| Veeranjaneya | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Kamalakara Kameswara Rao |
| Starring | Arja Janardhana Rao Kanta Rao Anjali Devi S. V. Ranga Rao Jaggayya |
| Music by | S. Rajeswara Rao |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Veeranjaneya is a 1968 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. It is a musical film released in 1968, starring Arja Janardhana Rao, Kanta Rao, Anjali Devi and S.V. Ranga Rao. The film was dubbed in Kannada as Veeranjaneya Katha in 1974. [1]
The story is based on the Ramayana, from the perspective of the Hindu god Anjaneya.
| Actor/Actress | Role |
|---|---|
| Arja Janardhana Rao | Anjaneya/Hanuman |
| Kanta Rao | Lord Rama/Lord Krishna |
| Anjali Devi | Sita/Rukmini |
| S.V. Ranga Rao | Ravana |
| Jaggayya | Indrajit |
| Kanchana | Sulochana |
| Mikkilineni | Vibhishana |
| Nagayya | Valmiki |
| Dhulipala | Vishwamitra |
| Sobhan Babu | Narada |
| Prabhakar Reddy | Vayu Deva |
| Satyanarayana | Garuda |
| Vasanthi | Urmila |
| Jayanthi | Satyabhama |
| Ramakrishna | Arjuna |
| G. Varalakshmi | Mandodari |
| Mukkamala | Ahiravana |
| Vallam Narasimha Rao | Tumburudu |
| Raghavaiah | Lakshmana |
| Thyagaraju | Sugreeva/Vali |
| C.H. Krishnamurthy | Angada |
| Bhimaraju | Akshayakumara |
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