Chandika is a 1940 Telugu film directed by R. S. Prakash. Veteran actress Pasupuleti Kannamba portrayed the role of Chandika.

The Plot

Chandika (Kannamba) is the princess of a kingdom. She is unhappy with the ruling of King Giriraju (Gaggaiah). She wanted to dethrown him and his husband prince to become the Rajah. She has attracted the Maharaja and kills him. During the encounter she loses her husband. She could not control the Minister Veeramallu (Raghava), finally succumbs and commits suicide.

Cast

• Kannamba ... Chandika
• Vemuri Gaggaiah
  Vemuri Gaggaiah
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  ... Giriraju
• Bellary Raghava
  Bellary Raghava
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  ... Veeramallu
• T. Lalita Devi
• Peddapuram Raju
• Arani Satyanarayana
• Puvvula Ratnamala
• Dasari Ramatilakam
• Puvvula Anasuya
• Puvvula Chandramouleeswara Rao
• M. Satyanarayana
• V. Venkata Subbarao
• Dasari Lakshmaiah Chowdary
• Master Viswam
• G. Seshagiri Rao

External links

• Chandika film at IMDb.