Bhakta Prahlada (1932 film)
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Director H. M. Reddy Genres Tollywood, World cinema Country India | 6.8/10 IMDb Producer H. M. Reddy Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1932 (1932) Writer Surabhi Nataka, Surabhi Nataka Similar movies L V Prasad appears in Bhakta Prahlada and Kalidas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bhakta prahlada telugu full length movie s v ranga rao anjali devi roja ramani
Bhakta Prahlada (English: Devotee Prahlada) (Telugu: భక్త ప్రహ్లాద) is the first Telugu full length talkie film, based on The Story of Narasimha and Prahlada in Hindu mythology. It is made by H. M. Reddy, a pioneer of the Indian film industry.
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- Bhakta prahlada telugu full length movie s v ranga rao anjali devi roja ramani
- Bhakta prahlada 1931 movie poster
- History
- Cast
- Crew
- Release
- References
Bhakta prahlada 1931 movie poster
History
Ardeshir Irani was planning to make the first Indian talkie movie Alam Ara in Hindi in 1931. H. M. Reddy was assistant director for that film and made the first south Indian talkie in Telugu on the same sets.
The very famous theater group in Andhra Pradesh, ‘Surabhi’ had various performances of the play ‘Bhakta Prahlada’, which was written by the great playwright and ‘Andhranataka Pitamaha’ Dharmavarapu Ramakrishnacharyulu. H. M. Reddy sought to cast them in film and brought the entire drama team to Bombay under the supervision of C.S.R. Anjaneyulu.
In addition to reusing some dialogues and poems of the drama, H.M. Reddy made Chandala Kesavadasu to pen new songs. The great poet Kesavadasu, thus remains in the history of Telugu Cinema to have penned its first song.
Cast
Crew
Release
The release of the film which is the first Telugu talkie, was generally considered to have released on 15 September 1931 but it was eventually revealed to have been released on 6 February 1932.
References
Bhakta Prahlada (1932 film) WikipediaBhakta Prahlada (1932 film) IMDb