''Veeranjaneya'' is a 1968 Indian

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-language film directed by

Kamalakara Kameswara Rao Kamalakara Kameswara Rao (14 October 1911 – 29 June 1998) was an Indian film director known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, and a few Tamil and Hindi films. Widely known as ''Pauranika Chitra Brahma'' (), Kameswara Rao directed f ...

. It is a

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...

released in 1968, starring Arja Janardhana Rao,

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 ...

Anjali Devi Anjali Devi (; 24 August 1927 – 13 January 2014) was an Indian actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films. She was well known for her role as the Devi Sita in ''Lava Kusa'' as well as for the titular roles in movies like Chenchu ...

and S.V. Ranga Rao.

Plot

The story is based on the

Ramayana The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th ...

, from the perspective of the Hindu god

Anjaneya Hanuman (; sa, हनुमान, ), also called Anjaneya (), is a Hindu god and a divine ''vanara'' companion of the god Rama. Hanuman is one of the central characters of the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. He is an ardent devotee of Rama and one ...

Cast

Soundtrack

* "Aho Rama Katha" (Lyricist: Malladhi; Singer: Ghantasala) * "Manasaina Daananura" (Lyricist: Arudra) * "Nava Ragame Saagenule" (Lyricist: Veturi Sundararamamurthy; Singers: M. Balamurali Krishna, P. B. Srinivas) * "Neelala Ningilo" (Lyricist: Samudrala) * "Rama Naamame Madhuram" (Lyricist: C. Narayana Reddy; Singers: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, P. B. Srinivas) * "Rama Neenamamu" (Suguna Dharma) (Lyricist: C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao) * "Sri Rama Rama" (Lyricist: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry; Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao) * "Sri Rama Rama Rama" (Lyricist: Malladhi; Singer: Malathi * "Vachchaava Jathagaada" (Lyricist: Samudrala)

External links

Veeranjaneya film at IMDb.

1968 films 1960s Telugu-language films Hindu mythological films Films based on the Ramayana Indian musical films Films directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao 1968 musical films {{musical-film-stub