Vindhyarani is a 1948 Telugu film directed by C. Pullayya. It is a film based on a drama written by Pingali Nagendra Rao. Pushpavalli

Pushpavalli

Pentapadu Pushpavalli better known as Pushpavalli is a Tamil and Telugu film actress. She was married to Gemini Ganesan and is Rekha's mother. She starred in many films with Ganesan, mostly as his heroine. Her film work includes title roles in Miss Malini , an adaptation of R.K. Narayan's novel Mr...

 played the title role of Vindhyarani.

The plot

Durjaya kills his elder brother Maharajah Jayaveera of Vindhya Kingdom and occupies the throne. Shatamitra secretly takes care of the Prince Shivasri and waiting for an opportunity to take revenge. Avanti is daughter of a subordinate king. She hates men. Durjaya connivingly brings her to the Kingdom and announces her as the Queen. Shivasri and Avanti started loving each other. Shatamitra sends message to Shivasri to kill Durjaya. Thinking that his love is a hindrance to his revenge, he told Avanti to forget him and his love. Avanti plans to kill Durjaya and plans to marry Shivasri. Shivasri attacks Durjaya but pardons him. Avanti kills him and escapes. The drama continued. At the end Shivasri and Avanti get married and rules the Vindya Kingdom.

Cast

• Akkineni Nageshwara Rao
• G. Varalakshmi
• Relangi Venkataramaiah
• Pushpavalli
  Pushpavalli
  Pentapadu Pushpavalli better known as Pushpavalli is a Tamil and Telugu film actress. She was married to Gemini Ganesan and is Rekha's mother. She starred in many films with Ganesan, mostly as his heroine. Her film work includes title roles in Miss Malini , an adaptation of R.K. Narayan's novel Mr...
  
  as Vindhyarani
• D. V. Subba Rao
• Sreevatsava
• A. V. Subba Rao
• B. Padmanabham
  B. Padmanabham
  Basavaraju Venkata Padmanabha Rao , popularly known as Padmanabham, was a Tollywood actor known for his comedian roles...
  
  
• Kumari Sakkubai

Crew

• Director: Chittajallu Pullayya
• Story and Dialogues: Pingali Nagendra Rao
• Production Company: Vyjayanthi Pictures
• Original Music: Eemani Sankara Sastri and Saluri Rajeshwara Rao
• Cinematography: C. V. Ramakrishnan
• Film Editing: K. R. Krishnaswamy
• Art Direction: K. R. Sarma
• Sound Engineer: S. C. Gandhi
• Playback singer: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao

External links

• Review on Vindhyarani at Rupavani magazine.