihar Ranjan Gupta ( bn, নীহাররঞ্জন গুপ্ত, pen name: ''Banbhatta'' (বানভট্ট); 6 June 1911 – 20 February 1986) was an Indian dermatologist and a popular Bengali novelist. He is the creator of the fictional detective character Kiriti Roy. Some of his writings were made into films of Bengal and Bollywood. Early life Gupta came from a Kabiraj family of Itna village under Lohagara police station, in the district of Jessore, presently in the Narail district of Bangladesh. He was born to Satya Ranjan Gupta and Labangalata Devi on 6 June 1911, in Narail district where his father used to work. He spent his childhood in Narail Due to his father's transferable job, he had to attend several schools, including Gaibandha High School. In 1930 he passed Matriculation from Konnagar High School. After completing his I.Sc. from Krishnagar Government College, Krishnanagar, he took admission to Carmichael Medical College. While a student at the colle ...
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Ghantasala (musician)
Ghantasala Venkateswararao (4 December 1922 – 11 February 1974), known mononymously by his surname as Ghantasala, was an Indian playback singer and film composer known for his works predominantly in Telugu and Kannada cinema and also in Tamil, Malayalam, Tulu and Hindi language films. He is considered as one of the greatest singers of Telugu cinema. In 1970, he received the Padma Shri award, India's fourth highest civilian award for his contribution to Indian cinema. According to ''The Hindu'' and ''The Indian Express'', Ghantasala was 'such a divine talent and with his songs he could move the hearts of the people'. 'Ghantasala's blending of classical improvisations to the art of light music combined with his virtuosity and sensitivity puts him a class apart, above all others in the field of playback singing'. Gifted with what Indian film historian V. A. K. Ranga Rao called 'the most majestic voice', Ghantasala helped Telugu film music develop its own distinct character which ...
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Nai Roshni (1967 Film)
''Nai Roshni'' () is a 1967 Bollywood film starring Ashok Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Biswajeet, Mala Sinha, Tanuja in lead roles. It was also made in Tamil by the same producer, under the name ''Poovum Pottum'' and in Telugu as '' Punyavathi''. Plot The film is a social drama, with its plot around university professor Dr. Kumar (Ashok Kumar), who lives with his wife Padma (Bhanumathi), his drunkard son Jyoti (Raaj Kumar), outgoing daughter Chitra (Tanuja) and his friend's daughter Rekha (Mala Sinha). Dr. Kumar and his wife have a different outlook towards life, with him preferring books and philosophy, while his wife Padma prefers social gatherings and society clubs. Padma never considered Jyoti her son, who works as a mill designer, a profession she considers too poor to acknowledge. Chitra is encouraged by her mother to mingle freely in high society, much to the disappointment of her worried father. Rekha prefers tending to her father at home, apart from studying. Prakash (Biswajee ...
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Jyothi Lakshmi
Jyothi Lakshmi (2 November 1948 – 9 August 2016) was an Indian actress who appeared in more than 130 movies. In the early 1970s, she was well noted for her leading roles and songs in movies. She also acted in female-oriented movies and was a trained dancer. She predominantly worked in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam movies. In the early 1980s, her popularity gradually declined due to her sister Jayamalini's entry into the movie industry. Her debut was in the film ''Vanambadi'' in 1963 as a dancer in the song 'Yaaradi Vanthaar'. She is best remembered for her supporting roles in Thedi Vandha Mapillai and Periya Edathu Penn. Her daughter Jyothi Meena is also an actress. Filmography Tamil #''Vanambadi'' (1963) #''Periya Idathu Penn'' (1963) #''Pattanathil Bhootham'' (1967) #''Galatta Kalyanam'' (1968) #''Poovum Pottum'' (1968) #''Adimaippenn'' (1969) #'' Thalaivan'' (1970) #''Thedi Vandha Mappillai'' (1970) #''Vairakyam'' (1970) #'' Neerum Neruppum'' (1971) #''Rickshawk ...
