Jayabheri
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Jayabheri is a 1959 Telugu musical hit film directed by P. Pullaiah
and starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao
and Anjali Devi
in lead roles. The film is based on the 1947 production by V. Shantaram
, titled Lokshahir Ram Joshi in Marathi and Matwala Shayar Ram Joshi in Hindi.
P. Pullaiah
P. Pullaiah or P. Pullayya B.A. is a Telugu film director and producer. He was recipient of Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for his contributions to Telugu cinema. He married veteran actress P. Santha Kumari in 1937...
and starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Akkineni Nageswara Rao , also known as ANR, is a Telugu cinema actor from Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh. Nageswara Rao has worked in several genres of films in his 70-year acting career, including mythological, social, and drama films...
and Anjali Devi
Anjali Devi
Anjali Devi is a veteran Telugu actress and producer. She is well known for her mythological role as Sita in Lava Kusha and roles in movies like Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali.- Biography :...
in lead roles. The film is based on the 1947 production by V. Shantaram
V. Shantaram
V. Shantaram is a renowned Indian filmmaker, film producer and actor. He is most known for his films like Dr...
, titled Lokshahir Ram Joshi in Marathi and Matwala Shayar Ram Joshi in Hindi.
The plot
The story setting is made in around 1600-1700, during the Vijayanagara empire. Kasinatha Sastri (ANR) belongs to a high caste Brahmin family. He lives with his brother and sister-in-law, who is also his closest friend. He treats her like a mother. Manjulavani (Anjali Devi) is part of a troupe that take part in drama for their earning. Their "lower caste" is a big hurdle for their love. Rest of the story is how ANR marries Anjali, going against the norms and makes people realize that all humans are the same.Cast
- Akkineni Nageshwara Rao ... Kasinatha Sastri
- Anjali DeviAnjali DeviAnjali Devi is a veteran Telugu actress and producer. She is well known for her mythological role as Sita in Lava Kusha and roles in movies like Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali.- Biography :...
... Manjulavani - S. V. Ranga RaoS. V. Ranga RaoSamarla Venkata Ranga Rao Popularly Known as S.V.R. was an Indian Theater actor, Tollywood actor, director and producer...
... Vijayananda Ramagajapati - Chittor V. NagaiahChittor V. NagaiahChitturu Nagayya or Chittor V. Nagaiah birth name - Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya was an Indian actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer of Telugu film industry, Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as ‘The...
... Viswambhara Sastri - Relangi Venkataramaiah ... Bachanna Bangarayya
- Ramana ReddyRamana ReddyRamana Reddy or T. V. Ramana Reddy was an Indian actor and comedian, best known for his work in Telugu cinema in the 1950s and 1960s....
... Bachanna Narayya - P. Santha Kumari ... Annapoorna
- Gummadi Venkateswara RaoGummadi Venkateswara RaoGummadi Venkateswara Rao popularly known as Gummadi was a popular Telugu film character actor. Though he began to act in films much later than famous artistes like N.T.Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao he had through the course of his career acquired a niche for himself vis a vis the character...
... Viswanatha Sastri - Suryakantham ... Ratnalu
- RajasulochanaRajasulochanaPilliarchetty Bhakthavatsalam Naidu Rajeevalochana, better known as Rajasulochana is an South Indian classical dancer and film actress. She has acted in hundreds of films in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi language films.-Brief lifesketch:...
... Narthaki Amrutha - Mukkamala Krishna Murthy ... Dharmadhikari
- Jandhyala Gaurinatha Sastri
- Chadalavada Kutumba RaoChadalavada Kutumba RaoChadalavada Kutumba Rao , popularly known as Chadalavada, was a Tollywood actor well known for his comedian roles. He Appeared in Many Telugu films. The prominent among them are Aada Paduchu .. Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu .. Bharya Bharthalu .. Jayabheri .. Krishna Leelalu ..Maya Bazaar .. Palletooru...
... Dappula Raghavulu - Moparru Dasu ... Harikathakudu
- Surabhi KamalabaiSurabhi KamalabaiSurabhi Kamalabai is a Telugu drama and film actress. She has the distinction of first Telugu heroine in the Talky film Bhakta Prahlada directed by H. M. Reddy. She played the role of Leelavathi, the wife of Hiranyakasipa...
... Ranganayaki - Peketi SivaramPeketi SivaramPeketi Sivaram is famous South Indian actor and director.-Life sketch:He was born on October 8, 1918 in Pekeru village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India....
