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Genre
  
Drama

Screenplay
  
Satyanarayana Sunkara

Country
  
India

Director
  
Sundaram Balachander

Music director
  
Master Venu

Language
  
Telugu

Writer
  
Satyanarayana Sunkara

Release date
  
1956

Awards
  
Certificate of Merit (Telugu Feature Film)

Cast
  
Nagabhushanam
(Kondaiah),
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
(Munusabu),
Shavukaru Janaki
(Raami),
Jaggayya
(Lawyer),
Ramana Reddy
(Naatu Vaidyudu)

Similar movies
  
Related Sundaram Balachander movies

Edi Nijam (English title: What is Truth; Telugu: ఏది నిజం) is a 1956 Telugu film directed by Vainik and film personality Sundaram Balachander and produced by Ghantasala Krishnamurthy of Pratibha Films. The films starring Nagabhushanam of Rakta Kanneeru fame. The story is loosely based on the Italian film Puzitor. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Edhu Nijam (1956).

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The plot

Kotaiah (Nagabhushanam) is a labourer in a small village. He affectionately married Raami (Janaki) and living happily. The village Munasabu (Gummadi) is a cut throat and cheat. He is closely assisted by Naatu Vaidyudu (Ramana Reddy) and Poojari (Vangara). Tirupati (Joga Rao), friend of Kotaiah is a very angry man and used to criticize Munasabu openly. Munasabu tries to get Rami into his control by different ways. Tirupati opposes him. Munasabu cunningly kills him in a forest and diverts the crime on Kotaiah. This results Kotaiah to go to jail. Returning from jail, Kotaiah knows the Truth (Nijam) and attacks Munasabu. Police arrests him while hiding in the forest.

Soundtrack

  • Beedala Rodana Vinava Nirupedala Vedana Kanava (Singer: Jikki Krishnaveni)
  • Edi Nijam Manavudaa Edi Nijam (Singers: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, Madhavapeddi Satyam and group)
  • Guttonkai Kooroyi Baava (Singer: Jikki Krishnaveni)
  • Nedu Naamanasu Uyyalaloogene (Singer: Jikki Krishnaveni)
  • Awards

  • National Film Awards
  • 1956 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu - Certificate of Merit
  • References

    Edi Nijam Wikipedia
    Edi Nijam IMDb