''Devadasu Malli Puttadu'' () is a 1978 Indian

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-language

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written and directed by

Dasari Narayana Rao Dasari Narayana Rao (4 May 1947 – 30 May 2017) was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, lyricist, and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, in addition to Hindi cinema. He has directed more than 150 ...

. It stars

Akkineni Nageswara Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1923 – 22 January 2014), widely known as ANR, was an Indian actor and producer, known for his works majorly in Telugu cinema. He starred in many landmark films in his seventy five-year career, and became on ...

and

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, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. It is produced by Srinivasulu and Pandurangappa. The film is a ''sequel'' to '' Devadasu'' (1953). The film is based on the concept of

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, an idea chiseled in the mind of director ''Dasari Narayana Rao'' to give completeness to Devadasu's story.

Plot

The film is based on the concept of reincarnation, an idea chiseled in the mind of director Dasari Narayana Rao to give completeness to Devadasu's story. Devadas leaves his last breath in front of Parvathi's house and she rushes to see him, but the door is closed by her family and she collapses. Chandramukhi a courtesan who adores Devadasu, whom he promises to marry in the next life also dies at his Samadhi. Now the story begins; Devadasu takes rebirth as Sridhar Raja, Chandramukhi as Aruna, and Parvathi is still waiting for Devadasu with a strong faith as she has a desire to serve him. The rest of the story is about whether Devadasu comes back and how he reunites with Chandramukhi.

Cast

Crew

*Art: Bhaskar Raju *Choreography: Pasumarthi, Chinni-Sampath, Raju, Seshu *Stills: Mohanji-Jaganji *Lyrics:

C. Narayana Reddy Cingireddi Narayana Reddy (29 July 1931 – 12 June 2017), popularly known as CiNaRe, was an Indian Telugu-language poet and writer. Reddy had produced over eighty literary works including poems, prose-plays, lyrical plays, translations, a ...

Veturi Veturi Sundararama Murthy (29 January 1936 – 22 May 2010), known mononymously by his surname Veturi, was an Indian poet, lyricist and journalist who is popular for writing Telugu songs. His career in the Telugu cinema spanned more than four de ...

, Dasam Gopalakrishna *Playback:

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also referred to as SPB or SP Balu or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is wi ...

, V. Ramakrishna,

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, Ramana, Vasantha *Music: S. Rajeswara Rao *Editing: K. Babu *Cinematography: K. S. Mani *Assoiciate Director:

Kodi Ramakrishna Kodi Ramakrishna (23 July 1949 – 22 February 2019) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. One of the most prolific film directors of Telugu film industry, Kodi Ramakrishna has d ...

*Producer: Srinivasulu, Pandurangappa *Story - Screenplay - Dialogues - Director:

*Banner: Devi Art Productions *Release Date: 1978

Music

Music was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.

References

External links

* {{Dasari Narayana Rao 1970s Telugu-language films 1978 films Indian drama films Films directed by Dasari Narayana Rao Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao Films about courtesans in India