- Raghunath PanigrahiRaghunath PanigrahiPandit Raghunath Panigrahi is a famous Indian classical singer and Music Director. A noted vocalist of Gita Govinda, he left a promising career in film music in Chennai, to provide vocal support in his wife, Sanjukta Panigrahi, legendary Odissi danseuse performances and also a composer...
- A. V. Subba Rao
Crew
- Director: P. PullaiahP. PullaiahP. Pullaiah or P. Pullayya B.A. is a Telugu film director and producer. He was recipient of Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for his contributions to Telugu cinema. He married veteran actress P. Santha Kumari in 1937...
- Assistant Directors: K. Raghavendra RaoK. Raghavendra RaoKovelamudi Raghavendra Rao shortly K. Raghavendra is a renowned director. He is one of the most commercially successful directors of Telugu cinema, and many believe that his contribution has been instrumental to the success of Telugu cinema. As of 2006, Raghavendra Rao has directed 103 films...
and U. V. Rao - Story and dialogues: Acharya Atreya
- Producer: Vasireddy Narayana Rao
- Production Company: Sarada Productions
- Music Director: Pendyala Nageshwara Rao
- Cinematography: P. L. Roy
- Cameraman: Kommana Ramakrishna Rao
- Film Editing: R. Devarajan
- Art Director: G. V. Subba Rao
- Stills: M. Satyam
- Sound Department: A. Krishnan
- Lyrics: Arudra, Sri SriSri SriSri Sri can stand for these:* Sri Sri Ravi Shankar founder of the Art of Living Foundation.* Srirangam Srinivasarao , popularly called Sri Sri, Telugu poet, and film lyricist....
, Kosaraju Raghavayya Chowdary, Malladi Ramakrishna SastryMalladi Ramakrishna SastryMalladi Ramakrishna Sastry M.A. was an eminent Telugu writer.-Lifesketch:He was born in Chitti Guduru village near Machilipatnam in Krishna district in 1905 to Narasimha Sastry and Kanakamma. Their family has settled in Bandar during his childhood. He has passed B.A. in Machilipatnam and M.A. in...
, Narapareddi - Playback singers: Mangalampalli BalamuralikrishnaMangalampalli BalamuralikrishnaMangalampalli Balamuralikrishna is a Carnatic vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and a playback singer. He is also acclaimed as a poet, composer and respected by all Indian classical musicians for his knowledge of Carnatic Music....
, M. L. Vasantha Kumari, P. B. Srinivas, Pithapuram Nageswara RaoPithapuram Nageswara RaoPithapuram Nageswara Rao is a popular Playback singer during the early period of Telugu cinema. He sang thousands of songs mostly of comedy nature in 1950s and 1960s along with Madhavapeddi Satyam and others.-Brief lifesketch:...
, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, Madhavapeddi SatyamMadhavapeddi SatyamMadhavapeddi Satyam was a renowned Telugu singer and stage-actor from the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. He entered into films as a singer-actor in Y.V. Rao's Tamil-Hindi Biligual movie Ramadas in the year 1946. He played the role of Kabir. However, he became more popular as a playback singer...
, S. JanakiS. JanakiS. Janaki is an Indian female playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, she has won four National Film Awards and 35...
, Saundararajan, P. SusheelaP. SusheelaPulapaka Susheela is an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Badaga and Sinhalese.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Pulapaka...
, Mallik - Choreographer: Vempati Peda Satyam
Songs
- Adhikulanii Athamulanii (Nanduni Charitamu Vinumaa)
- Raagam: Sindhu BhairaviSindhu BhairaviSindhu Bhairavi is a 1985 Indian Tamil language drama film directed and produced by K. Balachander starring Sivakumar, Suhasini, Sulakshana, Delhi Ganesh and Janagaraj. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The songs in the film were sung by K. J. Yesudas and K. S. Chithra...
- Playback: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao
- Lyrics: Srirangam Srinivasa Rao
- Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao
- Raagam: Sindhu Bhairavi
- Daivam Neevenaa, Dharmam Neevenaa
- Playback: Saundararajan, P. Susheela
- Lyrics: Narapareddi
- Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi
- Hoy, Vallo Padaaliraa pedda Sepa
- Playback: Madhavapeddi Sathyam, P. Susheela, Ghantasala
- Lyrics: Arudra
- Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi
- Indralokamu Nundi Yidi Tecchinaarayya
- Playback: Ghantasala, Madhavapeddi Sathyam, S. Janaki
- Lyrics: Arudra
- Cast: Relangi, Suryakantham, Ramana Reddy
- Madi Saaradaadevi Mandirame
- Raagam: KalyaniKalyani (raga)Kalyan or Kalyani, originally called Yaman, is a melakarta rāga in the Carnatic music of South India, and is also an important raga in Hindustani music.-Kalyani in Carnatic music:...
