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Director
  
C. Pullaiah

Screenplay
  
Balijepalli Lakshmikantam

Language
  
Telugu

7.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Action, Drama, Musical

Duration
  

Country
  
India

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Writer
  
Balijepalli Lakshmikanta Kavi

Release date
  
1942

Music director
  
S. Rajeswara Rao, Partha Sarathi

Cast
  
Kanchanamala
(Balanagamma),
Relangi Venkatramaiah
(Kotwalu),
Govindarajula Subba Rao
(Mayala Maraathi),
Pushpavalli
(Sangu),
Balijepalli Lakshmikantam
(Navabhoja Raju)

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Relangi Venkatramaiah and T G Kamala Devi appear in Bala Nagamma and Pathala Bhairavi

Bala Nagamma or Balanagamma (Telugu: బాలనాగమ్మ) is a 1942 Telugu Silver Jubilee film directed by Chittajallu Pullayya and produced by S.S.Vasan. The Bala Nagamma story was one of the most popular Burrakathas. It was one of the early successful films made by Gemini Studios in Telugu and not remade in Tamil. Gemini Studios made an adaptation of this film in Hindi starring Madhubala called Bahut Din Huwe.

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The plot

The story is about Bala Nagamma, a young princess. The King prays for progeny and is blessed with children, the youngest of them is named Bala Nagamma (Kanchanamala). She is married off to Karyavardi Raju (Banda). She is kidnapped by Mayala Marathi (Govindarajula Subbarao) who turns her into a dog and takes her to his cave. Once there, he tries to take advantage of her. She keeps him away by quoting some Holy Rites and Pujas that she is involved in. She is a prisoner in the cave for fourteen years, during which time the Fakir's mistress, Sangu (Pushpavalli), becomes jealous of his obsession with Bala Nagamma. In the meantime, her son Balavardi Raju grows up and discovers the truth about his mother. He seeks the Fakir out and defeats him.

Soundtrack

There are three songs in the film.

  1. Naa Sogase Kani Marude Dasudu Kada – Pushpavalli
  2. Nanna Memu Delhi Potham
  3. Sri Jaya Jaya Gowri Ramana – Bellary Lalitha

Features

  • Gemini Pictures later remade this movie in Hindi with Madhubala in the lead role and Savitri as Sangu. The movie was titled Bahut Din Hue. This was Savithri's first Hindi movie.
  • The movie was a trendsetting folk-based successful venture and ran for more than 25 weeks in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
  • The story has been adopted for another movie as Bala Nagamma in 1959 starring N. T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi and S. V. Ranga Rao. It was also big success.

    • Reception

    According to film historian Randor Guy, Bala Nagamma netted a profit of ₹4 million (US$62,000).

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    References

    Bala Nagamma (1942 film) Wikipedia
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    Bala Nagamma (1942 film) IMDb