''Santosham'' () is a 1955

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-language

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, produced by M. Somasundaram under the

Jupiter Pictures Jupiter Pictures ( ta, ஜுபிடர் பிக்ச்சர்ஸ்) was an Indian feature film production company founded in Coimbatore in 1934 by M. Somasundaram (popularly known as "Jupiter Somu") and S.K. Mohideen. Jupiter Pictur ...

banner and directed by C. P. Deekshith. The film stars

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and Jamuna, with music composed by

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. It is a remake of the

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film ''

Velaikari ''Velaikari'' () is a 1949 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by A. S. A. Sami and produced by M. Somasundaram under Jupiter Pictures. It was based on the play of the same name written by C. N. Annadurai, while incorporating plot details ...

'' (1949) and it was simultaneously made in

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as ''Naya Aadmi'' (1956).

Plot

Zamindar Dayanidhi is a deceitful vicious miser whose profession is to take advantage of the destitute by giving loans and taking authority over them. Unable to repay the money he has borrowed from Zamindar for his son Anand's higher studies, Sundaraiah commits suicide. A depressed Anand makes an aborted bid to kill the Zamindar and on the same night, he along with his friend Madan Mohan stumbles upon the corpse of an England-returned rich young man Paramanand, who resembles Anand. On Mohan's advice, Anand takes his place. The dead man's blind mother believes that Anand is her son and performs his marriage with Dayanidhi's class-conscious daughter Sarasa. Dayanidhi objects to his son Murthy marrying their servant-maid Amrutham and tries to kill her by torching her hut. How Anand saves Amrutham, tames Sarasa, and brings in a change of heart in Dayanidhi forms the rest of the story.

Cast

as Anand & Paramanand (dual role) *

as Amrutham * Jamuna as Sarasa *

Jaggayya Kongara Jaggayya (31 December 1928 – 5 March 2004) was an Indian actor, littérateur, journalist, lyricist, dubbing artist and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was known as ''Kanchu Kantham J ...

as Mohan *

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as Dayanidhi * Relangi as Parvathalu * Vangara as Pullayya * Chadalavada as Avatharam * Vadlamani Viswanatham as Sundarayya * Rama Sharma as Murthy * K.V.S. Sharma as Public Prosecutor *

Rajasulochana Chittajallu Rajeevalochana (15 August 1935 – 5 March 2013), better known as Rajasulochana, was an Indian classical dancer and actress. She has acted in more than 300 Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi language films. Early life She w ...

as Santhi Kumar * Rajaratnam as Radhabai * Kamalabai as Gangaratnam * Ragini as Dancer *

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Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Lyrics were written by

Samudrala Sr Samudrala Raghavacharya (19 July 1902 – 16 March 1968), also known as Samudrala Sr., was an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, playback singer, director, and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. Samudrala Senior made his screen debut in ...

Samudrala Jr Samudrala (Telugu: సముద్రాల) is an Indian surname and may refer to: * Samudrala Sr. (1902–1968), writer, producer, and director * Samudrala Jr. (1923–1985), film writer and son of Samudrala Sr. * Samudrala Venugopal Chary ( fl ...

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0373287 1950s Telugu-language films Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films Telugu remakes of Tamil films 1955 drama films