Bangaru Kalalu: June 21 1974

Bangaru Kalalu

Adurthi Subbarao

Country: India; Year: 1974; Language: Telugu; Color: Color

Studio: Jayasri Combines Sahakaramutho; Annapurna Pictures Pvt Ltd

Producer: Dukkipati Madhusudhan Rao; Cinematographer: P.S. Selvaraj; Editor: M.S. Mani; Composer:Saluri Rajeswara Rao; Lyricist: Dasaradhi, Kosaraju Raghavaiah Choudhury, Acharya Athreya

Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Waheeda Rahman, Lakshmi (Actress), S.V. Rangarao, Kantharao, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Rajababu, Allu Ramalingaiah, Giribabu, Mamatha, Vijayalakshmi, Meena Kumari, Pushpalatha, Sulekha, Baby Anuradha, Chittibabu (Comedian), Bhanu Prakash, Suryakantham, Sumathi Koushal

Topic: Original Language, Released, Manasu Collection

Release Date: June 21, 1974

IMDb ID: 0263100

Executive Producer: Akkineni Venkat Ratnam; Screenplay: Adurthi Subbarao, Dukkipati Madhusudhan Rao; Dialogue: Johnson, Gopi

Singer: P. Susheela, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, Pitapuram Nageshwara Rao, V. Ramakrishna Das, Madhavapedhi Satyam, D. Raghuram

Art Director: G.V. Subbarao; Dance Director: B. Heeralal, Sundaram

Adurthi Subbarao (Director, Screenplay) 

Adurthi Subba Rao (1921-75) Mainstream Telugu director born in Rajamundhri, AP. Still photographer; assistant cameraman in Vijay Bhatt’s Prakash Studio (Bombay), editor (including parts of Uday Shankar’s Kalpana, 1948), occasional lyricist (Okaroju Raju, 1944; Mangalsutram, 1946) and assistant to T. Prakash Rao. Also worked for Radha Films, Calcutta (1937). Best-known films at Annapurna provided art-house variation on melodrama, backed by Telugu megastar A. Nageshwara Rao. Early work acclaimed for its heightened realism (e.g. the bullock-cart race in Namminabantu). The experimental aspect, which in e.g. Thene Manasulu simply meant working with new faces such as the future star Krishna, became a strategy when Subba Rao combined with Nageshwara Rao to found Chakravarthi Chitra (Sudigundalu). Its commercial failure and that of Maro Prapancham, the company’s only other film, ended their experimental aspirations. Hindi début Milan remade Moogamanasulu with Sunil Dutt and Nutan. Made several Hindi and Tamil films.

Songs:

1. Song: Nalona Valapundhi Meelona Vayasundhi నాలోన వలపుందిమేలోన వయసుంది (Music: Saluri Rajeswara Rao; Lyricist: Dasaradhi; Singer: P. Susheela)

2. Song: Puttina Roju Jejelu Chitti Papayi పుట్టిన రోజు జేజేలుచిట్టిపాపాయీ (Music: Saluri Rajeswara Rao; Lyricist: Dasaradhi; Singer: P. Susheela)

3. Song: Singaram Chindhulu Vese సింగారం చిందులు వేసే అమ్మయీల్లారా (Music: Saluri Rajeswara Rao; Lyricist: Kosaraju Raghavaiah Choudhury; Singer: P. Susheela, Chorus)

4. Song: Chekkilimeedha Kempulu Merise Chilakamma చెక్కిలిమీద కెంపులు మెరిసే చిలకమ్మా (Music: Saluri Rajeswara Rao; Lyricist: Dasaradhi; Singer: P. Susheela, V. Ramakrishna Das)

5. Song: Thagandira Khushiki Thagandira తగండిరా ఖుషీగా తగండిరా (Music: Saluri Rajeswara Rao; Lyricist: Kosaraju Raghavaiah Choudhury; Singer: Madhavapedhi Satyam, Pitapuram Nageshwara Rao, D. Raghuram)

6. Song: Manchithananiki Thaveledhu మంచితనానికి తావేలేదు (Music: Saluri Rajeswara Rao; Lyricist: Acharya Athreya; Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao)

7. Song: Nee Kannulatho Ne Chusanule నీ కన్నులలో నే చూశానులే (Music: Saluri Rajeswara Rao; Lyricist: Dasaradhi; Singer: P. Susheela, V. Ramakrishna Das)

8. Song: Singaram Chindhulu Vese Ammayillara 2 సింగారం చిందులు వేసే అమ్మ్మయుల్లారా (Music: Saluri Rajeswara Rao; Lyricist: Kosaraju Raghavaiah Choudhury; Singer: P. Susheela)

9. Song: Puttina Roju Jejelu Chitti Papayi (Bit) పుట్టిన రోజు జేజేలుచిట్టిపాపాయీ (Music: Saluri Rajeswara Rao; Lyricist: Dasaradhi; Singer: P. Susheela, V. Ramakrishna Das)