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Krishna Kumari (actress)
T. Krishna Kumari (6 March 1933 – 24 January 2018) was an Indian actress. She worked predominantly in Telugu films, in addition to Tamil and Kannada films in the 1950s and 1960s. She was the sister of noted actress Sowkar Janaki. She starred in over 150 films in her career, most notably ''Pichi Pullayya'' (1953), ''Bangaru Papa'' (1955), ''Vinayaka Chaviti'' (1957)'', Pelli Kanuka'' (1960), '' Devanthakudu'' (1960), ''Bharya Bhartalu'' (1961), ''Vagdanam'' (1961), ''Kula Gotralu'' (1962), '' Chaduvukunna Ammayilu'' (1963), '' Bandipotu'' (1963), '' Punarjanma'' (1963 film), ''Aggi Pidugu'' (1964), ''Doctor Chakravarty'' (1964), ''Gudi Gantalu'' (1964), ''Antastulu'' (1965), '' Chikkadu Dorakadu'' (1967),''Tikka Sankarayya'' (1968), ''Neramu Siksha'' (1973). Early life Krishna Kumari was born on 6 March 1933 a Telugu and Kannada-speaking Madhwa Brahmin family at Naihati, West Bengal to T. Venkoji Rao and Sachi Devi. Her family hails from Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. Owing he ...
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Pandari Bai
Pandari Bai (1930 – 29 January 2003) was an Indian actress who worked in South Indian cinema, mostly in Kannada cinema during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She is considered Kannada cinema's first successful heroine. She has acted as both heroine and mother to stalwarts such as Rajkumar, M. G. Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan. She was the heroine in Rajkumar's debut movie ''Bedara Kannappa'' and also Sivaji's debut movie '' Parasakthi''. She has acted in over 1,000 films in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. Bai was honoured by Kalaimamani from the Tamil Nadu government. Career Pandaribai began her career in acting in plays based on mythological stories before making her film debut in 1943 with the Kannada language film, ''Vani''. She appeared in the 1954 Kannada film ''Bedara Kannappa'' opposite Rajkumar. In the film, she played Neela, wife of Kanna (played by Rajkumar), a hunter. She established herself as a lead actress portraying a woman with a "progressive" image assuming th ...
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1960s Telugu-language Films
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Films Scored By Ghantasala (musician)
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ...
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Telugu Remakes Of Hindi Films
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Indian Drama Films
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Rahasyam (1967 Film)
''Rahasyam'' () is a 1967 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler film directed by Vedantam Raghavayya. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, B. Saroja Devi, Kanta Rao, Krishna Kumari and S. V. Ranga Rao, with music composed by Ghantasala. The film was produced by Allareddy Shankar Reddy under the Lalitha Siva Jyothi Films banner. Plot The film begins with Saint Rakthabhisha & Sriganda king of Kanchipuram are disciples of Sage Narada both of them develop rivalry feeling that one is superior to the other. Rakthabhisha is a great devotee of Goddess Lalitha he contracts an underground temple and performs a huge penance. The goddess appears before him, he asks her for salvation and she replies that he can attain it only after enjoying the marital life and being blessed with a son. Then he requests her to stay in that temple and see that except him no one could enter into it when Goddess presents him with a powerful ring without it even he cannot enter into it. After that, Rakthabhisha reach ...
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Radha Kumari
Radha Kumari was an Indian veteran film actress who appeared in Telugu-language films. She acted in over 600 films in over four decades. She is well known for her humor and played mother or grandmother roles in most of her films. Film career Radha Kumari was born in 1942 in a Padmashali family at Vizianagaram. She began her career as a stage actress at the age of 12 and had played various roles in about 10,000 plays. She married Raavi Kondala Rao, an actor and writer, after she entered into the film industry. She made her debut in the film ''Tene Manasulu'' with Raavi Kondala Rao and had played the on-screen wife and husband roles in over 100 films. Seen as the best choice to play good-hearted roles, she acted with top heroes of two generations. She won the "Nandi" award for her role in the film '' Mee Sreyobhilashi''. Filmography Death She died on 8 March 2012 in the early hours, due to cardiac arrest. She was survived by her husband Raavi Kondala Rao Raavi Kondala Ra ...
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