''Sati Anasuya'' is a story that has been made into many Indian films in different languages. It has been made into the Telugu language in 1935, 1936, 1957 and 1971.

Plot

The story of ''

Anasuya Anasuya () is an ascetic, and the wife of Sage Atri in Hinduism. She is the daughter of Devahuti and Sage Kardama in Hindu texts. In the ''Ramayana'', she lives with her husband in a small hermitage on the southern border of the Chitrakuta f ...

'' is the basis for these films with some cinematic changes.

Sati Anasuya (1935 film)

It is produced by Aurora Film Corporation based in Calcutta. Dasari Kotiratnam played the title role of

Cast

* Dasari Kotiratnam as Anasuya * Tungala Chalapati Rao as Narada

Anasuya (1936 film)

Cast

* C. Krishnaveni * Prakash Rao * Suryanarayana * Narayanrao * P. Sundaramma *

R. Balasaraswathi Devi 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 ...

* C. S. R

Sati Anasuya (1957 film)

Cast

* Anjali Devi as Anasuya * Gummadi *

N.T.Rama Rao Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for seven years over three terms. He starred ...

Soundtrack

Music is by Ghantasala. Playback singers are Ghantasala,

M. S. Rama Rao M. S. Ramarao (3 July 1921 – 20 April 1992) was an Indian singer and composer. He was popular for his devotional songs.He was the very first play back singer in the Telugu filmdom. Singing career Rama Rao debuted at World Telugu Conference h ...

Madhavapeddi Satyam Madhavapeddi Satyam (11 March 1922 – 18 December 2000) was an Indian playback singer and actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He entered films as a singer-actor in Y. V. Rao's Tamil-Hindi bilingual movie ''Ramadas'' in the year 194 ...

, J. V. Raghavulu, M. L. Vasanthakumari,

P. Leela Porayathu Leela (19 May 1934 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian playback singer, Carnatic vocalist and a music director. She has recorded more than 5,000 songs in various Indian languages including Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, ...

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 ...

& K. Rani.

Sati Anasuya (1971 film)

Cast

* Jamuna as

* Sharada as Sumati *

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 ...

Atri Maharshi Atri ( sa, अत्रि) or Attri is a Vedic sage, who is credited with composing numerous hymns to Agni, Indra, and other Vedic deities of Hinduism. Atri is one of the Saptarishi (seven great Vedic sages) in the Hindu tradition, and the ...

* Prabhakar Reddy as

Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...

Sobhan Babu Sobhan Babu (born Uppu Sobhana Chalapathi Rao; 14 January 1937 – 20 March 2008) was an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema.Bangaru Panjaram in Venditera Paatalu, Krishnasastri Sahityam, third volume, Vishalandhra Publishing House ...

Narada Narada ( sa, नारद, ), or Narada Muni, is a sage divinity, famous in Hindu traditions as a travelling musician and storyteller, who carries news and enlightening wisdom. He is one of mind-created children of Brahma, the creator god. He ...

* Rajanala as Sivanandam * Rajababu as Sukhanandam * Satyanarayana * Venniradai Nirmala

Soundtrack

* "Aalayamela Archanalela Aradhanalela" (Singer:

P. Susheela Pulapaka Susheela (born 13 November 1935), popularly known as P. Susheela, is an Indian playback singer associated with the South Indian cinema primarily from Andhra Pradesh for over six decades. She is one of the greatest and best-known playba ...

) * "Enni Janmala Enni Nomula Punyamo" (Singer: P. Susheela) * "Himagiri Mandira Girija Sundara" (Singer: P. Susheela)by

External links

* 1930s Telugu-language films 1950s Telugu-language films 1970s Telugu-language films {{Telugu-film-stub