Takkari Donga Chakkani Chukka: May 16 1969

Takkari Donga Chakkani Chukka

K.S.R. Doss

Country: India; Year: 1969; Language: Telugu

Studio: Ravi Chitra Films

Producer: Y.V. Rao; Cinematographer: S.S. Lal; Editor: K.S.R. Doss; Composer: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Arudra, C. Narayana Reddy, Dasaradhi

Cast: Krishna Ghattamaneni, Rajanala, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Rajababu, Thyagaraju, Vijayanirmala, Vijayalalitha, Malathi, Meena Kumari (Telugu Actress), Jyothilakshmi, Manjula Vijaykumar, Dulipala, Dr Sivarama Krishnaiah, Krishna Rao

Topic: Original Language, Released

Release Date: May 16, 1969

IMDb ID: 1321486

Dialogue: Tripuraneni Maharadhi

Singer: P. Susheela, L.R. Eswari, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Pitapuram Nageshwara Rao

Art Director: B. Chalam; Dance Director: K.S. Reddy, Seenu

Y.V. Rao (Producer)

Yaragudipati Varada Rao (1903-73) Tamil and Telugu director born in Nellore, AP. Medical student at Madras University. Went to Bombay and acted in Manilal Joshi’s Laxmi Pics (1925) and Ardeshir Irani’s Royal Art Studio before joining General Pics (Madras) as art director and actor, notably in R.S. Prakash’s silents. Directorial début in 1929 and started his own Chintamani Pics (1939) and Shri Varuna Films (early 50s). The only film-maker to work in all major West and South Indian film centres (Bombay, Kolhapur, Madras and Mysore) and to make films in seven languages including Marathi, Kannada and Konkani (one film, Jeevit Amche Ashe). Best-known films were a major influence upon filmic conversion of stage Company Natak traditions, e.g. Hari Maya (for Gubbi Veeranna), Sati Sulochana (first Kannada talkie starring M.V. Subbaiah Naidu and R. Nagendra Rao) and Chintamani (made in Calcutta but based on Kallakuri Narayana Rao’s noted Telugu saint biographical play). His multilingual talkies pioneered a cultural hybrid, e.g. in cross-breeding regional conventions of language, gesture and costume, crucial to the economic amalgamation of a unified South Indian film industry. His wife, Rukmini, was a noted star, as is their daughter Laxmi in Tamil and Telugu films, and their granddaughter Aishwarya.

Songs:

1. Song: Vayasu kurradhi వయసుకుర్రదివంపులున్నది(Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Arudra; Singer: L.R. Eswari)

2. Song: O Chakkani chukka ఓచక్కనిచుక్కా(Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam)

3. Song: O Kalalugane kammani ఓకలలుగనేకమ్మనిచిన్నారీ(Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Dasaradhi; Singer: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela)

4. Song: Nuvva nenu నువ్వూనేనూఎవ్వరు(Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: P. Susheela)

5. Song: Nene malishvala నేనేమాలిష్వాలానాపేరే(Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Arudra; Singer: Pitapuram Nageshwara Rao)

6. Song: Khilladi mamayya naa కిల్లాడిమామమ్యనావల్ల(Music: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Arudra; Singer: L.R. Eswari)