''Thodi Kodallu'' () is a 1957 Indian
Telugu
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-language
drama film directed and edited by
Adurthi Subba Rao
Adurthi Subba Rao (16 December 1912 – 1 October 1975) was an Indian film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. Rao is widely regarded as the intellectual fountain ...
who co-wrote the script with
D. Madhusudhana Rao
Dukkipati Madhusudhana Rao (27 July 1917 – 26 March 2006) was an Indian film producer and screenwriter, known for his works in Telugu cinema. He owned the film production houses named Annapurna Pictures Limited based in Chennai. As a pr ...
and
Acharya Aatreya
Acharya Aatreya (born Kilambi Venkata Narasimhacharyulu ) (7 May 1921 – 13 September 1989) was an Indian poet, lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He received the state Nandi Award fo ...
. Madhusudhana Rao produced the film under
Annapurna Pictures. It stars
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In Hinduism
* Savitri, with all vowels short, a Roman-phonetic spelling of the Rigvedic solar deity Savitr
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and
Akkineni Nageswara Rao with music composed by
Master Venu. The film is based on
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
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's
Bengali
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novel ''Nishkriti'', and was simultaneously made as the
Tamil
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film ''Engal Veettu Mahalakshmi'' (1957); both films were made simultaneously by the same banner and director, and some of the scenes and artists are the same in both versions. ''Thodi Kodallu'' won the
Certificate of merit for Best Feature Film in Telugu.
Cast
Telugu cast
Tamil cast
Production
The film was produced by
D. Madhusudhana Rao
Dukkipati Madhusudhana Rao (27 July 1917 – 26 March 2006) was an Indian film producer and screenwriter, known for his works in Telugu cinema. He owned the film production houses named Annapurna Pictures Limited based in Chennai. As a pr ...
under his own banner
Annapurna Pictures and was directed by Adurthi Subba Rao, who also did the editing. The story was based on Sharat Chandra Chatterjee's
Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
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* Bengali language, the language they speak
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novel ''Nishkruti''. Dialogues were penned by
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*Anup Sridhar, badminton player
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*Sre ...
. Cinematography was handled by P. S. Selvaraj. S. Krishna Rao was in charge of art direction while A. K. Chopra handled the choreography. The film was also made in
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
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* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
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with the title ''Thodi Kodallu''.
Soundtrack
Music was composed by
Master Venu. All the tunes for all the songs for both languages are the same.
;Telugu Track List
;Thodi Kodallu
Lyrics were penned by
Acharya Aatreya
Acharya Aatreya (born Kilambi Venkata Narasimhacharyulu ) (7 May 1921 – 13 September 1989) was an Indian poet, lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He received the state Nandi Award fo ...
,
Tapi Dharma Rao,
Kosaraju
Kosaraju Raghavayya (23 June 1905 – 27 October 1987), known mononumously by his surname Kosaraju, was an Indian lyricist and poet known for his works in Telugu cinema. He wrote about 3,000 songs in 350 films. His lyrics are steeped in Telu ...
and
Sri Sri.
Playback singer
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s are
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 ...
,
Madhavapeddi Satyam,
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 ...
,
Jikki and
K. Rani.
;Tamil Track List
;Engal Veettu Mahalakshmi
Lyrics were penned by
Udumalai Narayana Kavi,
A. Maruthakasi and
K. S. Gopalakrishnan. Singer is
K. A. Thangavelu
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.
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
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 ...
,
T. M. Soundararajan
Thoguluva Meenatchi Iyengar Soundararajan (24 March 1923 – 25 May 2013), popularly known as TMS, was an Indian Carnatic musician and a playback singer in Tamil cinema for over six and a half decades. He sang over 10,138 songs from 3,162 fi ...
,
Seerkazhi Govindarajan,
S. C. Krishnan
S. C. Krishnan (1929-1983) was an Indian actor and playback singer who worked mainly in Tamil dramas and films.
Early life
He was born into a Saurashtra family as the fourth son of a jeweller ''Chelvam Achary'' in Sivaganga that was part of Ram ...
,
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 ...
,
Jikki,
T. V. Rathnam and
K. Rani.
Awards
*
National Film Awards
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**
1957
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Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film in Telugu
Notes
References
External links
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Thodi Kodallu review at Cinegoer.com
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Telugu
1950s Telugu-language films
1950s Tamil-language films
Indian multilingual films
1957 films
Indian black-and-white films
Films based on Indian novels
Films based on works by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Films directed by Adurthi Subba Rao
Best Telugu Feature Film National Film Award winners
1950s multilingual films
Films scored by Master Venu