Devatha (1941)
Director: B.N. Reddi; Writer: K. Ramnoth, Samudrala Raghavacharya; Producer: B.N. Reddi; Cinematographer: K. Ramnoth; Editor: Narayanan; Cast: Chittor V. Nagaiah, Gowripathi Sastry, Goberu Subbarao, Kumari, Tanguturi Surya Kumari, Parvathi Bai, Hemalatha, Satyavathi, Mudigonda Lingamurthy, C.H. Narayana Rao, Master Ashwathama, Bejawada Rajaratnam, Renduchintala Satyanarayana, Seshamamba
Duration: 02:21:41; Aspect Ratio: 1.335:1; Hue: 105.882; Saturation: 0.041; Lightness: 0.201; Volume: 0.234; Cuts per Minute: 7.516
Summary: A big success in spite of its controversial
subject-matter and its unusually mobile
camerawork breaking with the prevailing
theatrical conventions adopted in South Indian
cinema. The plot tells of the young Venu
(Nagaiah) who returns to his family in the
village after studying law in England. He has an
affair with Lakshmi (Kumari), the maid, and she
becomes pregnant. Due to marry the well-off
and 'modern' Vimala (Rajarathnam). Venu tries
to get rid of Lakshmi by offering her money but
she refuses and leaves. As for Vimala, she lets
Venu off the hook by eloping with a phony
poet, Sukumar (Narayana Rao), so that Venu,
who confessed his pre-marital affair to his
mother, can try to make amends by marrying
the lower-class Lakshmi. Mother and son,
accompanied by the daughter Seeta
(Suryakumari), set out in search of Lakshmi
and locate her in Madras where she became a
prostitute and then was jailed for assaulting the
madam. All are reconciled. The film questions
both the established class divisions and the
sexual mores of its depicted social milieu. As
with all of Nagaiah's early films, this is a
musical hit with perennial songs like
Adigo andiyala ravani,
Radhe chali and
Evaru makinka saati (by Rajarathnam), and
Vendikanchalalo and
Kroorakarmammulu (by
T. Suryakumari). The melodrama re-established
Vauhini after the financial disaster of
Sumangali (1940), although diluting the
reformist commitment of earlier films by the
Reddi/Ramnoth/Raghavacharya/A.K. Sekhar
combination. A review in
Ananda Vikatan
(20.7.1941) welcomed the film, exclaiming: 'Oh
gods and goddesses! We wanted to portray you
as heroes and heroines in our films. That's
what we said when we produced talkies. No
god/goddess objected to that. [T]hen we came
down to Puranic characters - on to bhaktas,
maharajahs, zamindars, millionaires and thence
to the common man. But none had thought to
make the servant maid the heroine of a film.'
Realism in this context meant deploying a new
symbolic lexicon (cf. the seduction scene
juxtaposed with a montage of sexy covers of
glossy foreign magazines, erotic sculpture and
calendar art).
Actors: Parvathi Bai
Actors: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: G. Visweswaramma
Singer: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Song: Rama Bhajane Modha Janakamuraa
రామా భజనే మోద జనకమురా
Actors: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Song: Shantha Sahanammulunu Todijanulameeda Aadarambunu (Padyam)
శాంత సహనమ్ములును తోడిజనులమీద ఆదరంబును
Actors: Kumari
Actors: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: Chorus
Singer: Kumari
Singer: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Song: Raithu Janamula Panduga Dinamidiraa
రైతు జనములా పండుగ దినమిదిరా
Actors: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Song: Vendi Kanchaalalo Vedi Buvvundoyi
వెండి కంచాలలో వేడి బువ్వుందోయి
Actors: Gowripathi Sastry
Actors: Mudigonda Lingamurthy
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: Gowripathi Sastry
Singer: Mudigonda Lingamurthy
Song: Appanna Tanamanna Maarori Bairanna
అప్పన్న తనమన్న మారోరి బైరన్న
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: M.S. Ramarao
Song: Ee Vasanthamu Nityamu Kadhoi (Background Song)
ఈ వసంతము నిత్యము కాదోయి
Actors: Parvathi Bai
Actors: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: G. Visweswaramma
Singer: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Song: Kroora Karmamulu Neraka Chesithi Neramulenchaku
క్రూర కర్మములు నేరక చేసితి నేరములెంచకు
Actors: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Song: Poorvapunyambu Koladhini Purushadanedha (Padyam)
పూర్వపుణ్యంబు కొలదిని పురుషడనెద
Actors: Bejawada Rajaratnam
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: Bejawada Rajaratnam
Song: Adigo Andiyala Ravali Jagame Ra Paadipoye
అదిగో అందియలా రవళీ జగమే రా పాడిపోయే
Actors: Bejawada Rajaratnam
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: Bejawada Rajaratnam
Song: Radhe Cheli Nammaradhe Cheli Magavaareeni Ila Nammaradhe Cheli
రాదేచెలీ నమ్మరాదే చెలీ మగవారినిలా నమ్మరాదే చెలీ
Actors: Renduchintala Satyanarayana
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: Renduchintala Satyanarayana
Song: Laavokkintayu Ledu Dhairyamu Vilolambayye
లావొక్కింతయు లేదు ధైర్యము విలోలంబయ్యె
Actors: Renduchintala Satyanarayana
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: Renduchintala Satyanarayana
Song: Garudagamana Rara Nanu Nee Karunanelukora
గరుడగమన రారా నను నీ కరుణనేలుకోరా
Actors: Bejawada Rajaratnam
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: Bejawada Rajaratnam
Song: Evaru Maakinka Saati
ఎవరు మాకింక సాటి
Actors: Parvathi Bai
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: G. Visweswaramma
Song: Enno Nomulu nochinagaani Ee Narajanmamu Dorakadhura
ఎన్నో నోములు నోచినగానీ ఈ నరజన్మము దొరకదురా
Actors: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Song: Raghukulamuna Puttina Rajulandhu (Padyam)
రఘుకులమున పుట్టిన రాజులందు
Actors: Renduchintala Satyanarayana
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: Renduchintala Satyanarayana
Song: Charanamule Nammithi Nee Divya Charanamule Nammithi
చరణములే నమ్మితి నీ దివ్య చరణములే నమ్మితి
Actors: Master Ashwathama
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Song: Lokamantha Lobhulaa Kaanare Nirupedhala
లోకమంతా లోభులా కానరే నిరుపేదలా
Actors: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Actors: Kumari
Actors: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: Chittor V. Nagaiah
Singer: Kumari
Singer: Tanguturi Surya Kumari
Song: Aanandam Aanandam Vere Kaladhe Aanandam
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