mallISwari ( 1951 )
Technical
Release Date...20th December
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vAhini
Director
reDDi, B.N
Producer
vaahini Productions
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Baby mallika .... Young Bhanumati bhaanumathi, paaluvaayi .... mallISwari doraiswaami .... naarappa kamalaabaayi, surabhi Kamaladevi, T.G master venkaTa ramaNa .... Young NTR raaghava rao, nyaayapaaTi .... allasaani peddana Rama Rao, N.T .... naagaraaju RshyEndramaNi .... mallIswari's mother Sreevaatsava .... SreekRshNadEvaraayalu venkaTasubbayya, vangara
Story
Krishna Sastri, Devulapalli
Dialogues
Krishna Sastri, Devulapalli
Photography
KonDA ReDDy, B.N
Screen Play
reDDi, B.N
Sound
kOTESwararaavu, P.V
Art
Sekhar, A.K
Music
rAjEswara rao, SAluri raamaaraavu, addEpalli
Playback
bhaanumathi, paaluvaayi (omitted in official credits)
Satyam, Madhavapeddi venkaTESwararaavu, ghanTasaala Sakuntala, V raamakRshNa, G
Lyrics
Krishna Sastri, Devulapalli (debut)
Songs
- aakaaSa veedhilo haayigaa egirEvu
- kOti baavaku pellanTa
- aunA nijamEnA/aunA kalalEnA
- bhaLirA ennaDu jArenI bhuviki (verse)
- endukE nIkinta tondara
- evarE pilichErallana mellana pillanagrOvini (chorus)
- jayA jayA jaya SubhASaya (vaitALikulu, chorus)
- jhuma jhuma jhum jhum (kamalAdEvi)
- manasuna mallela mAla lUgenE
- nanda yaSOdA nandanunaku nava madanadEvunaku gobbiLLO (chorus)
- nelarAjA vennela rAjA vinavA ii gAdha
- pOyi rAvE talli pOyi rAvammA (Chorus)
- pilachina biguvaTaraa.. (bhAnumati)
- ushA pariNayam (yaksha gAnam)
Ragam
raagamaalika
SriisatitO sarasiijanayanuvale cheluvuna dEvEritO (chorus)
sUtradhAri-->bilahari, mOhana, kEdAragauLa
maguvA nI janakunaku (pagavADu (kamalAdEvi) - mukhAri
{Interlude Music} - hindOLam
naa praaNESwara nava madanaa - kEdAragauLa
- parugulu teeyaali gittalu urakalu vEyaalii
- Sree gaNanaatha sindhoora varNa - purandaradAsa keertana - chorus
- uyyaala jampaala ! raavicheTTu meeda uyyaala rangurangula TooguTuyyaala
- raavi cheTTu tinne chuTToo raati bommalu chekkEnE
- nOmeena mannaala nOmannalaalO - vinjamoori sisters, bhaanumati chorus
Comments
Commentary: V. Chitoori nAgayya.
Probably the best musical film ever made in Telugu. The well-known poet dEvulapalli kRshNaSaastri made his film debut as lyricist and wrote all the lyrics. B.N.reDDi was life long proud of his master work.
Anecdote:
President sarvEpalli rAdhAkRshNan: He was invited to watch "mallISwari" and at the end someone praised the film highly and asked sarvEpalli whether he could find a single flaw in it. sarvEpalli replied: "pilachina biguvaTarA pATaku mundu pedda varsham kurisinaTlugA chUpinchAru, kAni taruvAta mAruvEshAllO vunna rAyalu&Co. gur''r''Alapai swAri chEstU veLLEppuDu dhULi legustundi. asamanjasam kadA!"
(Contributed by Sreenivas Paruchuri <> sreeni@ktp.uni-paderborn.de )
In a survey conducted by India Today Special Edition in 1996 this movie is acclaimed as all time Second Best in the history of Telugu Movie Industry.
(Contributed by Mohan Devaraju <> mohan@earthlink.net )
Though buccibaabu's (real name Sivaraaju venkaTa subbaaraavu) radio play "raayalu vaari karuNakRtyamu" was the basis for malleeSwari, the film credits do not acknowledge him. It is particularly surprising since bucchibaabu and producer director B.N.Reddy were great friends and continued to be so until buccibaabu's death.
(Contributed by Chowdary Jampala, V <> cjampala@dayton.net )
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