''Veera Kankanam'' is a 1957

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, produced by

T. R. Sundaram Tiruchengodu Ramalingam Sundaram Mudaliar (16 July 1907 – 30 August 1963) was an Indian actor, director, and producer. He was the founder of the Salem-based film production company Modern Theatres. Early life Sundaram was born in 1907 fro ...

under the

Modern Theatres Modern Theaters Ltd was an Indian film studio in Salem, Tamil Nadu started by T. R. Sundaram Mudaliar in 1935. The studio produced over more than 150 films until 1982 in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Sinhalese and even English of w ...

banner and directed by G. R. Rao. It stars

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 List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh fo ...

, Krishna Kumari and Jamuna, with music composed by

Susarla Dakshinamurthi Susarla Dakshinamurthi Jr. (Telugu: సుసర్ల దక్షిణామూర్తి; 1921 – 2012) was an Indian music composer, playback singer, record producer, Carnatic musician, multi-instrumentalist,Ilavelpu in Naati 101 Chitral ...

. The film is a remake of the 1950 Tamil Historical fiction film

Manthiri Kumari ''Manthiri Kumari'' () is a 1950 Indian Tamil-language historical fiction film directed by Ellis R. Dungan and starring M. G. Ramachandran, M. N. Nambiar. Plot The King of Mullai Nadu is dominated by his Raja guru (head priest) ( M. N. Nam ...

Plot

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom Mallesena ruled by King Vengallaraya Deva a marionette in hands of a malevolent Rajaguru who executes the administration. Parallelly, his son Chandrasena a barbarous, and the captain decoits under a veil, to capture the kingdom. As of today, he creates mayhem, so, the King appoints Chief Commander Veera Mohan to dump it. At present, Veera Mohan awakes the valor in public and makes them wear warrior bands ''Veerakankanam'' as a symbol. During that crunch, Rajaguru gets back Chandrasena to the fort when he tries to trap princess Rajani and sends a love letter. But unfortunately, it goes into the hands of Parvathi daughter of Maha Mantri, and starts loving him. Meanwhile, Veera Mohan & Rajani fall for each other. Eventually, Veera Mohan recognizes Chandrasena as the viper and stands for him as a victim before the court. Here, the King empowers the verdict to Maha Mantri who gives the death sentence to him. To protect her love Parvathi makes a play by speaking in the voice of a goddess, standing behind the statue, and proclaiming Chandrasena as innocent. Ultimately, the King too believes it and acquits Chandrasena. Simultaneously, Veera Mohan is affirmed as a traitor and ostracized from the kingdom when Rajani also accompanies him. Thereafter, Chandrasena marries Parvathi when she realizes the nefarious face of her husband. At that point, Chandrasena captures Rajani and tries to molest her. Learning it, Parvathi lands, and being necessitated she slays him out. At the same time, Rajaguru tries to kill the King when Veera Mohan in disguise saves him, but Rajaguru cleverly throws the blame on Veera Mohan and he is accused. Just before judgment, Parvathi arrives and brings out the real face of Rajaguru when he slaughters her. At last, the enraged public stamps out Rajaguru. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Veera Mohan & Rajani.

Cast

as Veera Mohan * Krishna Kumari as Rajani * Jamuna as Parvathi *

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 Chandra Senudu * Relangi as Kailasam *

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 ...

as Vengallaraya Deva * Gummadi as Rajaguru *

Peketi Sivaram Peketi Sivaram (Telugu: పేకేటి శివరాం) (8 October 1918 – 30 December 2006) was an Indian actor and director.http://www.cinegoer.com/archives/december2006/peketi.htm Life sketch He was born on 8 October 1918 in Pekeru ...

as Patalam *K. V. S. Sarma as Maha Mantri * Girija as Champakam *

E. V. Saroja E. V. Saroja (1935 - 2006) was an Indian actress and dancer. She was born on 3 November 1935 as Engan V. Saroja. She belonged to Engan village of Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu. Her debut film was '' En Thangai'' in 1952 starring M. G. Ramacha ...

as Dancer *Rama Devi as Kailasam's mother

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Lyrics were written by

Aarudhra Arudra (born Bhagavatula Sadasiva Sankara Sastry; 31 August 1925 – 4 June 1998) was an Indian author, poet, lyricist, translator, publisher, dramatist, playwright, and an expert on Telugu literature. He is also known for his works in Telugu cin ...

. Music released on Audio Company.

References

External links

* {{Modern Theatres 1957 films 1950s Telugu-language films Films scored by Susarla Dakshinamurthi