Prema is a 1952 Telugu drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 produced and directed by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao

P. S. Ramakrishna Rao

P. S. Ramakrishna Rao is a veteran Telugu film director and producer. He married Banumathi, a multi-talented film artist from South India, on 7 September 1945.-Filmography:...

 of Bharani Pictures

Bharani Pictures

Bharani Pictures is a film production company in Chennai, India. It was established by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao and Bhanumathi Ramakrishna in 1947. They later established Bharani Studios in 1950. It is named after their son Bharani. Dr. Bharani Kumar, who presently taking care of the studios and...

 and starring A. Nageswara Rao and P. Bhanumathi. Bhanumathi wrote the story for the first time. It is simultaneously made into Tamil language

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 entitled Kadhal

Prema (film)

Prema is a 1952 Telugu drama film produced and directed by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao of Bharani Pictures and starring A. Nageswara Rao and P. Bhanumathi. Bhanumathi wrote the story for the first time. It is simultaneously made into Tamil language entitled Kadhal.-The plot:Mothi is a poor Lambadi...

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The plot

Mothi (Bhanumathi) is a poor Lambadi girl in a village. Raja (Nageswara Rao) came to see the rural nature. He is attracted to the beauty of Mothi and both love each other. He goes home town and forgets her. Meanwhile Mothi's father settles her marriage with Parasuram (Mukkamala). She escapes from home to avoid marriage and reach the town. She joins a dance troupe and giving performances. She identifies Raja with Lata (Sriranjani) in one of her shows and goes into shock. Unable to find Mothi, Raja marries Latha. Before the facts are known, Parasuram kills Mothi, while Mothi's friend kills Parasuram.

Cast

• A. Nageswara Rao ... Raja
• P. Bhanumathi ... Mothi
• Chilakalapudi Seetha Rama Anjaneyulu
  Chilakalapudi Seetha Rama Anjaneyulu
  Chilakalapudi Seetha Rama Anjaneyulu , better known as C. S. R. Anjaneyulu or just CSR was an Indian film renowned actor in Telugu Cinema. He acted in many stage dramas and portrayed hero, character and mythological roles in over 175 movies....
  
  
• Sriranjani
  Sriranjani (junior)
  Sriranjani was Telugu and Tamil film actress. She is the younger sister of Sriranjani. She is known mainly for her tragedy roles particularly as the long-suffering wife.-Brief life:...
  
  ... Latha
• Mukkamala
  Mukkamala
  Mukkamala Krishna Murthy is a lawyer turned actor who was active in Telugu movies in the 1950s and the 1960s. He was a stage actor in his student days and was popular in the role of French General Bussy in Bobbili Yuddham, a stage play based on the historical Bobbili Yuddham...
  
  ... Parasuram
• Relangi Venkataramaiah
• Kasturi Siva Rao
• Suryakantham
• Doraiswamy
• Surabhi Balasaraswati

Crew

• Produceres: P. S. Ramakrishna Rao
  P. S. Ramakrishna Rao
  P. S. Ramakrishna Rao is a veteran Telugu film director and producer. He married Banumathi, a multi-talented film artist from South India, on 7 September 1945.-Filmography:...
  
   & P. Bhanumathi
• Production Company: Bharani Studios
• Director: P. S. Ramakrishna Rao
  P. S. Ramakrishna Rao
  P. S. Ramakrishna Rao is a veteran Telugu film director and producer. He married Banumathi, a multi-talented film artist from South India, on 7 September 1945.-Filmography:...
  
  
• Music: C. R. Subburaman
  C. R. Subburaman
  C. R. Subburaman also known as C. S. Ram was a famous South Indian film music composer and producer. He was born to Ramasamy Iyer at Chintamani village in Thirunelveli, in present-day Tamil Nadu. Music director Shankar of Shankar Ganesh duo is his younger brother...
  
  
• Story: Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
• Dialogues: Kondamudi Goparaya Sarma (Telugu) & Udayakumar (Tamil)
• Lyrics: Kondamudi Goparaya Sarma (Telugu) & K. D. Santhanam (Tamil)
• Art Direction: K. Nageswara Rao
• Editing: V. S. Narayanan
• Choreography: Pasumarthi Krishnamoorthi
• Cinematography: Kamal Ghosh
• Playback singers: Raavu Balasaraswathi
  Raavu Balasaraswathi
  R. Balasaraswathi, Raavu Balasaraswathi or Rao Balasaraswathi Devi is famous singer and actress of 1930 to 1960s in Telugu and Tamil languages....
  
  , Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao

Telugu Songs

• Divya Premaku Saatiyaune by Ghantasala & P. Bhanumathi
• Na Prema Nava by Ghantasala
• Rojuku Roju Marinta Moju by Ghantasala

Tamil Songs

• inba kAaviyam aagum vaazhvE by Ghantasala & P. Bhanumathi
• jeevithamellAm by Ghantasala & P. Bhanumathi
• aahaa inbamE aahaa engumE aahaa pongudhE by P. Bhanumathi
• kanavu thaanO ninaivu yaavum kaanal neeraamO by P. Bhanumathi
• anandamE aahaa anandamE by A. P. Komala
  A. P. Komala
  A. P. Komala was a South Indian playback singer. She has sung songs in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu languages.-Filmography:These are some of the films where she was playback singer.-References:...
  
  
• naan koNda kaadhal ivvaaRuthaan by Ghantasala

External links

• Prema film at IMDb.