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Release Date: March 27, 1957

Color: Black & White - 35MM

Photography: Marcus Bartley

Direction By: K.V. Reddy

Story: K.V. Reddy (Film adaptation) and Pingali Nagendra Rao

Editor: C.P Jambulingam, Bhaktavatsalam

Screenplay, lyrics and dialogues: Pingali Nagendra Rao

Choreography: Pasumarti Krishnamurthi, Gopinath

Art: Madhavapeddi Gokhale, Kaladhar

Makeup: Pitambaram, Bhaktavatsalam

Playback: Madhavapeddi Satyam, P. Suseela, Ghantashala, P. Leela, Jikki Krishnaveni, M.L Vasantakumaari

This movie is one of the all time telugu industry hits and every movie lover knows this movie.

I was just wondering how this movie could take over the industry? And I finally could find out one of the answers.

The reason is the ground work that has been done before the movie making began. The story has been beautifully written and lot of improvisations was made before they concluded on the story.

Once the story was concluded then the characters of the movie were chalked out and then the script penned beautifully.

Every character in the movie had importance and each character was justified.

I would like to share an incident from this movie, which is what according to me makes it a beautiful movie that is fresh even after 50 years.

One of the comedians in the movie was given the script to study and understand before hand. The comedian was good at improvisations on the sets and was have amazing spontaneity. Now this spontaneous actor knew what his strength was and he requested the director asking him whether he can improvise on the sets to add more value to the scene.

Then the director of the movie Mr.K.V.Reddy, without any hesitation requested the comedian to read the script again and then asked him to make improvisations in the script. Also said very clearly, once the script is concluded it has to be blindly followed on the sets.

This comedian goes back re reads the script and then comes back to the director and says that it was perfect and just saluted the director.

This incident shows how this movie was planned beautifully and also executed perfectly.

There are lots of things that contributed to the movie’s success apart from the star cast.

It was so well planned and organized. Everything was ready before the team went on to the sets and no compromise on the quality. This reminds me of the camera man of the movie, who was a foreigner, a specialist in his field and the lighting effects and the quality of the work I just can’t express how beautifully it was done.

The story behind the scenes shows us that to get a product out which can live for more than 50 years, that too in entertainment industry where people tastes change is quite difficult and it was truly done with great discipline and I proudly salute to each and every one who has contributed to this success.