''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 T ...

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 Chen ...

played double role. The Rai Brothers (P. L. Rai and Viswanatha Rai) worked as Cinematographers behind the camera and

Ghantasala Ghantasala may refer to: People * Ghantasala (musician) (Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, 1922-1974), Telugu singer and composer * Ghantasala Balaramayya (1906 - after 1952), Telugu film producer and director * Ghantasala Sai Srinivas, professionally ...

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 and worked numerou ...

Cast

as Vijay *

as Nirmala *

G. Varalakshmi Garikapati Varalakshmi (27 September 1926 – 26 November 2006) was an Indian actress, stage artist, singer, and director who worked in Telugu and Tamil films. Biography Varalakshmi was born in 1926 in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her fath ...

as Tara * Kona Prabhakara Rao * Lakshmikantam * Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao *

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 Sa ...

* Doraiswamy * Chandrashekhar * Madhu * Pandit Rao

Production

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 Gan ...

as a dubbing artiste. Sivaji Ganesan was a stage actor and not much known at that time. Edited by

. Kona Prabhakara Rao has subsequently entered politics and rose to the level of minister and Governor in India.

Songs

Telugu

Tamil

Music was composed by

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 ap ...

s are: A. V. Saraswathi,

, A. P. Komala,

, 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 langua ...

, 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 ...

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."

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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