Director: H.M. Reddy; Writer: Surabhi Nataka; Producer: H.M. Reddy; Cinematographer: Gordhanbhai Patel; Cast: Surabi Kamalabai, L.V. Prasad, Munipalle Subbaiah, B.V. Subba Rao, Darasami Naidu, Master Kishore
Summary: The first sound film in Telugu is a classic
mythological drawn from the
Vishnu Purana.
Prahlada, the son of the demon
Hiranyakashapu (Subbaiah), defies his father
and worships Vishnu. He is imprisoned but
Vishnu protects him. The film adapts a stage
production by one of the Surabhi Theatre
troupes, which was taken to Bombay's
Krishna Studio to shoot the film. The verses
and the dialogue were left intact. Its success
prompted many more adaptations from plays
e.g. Badami's
Paduka Pattabhisekham and
Shakuntala (both 1932). Rathod did the Hindi
version of the film with actors Neelam,
Hydershah and Kumar Mukund.
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