raitu biDDa ( 1939 )
Technical
Duration...175 minutes
35mm
Black & White
Banner
sAradhi
Director
rAmabrahmam, gUDavalli
Producer
Yarlagadda Sivaraamaprasaad/ Challapalli Raja
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Dr.venkaTa seetaapati raavu, giDugu .... Jamindar nagaraajaaraavu, nellUri .... taaseeldaar narasimharaavu, bhiimavarapu .... kaasaa subbanna Nehru Ellapragada Cherukupalli raaghava, baLLaari .... narisi reDDi Raghavaiah chowdhary, Kosaraaju .... debut, raami reDDi Raghavayya, Vedantam .... debut sooryakumaari, TanguTuuri .... seeta sundaramma sUribaabu, P .... raamajOgi Vara Lakshmi, S .... in child role as "beggar girl" venkaTasubbayya, vangara viSwanaatha kaviraaju, mallaadi
Story
rAmabrahmam, gUDavalli
Dialogues
viSwanaatha kaviraaju, mallaadi gOpeechand, tripuranEni dharmaaraavu, taapii
Photography
Sailen Bose
Screen Play
rAmabrahmam, gUDavalli
Music
narasimharaavu, bhiimavarapu
Lyrics
appaaraavu, basavaraaju Raghavaiah chowdhary, Kosaraaju (debut)
seetaaraamamoorti, tummala dharmaaraavu, taapii venkaTaraamaanaayuDu, nellooru
Songs
- nidra mElukOra tammuDA - sUribaabu
- kOyilokasArocchi kUsipUyindi
- rAbOku rAbOkurA chanduruDaa
- sai sairaa chinnapa reDDi
- matsaramuna madi yambudhilO - (yaxagaanam)
- raitukE vOTivvavalenannaa
- viSwaprEmayE Subhamu
- O gurraala gOpireDDi
Comments
One of the most revolutionary films in Telugu film history. Well known lyricist kosaraaju raaghavayya chaudari (played a major role) and dance choreographer/film director vEdAntam raaghavayya (performed daSaavataaraalu dance) made their film debut. Famous Historian giDugu venkaTa seetaapati also played a major role (as jamindaar). The film was dedicated to "raitu jana baandhava" MuniswaaminaayuDu (ex-Minister). The Jamindaar travels by air, when flying was something unique, showing the old VT-AJO m/c. The feudal land lords tried with all means to get the film banned and even some prints were burnt. Its interesting to note that the film producer yarlagadda sivaramaprasad a.k.a challapalli raajaa, was himself a land lord and the film was banned in his own territory.
(Contributed by Sreenivas Paruchuri <> sreeni@ktp.uni-paderborn.de )
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