''Nirdoshi'' or ''Niraparadhi'' () is a 1951 Telugu/Tamil film produced and directed by
H. M. Reddy
Hanumappa Muniappa Reddy (12 June 1892 – 14 January 1960), known as H. M. Reddy, was an Indian film director and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema. He directed the first Indian multilingual sound film ''Kalidas'' (1931), shot in ...
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Mukkamala Krishna Murthy
Mukkamala Krishna Murthy (1920–1987), known mononymously by his surname as Mukkamala (Telugu: ముక్కామల), was a lawyer turned actor who was active in Telugu films in the 1950s and the 1960s. He was a stage actor in his stude ...
played role of hero whereas
Anjali Devi
Anjali Devi (; 24 August 1927 – 13 January 2014) was an Indian actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films. She was well known for her role as the Devi Sita in ''Lava Kusa'' as well as for the titular roles in movies like Chenchu ...
played double role. The Rai Brothers (P. L. Rai and Viswanatha Rai) worked as Cinematographers behind the camera and
Ghantasala as Music director. Edited by
M.S. Parthasarathy
M.S. Parthasarathy or M.S.P. Sarathi (28 August 1924 – 29 April 1981) was an Indian film editor, director, and producer. He is nick named as "Japan" due to his hard working nature. He was closely associated with H. M. Reddy, H.M. Reddy and wo ...
Cast
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Mukkamala Krishna Murthy
Mukkamala Krishna Murthy (1920–1987), known mononymously by his surname as Mukkamala (Telugu: ముక్కామల), was a lawyer turned actor who was active in Telugu films in the 1950s and the 1960s. He was a stage actor in his stude ...
as Vijay
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Anjali Devi
Anjali Devi (; 24 August 1927 – 13 January 2014) was an Indian actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films. She was well known for her role as the Devi Sita in ''Lava Kusa'' as well as for the titular roles in movies like Chenchu ...
as Nirmala
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G. Varalakshmi as Tara
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Kona Prabhakara Rao
Kona Prabhakara Rao (10 July 1916 – 20 October 1990) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Indian National Congress party and was elected four times as Member of the Legislative Assembly From Bapatla (Assembly constituency).
Early ...
* Lakshmikantam
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Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao
Tadepalli Lakshmi Kantha Rao (16 November 1923 – 22 March 2009) was an Indian actor and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. Regarded as one of the finest method actors, Rao starred in more than four hundred feature ...
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Kaikala Satyanarayana
Kaikala Satyanarayana (25 July 1935 – 23 December 2022) was an Indian actor, producer, director, and politician who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He appeared in over 750 films and served as the Member of Parliament in the 11th Lok S ...
* Doraiswamy
* Chandrashekhar
* Madhu
* Pandit Rao
Production
As
Mukkamala Krishna Murthy
Mukkamala Krishna Murthy (1920–1987), known mononymously by his surname as Mukkamala (Telugu: ముక్కామల), was a lawyer turned actor who was active in Telugu films in the 1950s and the 1960s. He was a stage actor in his stude ...
could not speak Tamil, Director H. M. Reddy appointed
Sivaji Ganesan
Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...
as a dubbing artiste. Sivaji Ganesan was a stage actor and not much known at that time.
Edited by
M.S. Parthasarathy
M.S. Parthasarathy or M.S.P. Sarathi (28 August 1924 – 29 April 1981) was an Indian film editor, director, and producer. He is nick named as "Japan" due to his hard working nature. He was closely associated with H. M. Reddy, H.M. Reddy and wo ...
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Kona Prabhakara Rao
Kona Prabhakara Rao (10 July 1916 – 20 October 1990) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Indian National Congress party and was elected four times as Member of the Legislative Assembly From Bapatla (Assembly constituency).
Early ...
has subsequently entered politics and rose to the level of minister and Governor in India.
Songs
Telugu
Tamil
Music was composed by
Ghantasala and Padmanabha Sastri while the lyrics were penned by M. S. Subramaniam.
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: A. V. Saraswathi,
G. Varalakshmi,
A. P. Komala
Arkadu Parthasarathy Komala (born 28 August 1934), commonly known as A. P. Komala, is an Indian playback singer. She has sung songs in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada languages.
Career life
She was a much sought after playback singer from t ...
,
Ghantasala, Sundaramma,
Jikki
Pillavalu Gajapathy Krishnaveni (3 November 1935 – 16 August 2004), more famously known as Jikki, was an Indian playback singer from Andhra Pradesh. She sang around 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, and Sinhalese languag ...
, M. S. Subramaniam and M. S. Rama Rao.
Reception
Film historian
Randor Guy
Madabhushi Rangadorai (born 8 November 1937), better known by his pen name Randor Guy, is an Indian lawyer, columnist and film and legal historian associated with the English language newspaper ''The Hindu''. He is also the official editor of the ...
wrote in 2008 that the film is "Remembered for the impressive performance of Anjali Devi in a difficult double role and the arresting screen presence of G. Varalakshmi."
References
External links
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{{H. M. Reddy
1951 films
Indian black-and-white films
Films scored by Ghantasala (musician)
1950s Telugu-language films
Indian multilingual films
1950s Tamil-language films
Films directed by H. M. Reddy
1950s multilingual films