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| Samsaram Sagaram | |
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| Directed by | Dasari Narayana Rao |
| Written by | Dasari Narayana Rao |
| Produced by | K. Raghava |
| Starring | Satyanarayana Jayanthi M. Prabhakar Reddy G. Varalakshmi Kaikala Satyanarayana Gummadi |
| Music by | Ramesh Naidu |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
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Nandi Awards presented annually by Government of Andhra Pradesh. First awarded in 1964.
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