Sneha Bandam
P. Chandrasekhara Reddy
Studio: Sri Vani Combines
Producer: N.V. Subbaraju; Cinematographer: V.V. Ram Chowdary; Editor: Nayani Maheswara Rao; Composer: Satyam Chellapilla; Lyricist: Acharya Athreya, C. Narayana Reddy
Cast: Krishna Ghattamaneni, Jamuna, Krishnam Raju, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Rajababu, Ramaprabha, Allu Ramalingaiah, Leela Rani, Sriranjani, Radha Kumari, Rao Gopal Rao, C.H. Krishna Murthy, Asha Rani, K.V. Chalam, Mamatha, K.J. Saradhi, K.K. Sharma, Seshagiri Rao, Gokina Ramarao, Bhimaraju, Modhukuri Satyam, Suvasu, Sriraj, Baby Sarala, Master Rajkumar, Master Harikrishna, Baby Shantha, Baby Varalakshmi
Release Date: July 20, 1973
Presented By: B. Achutha Ramaraju; Story: N.V. Subbaraju; Screenplay: P. Chandrasekhara Reddy; Dialogue: Dasari Narayana Rao
Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, P. Susheela, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, L.R. Eswari, Leela Rani, G. Anand, V. Ramakrishna Das
Art Director: B. Chalam; Dance Director: B. Heeralal, Chinni-Sampath, Ramaprabha
Acharya Athreya (Lyricist)
Krishna Ghattamaneni (Cast) – Show Filmography
Dasari Narayana Rao (Dialogue) – Show Filmography
(b. 1947) Telugu and Hindi director, writer and actor; born in Palakollu, AP. Started as a child actor on the stage. Graduated from Andhra University, then theatre director, playwright and actor. Went to Madras and joined the film industry as assistant to Bhavanarayana and Padmarajan in the 60s. Assisted scenarist Palagummi Padmaraju in Madras in late 60s; then became a successful freelance scenarist writing for e.g. K. Raghava and Bhavnarayana. Directorial début in 1972. Best known for late 80s Hindi Jeetendra potboilers. Early films (e.g. Tata Manavadu) were notoriously sentimental weepies, later extended (Devadasu Malli Puttadu, Premabhishekham) into a Devdas-like love-triangle formula. Comedies often feature himself (e.g. Peddillu Chinnillu) and are also presented as political satires; mid-budget quickies often star Krishnamraju and Mohan Babu. Filmed his autobiography in Addala Meda (1981), playing himself. One-time owner of the mainstream 3-edition Telugu newspaper, Udayam (1984). In 1988, directed Congress(I) supporter G. Krishna in Praja Pratinidhi, explicitly critiquing the political rule of NTR.
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (Singer)
(1923-74) Telugu and Tamil composer and also singer. Legendary name in popular Telugu music who sang over 10,000 songs in his career, and composed, apparently, for over 125 films. Born in Chautapelle, Gudivada Taluk, AP, the son of a musician. Orphaned as a child. Child actor, in near slavery conditions, in plays like Chintamani and Sant Sakkubai. Apprenticed to the school of Susarlu Krishna Brahma Sastry; graduated from the music school at Vijayanagar while earning a living as an itinerant singer and beggar. Received the title of Vidwan in 1941. Was arrested and imprisoned in the Alipore jail for singing patriotic songs during Gandhi’s Satyagraha agitations (1942). Went to Madras (1945); cast in small film roles, e.g. Balaramaiah’s Seeta Rama Jananam (1942) and Thyagayya (1946), while occasionally recording for AIR. Broke through in Swargaseema (1945), singing duets with Bhanumati to Nagaiah’s score. Turned composer for L.V. Prasad’s Mana Desam. Known mainly for love duets (recently released on cassette by HMV, titled Divyaprema). Combined native idioms with classical Carnatic styles, e.g. in compositions for Chiranjeevulu and Rahasyam, set to the lyrics of Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry. His work in these two films was, to V.A.K. Ranga Rao, his best film work although both films flopped. Also produced Paropakaram (1953). Made a rare screen appearance in the hit Shri Venkateswara Mahatyam (1960).
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