Devata (1941 film)

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Devata
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Poster
Directed by B. N. Reddy
Screenplay by Samudrala Sr.
Story by K. Ramnoth
Produced by Moola Narayana Swamy
B. N. Reddy
Starring V. Nagayya
Kumari
Mudigonda Lingamurthy
C. H. Narayana Rao
Tanguturi Suryakumari
Cinematography K. Ramnoth
Music byV. Nagayya
Production
company
Release date
  • 4 July 1941 (1941-07-04)
Running time
186 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Devata is a 1941 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by B. N. Reddy. The huge success of this film led to the making of more films with the same title in 1964 by B. Padmanabham and in 1982 by D. Ramanaidu. [2] The film was remade in Malayalam as Pavappettaval (1967). [3]

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Plot

Venugopala Murthy returns to his native village from England after passing law school. His mother Mangamma and sister Seetha are very happy. Venu is attracted towards Lakshmi, daughter of Venkaiah, who works as servant in the family. He takes advantage of the sleeping Lakshmi and promises to marry her. He leaves to the city and stays with his uncle Balaramaiah. Venu marries his daughter Vimala. Mangamma and Seetha bring the pregnant Lakshmi to the city. Venu refuses to accept her and offers some money to Lakshmi. She leaves the house when her father arranges for the marriage. She take refuge with the Haridasu family and delivers a child. Meanwhile, Vimala elopes with Sukumar. Mangamma sends Venu to bring back Lakshmi. After several hardships, Lakshmi reunites with Venu.

Cast

Soundtrack

There are about 14 songs in the film. The lyrics are written by Samudrala Sr. and music score is provided by Chittor V. Nagayya. [4]

  1. "Adigo Andiyala Ravali" – Bezawada Rajaratnam
  2. "Bhajane Modajanakamura" – G. Vishweswaramma and Suryakumari
  3. "Ee Vasanthamu Nityamu Kadoyi" – M. S. Rama Rao
  4. "Enno Nomulu Nochinagani" – G. Vishweswaramma
  5. "Evaru Makinka Saati" – Bezawada Rajaratnam
  6. "Jagela Verapela Travumu" – Bezawada Rajaratnam
  7. "Kroora Karmamulu Neraka Chesiti" – G. Vishweswaramma and Suryakumari
  8. "Lokamantha Lobhule Kanare" – Ashwathama
  9. "Nijamo Kado Yamuna Thatilo" – Bezawada Rajaratnam
  10. "Oogeda Uyyala" – Tanguturi Suryakumari
  11. "Rade Cheli Nammarade Cheli" – Bezawada Rajaratnam
  12. "Raitu Janamula Panduga" – Tanguturi Suryakumari group
  13. "Rave Rave Bangaru Papa" – Nagayya, Kumari, Suryakumari
  14. "Vendi Kanchalalo" – Tanguturi Suryakumari

Reception

Ananda Vikatan wrote, "Oh gods and goddesses! We wanted to portray you as heroes and heroines in our films. That's what we said when we produced talkies. No god/goddess objected to that. [T]hen we came down to Puranic characters – [5] B. Vijayakumar of The Hindu wrote, "Even if the story is simple and artistic, technical brilliance can bring unusual success for a film. B. N. Reddy’s black and white classic Telugu film Devata is a best example for this." [6]

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References

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  2. ↑ Narasimham, M. L. (16 October 2011). "Devata (1941)". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Vijayakumar, B. (7 June 2015). "Pavappettaval: 1967". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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