#DEVDAS TELUGU SONGS 2018 MOVIE#

After Nageswara Rao’s death I re-visited “Devadas” again to refresh my memory. In recent times the You tube enables me to view a Devadas song whenever I feel like it. I know of many people who saw the film again and again because of the songs.Īfter a while I was able to get an audio cassette of the film songs.They gave me perennial pleasure.Later on I was able to obtain a DVD of the film itself.What I do now is fast forward or rewind to the song scenes and play them over and over again. Whenever possible I would be there watching.Usually I do not like to see films with sad endings but “Devadas” was an exception because of the songs. The film was re-screened in theatres showing old films several times in the past. I was born a year after “Devadas” was screened.I saw the film much later in my teens when it was re-screened in the sixties.I went to see it first because of the film songs which I had heard over “Radio Ceylon” frequently.I was captivated by the songs.

The manner in which they were picturised added to the attraction. Ranga enhanced the expressions displayed and also conveyed the mood of the characters well.More important than even the acting perhaps were the songs.They were immensely popular then and even now. The intricate cinematography of maestro B.S. Nageswara Rao as Devadas, Savithri as Parvathi and Lalitha (the eldest of the Travancore sisters Lalitha,Padmini and Ragini) gave brilliant performances. “Devadas” released on September 11th 1953 was a run away success despite being a tragic love failure.The main two reasons for the success of the film were the performance of the actors and the soul stirring songs. His health decays due to drink and despair.Parvathi too is concerned about Devadas.Finally Devadas returns to meet Parvathi for one last time but dies at the gates of her residence without ever seeing her. Chandramukhi loves Devadas but he is unable to forget Parvathi. Dejected he turns to Alcohol as solace and also strikes up a relationship with a courtesan Chandramukhi who has a heart of gold. Realising after a while the extent of his love for Parvathi,he returns only to find her married. He falls in love with his childhood playmate and friend Parvathi or Paro who has grown into a beautiful woman.His authoritarian father debars Devadas from marrying Parvathy due to differences of caste and status.Too weak to defy his father ,Devadas goes away from the village abandoning Parvathi. The story of Devadas is that of a son of a feudal landlord who returns home after a western education abroad.

Dialogues in Telugu were written by Samudrala Ragavacharya and Udayakumar in Tamil. Vinoda films had four partners.They were film Editor DL Narayana,Film director and choreographer Vedantham Ragavaiah, Telugu lyricist Samudrala Ragavachaarya and music composer CR Subburaman.Both Tamil and Telugu films were directed by Vedantham Ragavaiah who also wrote the screenplay. The “Devadas” Telugu-Tamil film featuring Nageswara Rao and Savithri was made in 1953.It was produced by a company called Vinoda pictures that had made films in Telugu like “Strihasam”and “Shanti”.This film however was in Tamil and Telugu as Devadas/Devadasu. The great singer KL Saigal sang two songs in Tamil for the film. The first Tamil version of “Devadas” was made in 1936.PV Rao directed and also acted in it as Devadas.GB Rajayee(Different to TR Rajakumari whose real name was Rajayee) played Parvathi or Paro. Seventeen versions of the Novel have been filmed over the years in different languages including Malay.In addition the story has spawned several adaptations in different forms like the Kamalahasan-Sree Devi starrer “Vaazhve Maayam”. The film was based on the novel “Devdas” by Bengali writer Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Other actors in the film were Lalitha, SV Ranga Rao and MN Nambiar.

#DEVDAS TELUGU SONGS 2018 MOVIE#

Nageswara Rao’s Tamil films was “Devadas” made simultaneously in Telugu also as “Devadasu”.Though a sad movie with a tragic ending the film was a block buster in both languages.Kommareddy Savithri who later married Tamil actor Gemini Ganesh and became Savithri Ganesh paired with Nageswara Rao in both Telugu and Tamil. “Devadas”, “Anarkali”, “Manithan Maaravillai”, “Manjal Mahimai”, “Engal Veetu Mahalakshmi”, “Kalyanapparisu” are but some of the films featuring Nageswara Rao who incidently is the father of Actor Nagarjuna and the grandfather of actor Naga Chaitanya.Ī veritable cult classic among A. The demise of renowned Telugu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao has revived memories of his many films.Although most of his films are in Telugu, the great thespian has acted in several Tamil films too.

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