''Anni'' (, ) is a 1951 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

-language film directed by

K. S. Prakash Rao Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao (1914–1996) was an Indian film director, producer, actor and cinematographer known for his works in Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi films. In 1977 he won the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada for ''Ganda Hendt ...

. The film stars ''Master'' Sethu and G. Varalakshmi.

Cast

List adapted from the database of

Film News Anandan Film News Anandan (born Mani) was an Indian film historian and photographer based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was popularly known as the "walking encyclopedia" of Tamil cinema. Early life Anandan was born as Mani. His father P. K. Gnanasagaram ...

. ;Male cast *''Master'' Sethu *''Master'' Sudhakar *K. Sivaram *Sundar Rao ;Female cast * G. Varalakshmi *Annapoorna *Kamala *Saroja

Production

The film was produced and directed by

under the banner ''Prakash Productions''. This was based on Sarat Chandra Chatterjee's novel 'Ramer Shumoti' (Ram Returning to Sanity). This was debut film for two singers, Prasada Rao and M. Venu. Later, Prasada Rao was given music for the movie 'Amara Sandesam' (1954) along with Kelkar and given music independently for the movie 'Penki Pellam' (1957). M. Venu became popular as Master Venu as a music director

Tapi Dharma Rao Thapi Dharma Rao Naidu (1887–1973) was a Telugu writer, lyricist and social reformer. He wrote dialogues and lyrics for the films like ''Mala Pilla'', ''Drohi'', ''Thathaji'', ''Bhishma'', and ''Patni''. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Awar ...

wrote the story and M. S. Subramaniam penned the dialogues. Cinematography was done by

B. S. Ranga Bindiganavile Srinivas Iyengar Ranga (11 November 1917 – 12 December 2010) was an Indian photographer, actor, producer and director who has made many landmark movies in Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil. He was also the owner of Vikram Studios. He ...

. T. V. S. Sarma was in charge of art direction while choreography was done by Katak. The film was produced also in

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with the title Dheeksha.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

Pendyala Nageswara Rao Pendyala Nageswara Rao (6 March 1917 – 31 August 1984), known mononymously by his surname Pendyala, was an Indian composer, multi-instrumentalist, conductor, music producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema along with Tami ...

while the lyrics were penned by M. S. Subramaniam. Singer is G. Varalakshmi while the

playback singer A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not app ...

s are P. Nageswara Rao, M. Satyam, M. S. Ramarao, Venkata Krishnan and M. Sarojini.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0254098 Indian drama films Films scored by Pendyala Nageswara Rao 1950s Tamil-language films Films directed by K. S. Prakash Rao