Chandirani (Paluvayi Bhanumathi) 1953

Chandirani (1953)

Director: Paluvayi Bhanumathi; Producer: P.S. Ramakrishna Rao; Cinematographer: Selvaraj; Editor: P.S. Ramakrishna Rao; Cast: Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Paluvayi Bhanumathi, S.V. Rangarao, Relangi Venkataramaiah, Amarnath, Vidyavathi, Hemalatha, Angamuthu, Doraswamy, R. Nageswara Rao, Tulasi, Raj Kumar, Venkatraman, Satyanarayana Sastry

Duration: 02:13:48; Aspect Ratio: 1.379:1; Lightness: 0.283; Volume: 0.349; Cuts per Minute: 6.420

Adventure movie on the pattern of Apoorva Sahodarargal (1949) replacing the male twins with female twins (Bhanumathi in a double role), daughters of an imprisoned king. One grows up in the forest, learning fencing and unarmed combat (including vanquishing a lion), while the other leads a sheltered life in the palace. Both love the same hero (NTR). The forest girl gets the hero after she defeats the king’s evil commander-in-chief. Bhanumathi’s debut as director was made as a trilingual but was not a success in Hindi. The duet O taraka was, however, a hit in all three languages.

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