Bangaru Babu
V.B. Rajendraprasad
Country: India; Year: 1973; Language: Telugu; Color: Color
Studio: Jagapathi Art Pictures
Producer: V.B. Rajendraprasad; Cinematographer: S. Venkat Ratnam; Editor: Akkineni Sanjeevi Rao; Composer: K.V. Mahadevan; Lyricist: Acharya Athreya
Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vanisri, Jayanthi, Ramaprabha, Nagabhusanam, Rajababu, Sakshi Rangarao, K.V. Chalam, Saradhi, P. Venkateswara Rao, S. Varalakshmi, Suryakantham, Vijayabhanu, Edida Nageswara Rao, K.K. Sharma, Kongara Jagaiah, S.V. Rangarao, Rajesh Khanna, Sivaji Ganesan,Sobanbabu, Krishna Ghattamaneni, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, B. Padmanabam, T.V. Ramana Reddy, Kaikala Satyanarayana
Topic: Original Language, Released, Manasu Collection
Release Date: March 15, 1973
IMDb ID: 0263099
Guest Appearance: Kongara Jagaiah, S.V. Rangarao, Rajesh Khanna, Sivaji Ganesan, Sobanbabu, Krishna Ghattamaneni, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, B. Padmanabam, T.V. Ramana Reddy, Kaikala Satyanarayana
Story: V.B. Rajendraprasad; Dialogue: Acharya Athreya
Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, P. Susheela
Art Director: S. Krishna Rao; Dance Director: B. Heeralal
Sivaji Ganesan (Cast- Guest/Cameo Role)
(b. 1927) Tamil superstar, originally Viluppuram Chinnaiahpillai Ganesan but best known as Sivaji. Born in Sirkali, TN, into the peasant Kallar caste although his father worked on the railways. According to the official biography, the day he was born his father was jailed for participating in the Independence movement in Nellikuppam. Enjoyed a fitful education and joined theatre groups. Made his reputation as actor in C.N. Annadurai’s play Sivaji Kanda Indhu Rajyam, a historical on the Maratha Emperor Shivaji which also gave him his screen name. He followed Annadurai when the latter started the DMK (1949), and his début, in the wordy role of Gunasekharan in Parasakthi, made him the official icon of the Party for some years (cf. DMK Film). He started distancing himself from the DMK in the mid-50s, joining E.V.K. Sampath’s Tamil Nationalist Party (1961), then joined Congress and wound up supporting the opposition Janata Dal. Moving away from the early DMK’s atheistic politics, he acted in several mythologicals, esp. Sampoorna Ramayanam and Thiruvillaiyadal, in nationalist historicals (his most famous film Veerapandiya Kattaboman) and in biographicals (Kappalotiya Thamizhan, a film on V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, a 19th C. antiimperialist who defied the British to start the Steam Navigation Co.). Was associated in his middle period mainly with the films of A. Bhimsingh and A.P. Nagarajan. Played the negative role of the womaniser in Thirumbi Paar and then some years later, more famously, in Rangoon Radha. According to K. Sivathamby (1981), Ganesan and his main rival, MGR (with whom he acted in one film, Kundukkili), dominated the Tamil cinema to such an extent that the two automatically demanded Madras distribution rights in their contracts and could bankrupt a producer by causing production delays, a power the stars used to further their political ambitions. Their power base is buttressed by several fan clubs and the Ganesan Rasikar Manram. Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (1982-8). However it is maintained that Ganesan had a more significant iconic presence among the Tamil middle-class, leading to his 1980s-90s deification, than MGR could ever acquire. His younger brother ran Sivaji Prod. and his son Prabhu was propelled to stardom in the 80s in films like Kozhi Kuvutthu (1982) and Vetri Vizha (1989, adapting Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Identity).
Songs:
1. Song: Gowramma Thalli Gowramma Thalli Korina Korikalu Theerche Thalli గౌరమ్మ తల్లీ గౌరమ్మ తల్లీ కోరిన కోర్కెలు తీర్చేతల్లీ(Music: K.V. Mahadevan; Lyricist: Acharya Athreya; Singer: P. Susheela, Chorus)
2. Song: Thagilindayyo Thagilindhi Pairagaali తగిలిందయ్యో తగిలింది పైరగాలి (Music: K.V. Mahadevan; Lyricist: Acharya Athreya; Singer: P. Susheela)
3. Song: Yedadugula Sambandam Yenado Vesina Bandam ఏడడుగుల సంబంధం ఏనాడో వేసిన బంధం (Music: K.V. Mahadevan; Lyricist: Acharya Athreya; Singer: P. Susheela, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, Chorus)
4. Song: Kannayyalanti Annayyaleni Kannulenduku కన్నయ్యలాంటి అన్నయ్యలేని కన్నులెందుకూ (Music: K.V. Mahadevan; Lyricist: Acharya Athreya; Singer: P. Susheela, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao)
5. Song: Amma Tulasamma అమ్మా తులసమ్మా (Music: K.V. Mahadevan; Lyricist: Acharya Athreya; Singer: P. Susheela)
6. Song: Chengavi Rangu Cheera Kattukunna Chinnadhi చెంగాని రంగుచీర కట్టుకున్న చిన్నది (Music: K.V. Mahadevan; Lyricist: Acharya Athreya; Singer: P. Susheela, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao)
7. Song: Sriramachandra Narayana శ్రీ రామచంద్రా నారాయణా ఎన్ని కష్టాలు వచ్చాయిరా నాయనా (Music: K.V. Mahadevan; Lyricist: Acharya Athreya; Singer: P. Susheela, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao)
8. Song: Yemanukunnavu Nannemanukunnavu ఏమనుకున్నావు నన్నేమనుకున్నావు పిచ్చివాడిననుకున్నావా (Music: K.V. Mahadevan; Lyricist: Acharya Athreya; Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao)
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