Raja Makutam
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Genre Action, Drama, Romance Screenplay D. V. Narasa Raju Country India | Director B. Narasimha Reddy Music director Master Venu Duration Language Telugu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 1960 Writer Narasa Raju D.V. (dialogue), Narasa Raju D.V. (story), B.N. Reddi (adaptation) Director Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy Cast N T Rama Rao (Pratap), Pasupuleti Kannamba (Queen), Rajasulochana (Prameela), Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (Prachandudu), Kaikala Satyanarayana Similar movies N T Rama Rao and others appear in Raja Makutam and Malliswari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raja Makutam or Rajamakutam (King's Sceptre) is a 1960 Telugu film directed by veteran B. Narasimha Reddy. The film was produced by Vauhini Studios and simultaneously made in Tamil.
Contents
B. S. Ramaiah wrote the dialogues for the Tamil version.
Plot
While he was attending a festival,.the King of Gandhara was killed by his younger brother who is also the commander of the army. He also sends all those loyal to the king to prison. The prince, who is away at that time, comes to know about his father's death and returns to the kingdom. He was attacked by soldiers on the way and he is wounded. While he is unconscious, a girl takes him to the palace on her cart. The girl's brother is working in the palace and she was going to meet her brother. The commander orders that all prisoners be executed. He says the order is from the prince. The girl's brother is also executed and she gets angry with the prince. The prince comes to know that it was his uncle who gave the order in his name and wants to punish the uncle. But his mother, the queen, advises him not to take any action because he (the uncle) is in full control of the army and the palace. How the prince restore normalcy forms the rest of the story.
Tamil
The list is adapted from Film News Anandan's database.
Synopsis
B.N. Reddi is one of the most prolific filmmakers of Telugu cinema during the 1950s. He is also the director of the critically acclaimed Malleswari.
Soundtrack
Music is by Master Venu. There are about 11 songs in the film.
Telugu Songs
Lyrics were by Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao, Devulapalli Krishnasastri & Kosaraju Raghavaiah. Playback singers are Ghantasala, Madhavapeddi Satyam, Mallik, P. Leela, P. Suseela & Jikki.
Tamil Songs
Lyrics were penned by Thanjai Ramaiah Dass. Playback singers are Thiruchi Loganathan, P. Leela, Sirkazhi Govindarajan, A. L. Raghavan & Jikki.
References
Raja Makutam WikipediaRaja Makutam themoviedb.org Raja Makutam IMDb