Malli Pelli: February 14 1970

Malli Pelli

C.S. Rao

Country: India; Year: 1970; Language: Telugu

Studio: Mitra Productions

Producer: T. Suryanarayana; Cinematographer: G.K. Ramu; Editor: R. Hanumantha Rao; Composer: K.V. Mahadevan; Lyricist: Arudra, Apparao

Cast: Krishna Ghattamaneni, Vijayanirmala, Krishnam Raju, Chittor V. Nagaiah, M. Prabhakar Reddy, Relangi Venkataramaiah, Rajababu, Suryakantham, Hemalatha, Anitha, Renu, Udaya Chandrika, Nirmala, Dulipala, Mikkilineni, Nagaraju, Chalapathi Rao

Topic: Original Language, Released

Release Date: February 14, 1970

IMDb ID: 0261815

Presented By: B. Krishna Rao; Story: Rajagopal; Dialogue: Arudra

Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela, L.R. Eswari, S. Janaki

Art Director: P. Venkat Rao; Dance Director: Raju-Seshu

C.S. Rao (Director)

Chittajalu Srinivasa Rao (b. 1924) Born in Kakinada, AP. Mainstream Telugu filmmaker of sentimental dramas, mythologicals and contemporary socials. Also worked in Kannada. Son of C. Pullaiah, in whose children’s films Dhruva and Ansuya (both 1936) he acted. Sponsored commercial Telugu theatre group Navagraha Kootam. Joined Gemini as assistant director (1946) and worked with Pullaiah, Ramnoth, A.K. Sekhar and on Uday Shankar’s Kalpana (1948). A major figure in perpetuating the cultural orthodoxy of e.g. Vel Pics and the early Gemini in combining values of entertainment with sentimental moralism, a trend continued by his assistants A. Sheshgiri Rao, Ramchandra Rao, etc. Married to actress Rajasulochana.

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