''Dharma Devatha'' () is a 1952 Indian film produced and directed by P. Pullaiah. The film stars

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and Kaushik, with

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, Mukkamala, Relangi, Baby

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and Girija in supporting roles. It was simultaneously shot in

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and Telugu languages.

Cast

List adapted from the database of

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and ''

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as Kathyayini *Kaushik as Soorasen *

as King Veerasena * Mukkamala as Raghunatha Varma * Relangi as Ranganna *Baby

as Swarna * Girija as Vasanthi *C. V. V. Panthulu *Appa K. Duraiswami as Dharmadhikari *

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as Duvva * B. N. R. as Sanjeevi *K. S. Angamuthu *Ganapathi Bhat *Master Mohan as Gopal ;Dance * Lalitha as Bijlee * Padmini as Narthaki

Production

The film was produced by P. Pullaiah who also directed it under the banner of Ragini Films, which was owned by him. The choreography was co-performed by Pasumarthi Krishnamurthy, Lalitha and Padmini. The film was produced in Tamil and Telugu with the same title.

Soundtrack

The music for ''Dharma Devatha'' was composed by

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. All the tunes for both languages are the same. ;Telugu track list For Telugu version Gopichand wrote dialogues, lyrics were written by Samudrala Sr. and Gopalaraya Sarma. There are 11 songs in the film, of which Santha Kumari sang one herself. ;Tamil tracklist The lyrics for the Tamil songs were penned by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, who also wrote the film's dialogues with Aluri Chakrapani.

Reception

Film historian Randor Guy noted that the film had better box office success in Telugu than in Tamil.

References

External links

* *{{IMDb title, 0255923, Dharmadevata, (1952) 1950s multilingual films 1950s Tamil-language films 1950s Telugu-language films 1952 drama films 1952 films Films scored by C. R. Subbaraman Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films Indian multilingual films