Papa Kosam: March 15 1968

Papa Kosam

G.V.R. Seshagiri Rao

Country: India; Year: 1968; Language: Telugu

Studio: Vijaya Suresh Combines

Producer: D. Ramanaidu; Cinematographer: S. Venkat Ratnam; Editor: K.A. Marthand; Composer: Pendyala Nageswara Rao; Lyricist: Acharya Athreya, C. Narayana Reddy

Cast: Kongara Jagaiah, Devika, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Thyagaraju, Ramadasu, Baby Rani, Krishna Ghattamaneni, B. Padmanabam, M. Prabhakar Reddy, Dulipala, Raavi Kondal Rao, Allu Ramalingaiah, Ramachandra Rao, Jaggarao, Madhumati, Lakshmikanthamma, Rushendramani, Relangi Venkataramaiah, Rajababu, D. Ramanaidu, Vijayanirmala, Nirmala, Geethanjali Ramakrishna, Kumar

Topic: Original Language, Released

Release Date: March 15, 1968

IMDb ID: 0293494

Direction Supervision: K.S. Prakash Rao

Story: K. Murthy; Dialogue: Acharya Athreya

Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, J.V. Raghavulu, P. Susheela, L.R. Eswari, Madhavapedhi Satyam

Art Director: V.V. Rajendra Kumar; Dance Director: K.S. Reddy

Pendyala Nageswara Rao (Composer) – Show Filmography

(1924-84) Telugu composer born in Kattur, coastal AP. Son of a music teacher. Harmonium accompanist in the theatre; joined films as a musician, playing the harmonium in Jyotish Sinha’s Talliprema (1941). First break as composer in L.V. Prasad’s Drohi. Early films mainly with K.S. Prakash Rao. Best-known work associated with the lyrics of Arudra, e.g. in K.B. Tilak’s and K.V. Reddy’s films. Regarded as the one who introduced rural folk music into the Telugu film song, influencing contemporaries like Ghantasala. Singers P. Susheela and S. Janaki both débuted with him. Scored most of NTR’s big 70s mythologicals (Chanakya Chandragupta, Shri Rama Pattabhishekham).