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Indian

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-language film directed by Y. R. Swamy. The film stars

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, Gummadi, Savithri and Girija.

Cast

List adapted from the database of

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. ;Male cast *

* Gummadi *

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* Rajnala ;Female cast * Savithri * Girija *Seetha *Madhu

Production

The film was produced by M. M. Reddy and directed by Y. R. Swamy.

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wrote the story along with N. Seetharaman who also penned the dialogues. D. L. Narayan and V. K. B. Maniam were in charge of cinematography while the editing was done by S. D. N. Krishna. L. V. Mantri and A. V. Dharma Rao handled the art direction. Choreography was by Chopra and Vembatti Satyam. ''Stunt'' Swaminathan was the Stunt master. Still photography was done by P. C. M. Eswar Babu. The film was also produced in

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with the title Pratigna.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by T. A. Kalyanam while the lyrics were penned by Guhan.

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s are Rohini, T. S. Bhagavathi,

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, K. Rani, Gajalakshmi and

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References

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* Indian drama films Indian black-and-white films 1950s Tamil-language films Films directed by Y. R. Swamy 1953 drama films 1953 films Films scored by T. A. Kalyanam {{1950s-Tamil-film-stub