Vara Vikrayam (film)
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Duration Screenplay Balijepalli Lakshmikantam | Director C. Pullaiah Running time 3h 14m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Kallakoori Narayana Rao , Balijepalli Lakshmikanta Kavi Release date 1939 Music director Prabhala Satyanarayana, Durga Sen Cast Bhanumathi Ramakrishna (Kalindi), (Kamala), Balijepalli Lakshmikantam (Lingaraju), Sriranjani (Bhramaramba), Relangi Venkatramaiah (Bichagadu)Similar movies Bhanumathi Ramakrishna and others appear in Vara Vikrayam and Swarga Seema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vara Vikrayam (English: Precious Sale) (Telugu: వర విక్రయము) is a 1939 Telugu drama film directed by Chittajallu Pullayya. The film is a reformist social film about the Dowry system prevalent in British India. It is based on the novel and play of the same name by Kallakoori Narayana Rao.
This is debut film for Bhanumathi Ramakrishna.
Plot
The retired government official Purshottama Rao (Daita Gopalam) borrows money to get his eldest daughter Kalindi (Bhanumathi) married to an old-man Lingaraju (Balijepalli). He is a money lender and already married twice. Kalindi does not like this marriage and commits suicide before the marriage can take place. Lingaraju refuses to return the dowry money. Purshottama's second daughter Kamala (Pushpavalli) agrees to marry him. She drags her husband Lingaraju to court of justice.
References
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