''Charana Daasi'' () is a 1956 Indian

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written by

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and directed by

T. Prakash Rao Tatineni Prakash Rao (24 November 1924 – 1 July 1992) was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked in Telugu cinema, Telugu, Hindi cinema, Hindi, and Tamil cinema, Tamil films. In a career spanning nearly four decades, he directed ov ...

. It stars

N. T. Rama Rao Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who served as List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh fo ...

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, Anjali Devi and Savitri, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film is based on

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's 1906

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novel '' Noukadubi''. It was simultaneously made in Tamil as '' Mathar Kula Manikkam'' (1956). Story and Dialogues were by

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 Venu too overlooks the bride. Both the bridal parties travel on the same train, which runs into a disastrous accident. In which, Venu's parents and wife die. Here, Venu mistakes Parvathi as his wife sees her bridal dress and takes her home. Meanwhile, Shekar assumes that both his friend and wife are deceased. Fortuitously, on time, Venu realizes the truth which he hides from Parvathi and engages himself in the relentless task of searching for Parvathi's husband to unite them. Before he could succeed, Lakshmi misconstrues him by considering Parvathi as his wife. Right now, Parvathi also learns the truth and fled from Venu's house with mortifying when she tries to commit suicide. Through the wheel of fortune, she is rescued by her mother-in-law Annapurna and lands at her husband's house. Nevertheless, knowing the reality she is disabled to divulge her identity being dastarded that Shekar may suspect her chastity. Besides, Lakshmi becomes a lunatic due to Venu's deceit and she is admitted to Shekar's hospital. During the time of treatment, Lakshmi & Shekar convene with each other, and their elders decide to merge them which Parvathi also happily approves. Just in time, Venu arrives and imparts the facts when Shekar whole-heartedly accepts Parvathi and both of them thank Venu even though Lakshmi feels sorry. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Venu & Lakshmi.

Cast

as Dr. Chandra Sekhar *

as Venu * Anjali Devi as Parvathi * Savitri as Lakshmi * S. V. Ranga Rao as Raghavaiah * Relangi as Mahesham *

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as Narsu & Krishna (dual role) *

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as Basavaiah * Chadalavada as Hanumanthu *Perumallu as Rangaiah * Kannamba as Annapurna *

Sowcar Janaki Sankaramanchi Janaki (born T. Janaki; 12 December 1931), popularly known as Sowcar Janaki (Tamil) or Shavukaru Janaki (Telugu) or Sahukar Janaki (Kannada), is an Indian actress who has appeared in over 300, films, predominantly in Tamil, Tel ...

as Saroja * Suryakantam as Seshamma *

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as Venu's mother * Kamala Lakshman as ''Vasavadatta'' in

Svapnavasavadattam ''Svapnavasavadattam'' ( sa, स्वप्नवासवदत्तम्, ) (English: ''The dream of Vasavadatta'') is a Sanskrit play in six acts written by the ancient Indian poet Bhāsa. The plot of the drama is drawn from the romantic ...

Dance Drama * Ragini as Dancer *

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as Dancer

Production

The film is based on

's novel, '' Noukadubi''. The director

chose to replace the boat crash sequence in the novel with a train accident in the film, inspired by a real event that took place near

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. The film was shot simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil languages, with the Tamil version titled '' Mathar Kula Manikkam''.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.

Release

''Charanadasi'' and ''Mathar Kula Manikkam'', the Telugu and Tamil versions respectively, were released the same year and were box-office successes.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1950s multilingual films 1956 drama films 1956 films Films based on Indian novels Films based on works by Rabindranath Tagore Films directed by T. Prakash Rao Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films