- Playback: GhantasalaGhantasala (singer)Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao was a famous & popular Indian Playback Singer and music composer of Telugu films and many other languages such as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu and Hindi. He is the recipient of the Padmashree award, India's fourth highest civilian award. For nearly a quarter of a...
, P. B. Srinivas, Raghunath PanigrahiRaghunath PanigrahiPandit Raghunath Panigrahi is a famous Indian classical singer and Music Director. A noted vocalist of Gita Govinda, he left a promising career in film music in Chennai, to provide vocal support in his wife, Sanjukta Panigrahi, legendary Odissi danseuse performances and also a composer... - Lyrics: Malladi Ramakrishna SastryMalladi Ramakrishna SastryMalladi Ramakrishna Sastry M.A. was an eminent Telugu writer.-Lifesketch:He was born in Chitti Guduru village near Machilipatnam in Krishna district in 1905 to Narasimha Sastry and Kanakamma. Their family has settled in Bandar during his childhood. He has passed B.A. in Machilipatnam and M.A. in...
- Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao and others
- Raagam: Kalyani
- Nee Daananannadira, Ninne Nammina Chinnadira
- Raagam: Maand
- Playback: Ghantasala
- Lyrics: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
- Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao
- Neeventa Nerajaanavauraa
- Playback: M. L. VasanthakumariM. L. VasanthakumariMadras Lalitangi Vasanthakumari , was a Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in many Indian languages. MLV and her contemporaries D. K. Pattammal and M. S. Subbulakshmi were popularly referred to as the "female trinity of Carnatic Music. A prime disciple of the G. N...
- Lyrics: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
- Cast: Raja Sulochana
- Playback: M. L. Vasanthakumari
- Raagamayii Raave Anuraagamayii Raave
- Raagam: AbheriAbheriAbheri is a raga in Carnatic music . It is a Janya raga , whose Melakarta raga is Kharaharapriya, 22nd in the 72 Melakarta raga system....
- Playback: Ghantasala
- Lyrics: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
- Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao
- Raagam: Abheri
- Raavoyii, Raasavihaarii (yamunaa teeramuna sandhyaa samayamuna)
- Raagam: Behaag (starting), KapiKapiThe Kapi was a Spanish automobile manufactured by Automóviles y Autoscooter Kapi in Barcelona from 1950 until 1955. Designed by Captain Federico Saldaña, the first car was a light three-wheeled two door runabout powered by a 125 cc 2 cv single-cylinder two-stroke engine made by Montessa...
(poopodalO daaganEla pOpOraa swaamii... onwards) - Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela
- Lyrics: Arudra
- Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi
- Raagam: Behaag (starting), Kapi
- Rasika Raaja, Taguvaaramu Kaamaa
- Raagam: Vijayaananda Chandrika
- Playback: Ghantasala
- Lyrics: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
- Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao
- Sangeeta Saahityame, Meme, Nava Sringaara Laalityame
- Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela
- Lyrics: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
- Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi
- Sawaal Sawaal-Anu Chinnadaanaa
- Playback: Ghantasala
- Lyrics: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
- Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Relangi, Anjali Devi, Ramana Reddy, and others
- Suklaam Brahma Vichaara Saara Paramaam (Slokam)
- Playback: Mangalampalli BalamuralikrishnaMangalampalli BalamuralikrishnaMangalampalli Balamuralikrishna is a Carnatic vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and a playback singer. He is also acclaimed as a poet, composer and respected by all Indian classical musicians for his knowledge of Carnatic Music....
- Cast: Chittor V. NagaiahChittor V. NagaiahChitturu Nagayya or Chittor V. Nagaiah birth name - Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya was an Indian actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer of Telugu film industry, Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as ‘The...
- Playback: Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
- Unnaaraa Jodunnaaraa, Mammodinche Vaarunnaaraa
- Playback: P. SusheelaP. SusheelaPulapaka Susheela is an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Badaga and Sinhalese.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Pulapaka...
, Madhavapeddi, Pitapuram - Lyrics: Kosaraju Raghavayya Chowdary
- Cast: Relangi, Anjali Devi, Ramana Reddy, and others
- Playback: P. Susheela