Ardhangi
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Director P. Pullaiah Duration Country India | 8.4/10 IMDb Genre Drama Running time 3h 6m Language Telugu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1955 Writer Acharya Athreya, Saratchandra Chatterjee (novel) Songs Raka Raka Vachchavu Cast Akkineni Nageswara Rao (Raghu), Savitri (Padma), Jaggayya (Nagu), Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (Zamindar), Santha Kumari (Gummadi Wife) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ardhangi a n r telugu movie
Ardhangi (English: Wife; Telugu: అర్ధాంగి) is a 1955 Telugu, drama film, produced & directed by P. Pullaiah on Ragini Pictures banner. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri in the lead roles and music jointly composed by Master Venu & B.Narasimha Rao. The film is based on Bengali novel Swayamsidda written by Manilal Banerjee. The film recorded as Super Hit at the box office. The film has received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and the Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu.
Contents
- Ardhangi a n r telugu movie
- Vaddura kannayya ardhangi 1955 jikki
- Plot
- Cast
- Crew
- Soundtrack
- Boxoffice
- Awards
- Other versions
- References
The film was remade in Tamil as Pennin Perumai in Hindi twice as Bahurani in 1963 and as Jyoti in 1981. The story of Swayamsiddha was also similar to the Kannada novel Mallammana Pavaada by B. Puttaswamayya which was adapted into 1969 movie titled Mallammana Pavaada for which screenplay was written by the director of this movie P. Pullaiah based on this movie. The Kannada novel Mallammana Pavaada also inspired the 1987 Tamil movie Enga Chinna Rasa which went on to be remade in Telugu as Abbaigaru , in Hindi as Beta, in Kannada as Annayya and in Oriya as Santan (1998).
Vaddura kannayya ardhangi 1955 jikki
Plot
Zamindar Bhujangarao (Gummadi) has two sons. The elder son Raghunath Rao (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) born to his first wife is a retard. After her death, he married Rajeswari (Santha Kumari) and the couple has a son Nagendra Rao / Naagu (Jaggaiah) a man of vices. Impressed by the way Padma (Savitri) a village girl faced Naagu when he threatened to take their farm lands, the Zamindar fixes Naagu’s marriage with her. But Rajeswari vetoes the alliance and suggests to perform her marriage with Raghu. After marriage, Padma learns that Raghu became a retard due to the opium-fed during his childhood to put him to sleep by the maid, Ayamma (Vijayalakshmi). She takes up the task of making him normal and also keeping the whiplashing-Naagu at a distance from Raghu. The zamindar rewrites the will in Raghu’s name and dies. But Raghu leaves the property to the peeved Rajeswari and Nagu and goes to the village with his wife. Naagu brings his paramour Neelaveni (Surabhi Balasaraswati) who along with her entourage (Sivaramakrishnaiah, Kasipathi and Gangarathnam) eye Naagu’s property. When he learns that the farmers paid the tax to Raghu, an enraged Naagu goes to the village with a rifle. At the same time, Raghu brings the money to give it to him. A repentant Rajeswari along with Raghu reaches the village, to bring sense in Nagu. When she fails, she takes the rifle and aims at him. But the Padma shields him. Naagu is a changed man.
Cast
Crew
Soundtrack
Music composed by Master Venu & B. Narasimha Rao. Lyrics were written by Acharya Atreya. Music released on Audio Company.
Boxoffice
The film ran for more than 100 days in 5 centers in Andhra Pradesh.
Awards
Other versions
The story line has been an inspiration for various movies and has had various remakes in Indian film industry.
References
Ardhangi WikipediaArdhangi IMDb