''Chintamani'' is a 1956 Indian

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-language film, produced and directed by

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. It stars

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, and Jamuna, with music composed by Addepalli Rama Rao and

T. V. Raju Thotakura Venkata Raju (Telugu: తోటకూర వెంకట రాజు), better known as T. V. Raju (1921 - 20 February 1973), was an Indian music composer who primarily worked in Telugu cinema. He worked as an assistant composer to ...

. The film is based on the play of the same name, written by Kallakuri Narayana Rao.

Plot

The film begins with a prostitute, Chintamani in spite who is an advent devotee of

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. Bhavani Shankarudu a Brahmin, lustful towards Chintamani, gives away all his wealth. Even then Chintamani’s shrew mother Srihari is not satisfied and asks Chintamani to lure Subbi Shetty a merchant, and halfheartedly Chintamani snatches him too. Bellvamangaludu son of Vasudeva Murthy a gold merchant lives delightfully with his dedicated wife Radha. Bhavani Shankarudu makes his introduction to Chintamani and they are infatuated. Vasudeva Murthy becomes terminally ill and passes pleading to quit Chintamani. However, Bellvamangaludu's desire for Chintamani makes him drop his father’s corpse and proceed. Beyond that, he crosses the river with the aid of the dead body of none other than Radha. Moreover, he climbs her compound with a snake assuming it is a crupper. At that point, Chintamani spots his bloodshed clothes and enquires when he proclaims the actuality. Accordingly, she chides Bellvamangaludu and reforms. Lord Krishna gives enlightenment to Chintamani who moves on bestowing her entire property to the village. After completing his wife's funeral Bellvamangaludu burns his eyes as repentance for his sins. Then he turns a great devotee of Lord Krishna and starts living in an ''Ashram''. Chintamani also reaches there and serves Bellvamangaludu. Next, Lord Krishna decides to give salvation to the two which is barred by Rukmini. Questioning how could do so? Wherefore, he lands on earth with Rukmini for a test, to detect fragrance which is impossible for great saints. Anyhow, Bellvamangaludu without eyes recognizes it as the fragrance of Lord Krishna. At last, Lord Krishna gives ''Darshan'' to them retrieving his eyes. Finally, the movie ends with Lord Krishna giving salvation to Chintamani & Bellvamangaludu.

Cast

as Chintamani *

as Bellvamangaludu * Jamuna as Radha *

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as Bhavani Shankarudu * Relangi as Subbi Shetty * Raghuramaiah as

Rushyendramani Rushyendramani (1 January 1917 – 17 August 2002) was an Indian actress, singer, dancer, and playback singer from South India. She had more than 150 movies to her credit and acted in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films from the 193 ...

as Srihari *

Chaya Devi Chhaya Devi ( bn, ছায়া দেবী; 3 June 1914 – 25 April 2001) was an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali and Hindi cinema. She appeared in hundreds of films for over five decades. Her first lead role was in Debaki ...

as Mani *Prabhavathi as

Rukmini Rukmini ( sa, रुक्मिणी, , ) is a Hindu goddess and the first queen and chief wife of Krishna. In Vaishnava tradition, she is described as Krishna's principal queen in Dvaraka, as well as the chief of his wives. She is an inc ...

*Leelarani as Chitra *Mikkilineni as Bhagavantham * Dr kamaraju * Addala Narayana Rao * RV Krishna Rao * Boddapati Krishna Rao * Venkata rathnam * Krishna Prasad

Soundtrack

Music composed by Addepalli Rama Rao &

. Lyrics were written by Ravuru.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0259252 Films about courtesans in India Films scored by T. V. Raju Films scored by Addepalli Rama Rao Hindu devotional films Indian biographical drama films Indian films based on plays Indian drama films Indian black-and-white films 1956 drama films