''Nirupedalu'' () is a 1954 Indian

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-language

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

, produced by Donepudi Krushna Murthy under the Gokul Pictures banner 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

Akkineni Nageswara Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1923 – 22 January 2014), widely known as ANR, was an Indian actor and producer, known for his works majorly in Telugu cinema. He starred in many landmark films in his seventy five-year career, and became on ...

, Jamuna, with music composed by

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 ...

Plot

Narayana is young and energetic and leaves his village due to drought and reaches the city for livelihood but fails. Desperate Narayana faints up out of hunger when a rickshaw puller Ranganna shelters him. Ranganna is having a daughter Kamala and a son Ramu. Narayana and Kamala fall in love. Ranganna allocates Narayana a rickshaw by recommending it to their owner Dharmayya. Now Narayana decides to work hard and buy his rickshaw. So, he starts saving money for his owner Dharmayya, after completion of his saving Dharmayya double-crosses and cheats him. Kasim and other rickshaw pullers protest against Dharmayya but because there is no proof no one can do anything. Angered Narayana wants to get his money at any cost, so, that night he enters Dharmayya's house and tries to steal the money but he was caught and jailed. On the other side, Ranganna becomes sick and his position becomes worse. So, his son Ramu decides to run the house by boot polishing but on the double, he also meets with an accident and loses one limb. In that grieving situation, Kamala goes to Dharmayya for help and he tries to molest her when she is rescued by Kasim. Here Ranganna suspects Kamala's chastity and dies. Neighbors also attribute a taint to her when she becomes mad. At the same time, Narayana is released from jail when he arrives home, he learns that Kamala has gone to kill herself.

Cast

as Narayana * Jamuna *

Ramana Reddy Ramana Reddy (1 October 1921 – 11 November 1974) was an Indian character actor, comedian and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning 24 years, he acted in more than 200 movies. Ramana Reddy and Relangi ...

*Surabhi Balasaraswathi * R. Nageswara Rao as Dharmayya * Chadalavada as Ranganna *Master Krishna Murthy as Ramu

Crew

*Art: N. Krishna Rao *Choreography: Pasumarthi *Dialogues — Lyrics: Anisetty *Playback: Ghantasala,

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Raavu Balasaraswathi Raavu Balasaraswathi Devi (born 28 August 1928) is an Indian singer and actress who performed from 1930 to the 1960s in Telugu and Tamil cinema. She was the first light music singer on All India Radio and the first playback singer in the Telu ...

, M. S. Ramarao,

Pendyala Nageswara Rao Pendyala Nageswara Rao (6 March 1917 – 31 August 1984), known mononymously by his surname Pendyala, was an Indian composer, multi-instrumentalist, conductor, music producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema along with Tami ...

, K. Rani *Music:

*Story:

K. Pratyagatma K. Pratyagatma (born Kolli Kotayya Pratyagatma), also known as K. P. Atma (b: 31 October 1925 - d: 8 June 2001) was an Indian film journalist, director and producer known for his works in Telugu and Hindi cinema. He has garnered three Nationa ...

*Editing: G. D. Joshi *Associate Director: Rajnikanth *Cinematography:

B. S. Ranga Bindiganavile Srinivas Iyengar Ranga (11 November 1917 – 12 December 2010) was an Indian photographer, actor, producer and director who has made many landmark movies in Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil. He was also the owner of Vikram Studios. He ...

*Producer: Donepudi Krushna Murthy *Screenplay — Director:

*Banner: Gokul Pictures *Release Date: 2 March 1954

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Lyrics were written by Anisetty. Music released on EMI Colambia Audio Company.

References

{{reflist Indian drama films Films scored by T. V. Raju Films directed by T. Prakash Rao 1954 drama films Indian black-and-white films