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Wikipedia article
'Dharma Patni' or 'Dharmapatni' ( 'Wife') is a 1941 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced and directed by P. Pullaiah under the Famous Films banner. It stars Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, P. Santha Kumari and C.Hemalatha, with music composed by Timir Baran-Annasaheb Mainkar. The film is the debut of veteran actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao, who played a minor child role at the age of 17 years, and also that of the famous writer-cum-producer Aluri Chakrapani.
Plot
Five-year-old Radha's dying mother hands the custody of Radha to the devadasi Sridevi, who promises henceforth she would lead a pure life. Sridevi teaches the child the virtues of a housewife. In the school, Radha befriends Mohan and as they grow, love blossoms between Radha and Mohan. Mohan takes her to the temple and pledges before the deity that she shall be his wife. The lecherous Ananda Rao informs Mohan's father that his son was seeing the daughter of a harlot Sridevi. Mohan's father forces his son to marry Uma from a rich family. Uma traces Mohan's disinterest in her to Radha and leaves him. Leela, a victim of Ananda Rao saves Uma from Rao's trap. Ananda Rao murders Leela and implicates Mohan. Radha, in order to save Mohan, decides to meet Ananda Rao, who assures her he had the evidence to prove Mohan's innocence. Finally, truth gets out and Mohan is saved from the gallows. His parents accept Radha. Uma realizes her folly and unites with Mohan.
Cast
* Bhanumathi Ramakrishna as Uma
* Santha Kumari as Radha
* Uppaluri Hanumantha Rao as Mohan
* C. Hemalatha
* Akkineni Nageswara Rao
* Rallabandi Kutumba Rao as Ananda Rao
* K. Lakshmi Narasimha Rao
* Achari
* Adinarayanaiah
* Peddapuram Raju as Sridevi
* Chalapathi Rao
* Narimani
* Susheela
* Master Kumar as Child Mohan
* Baby Lakshmi as Child Radha
Crew
*'Art': H. S. Gang Naik
*'Choreography':
*'Dialogues': Aluri Chakrapani
*'Lyrics': Balijepalli Lakshmikantham, Daita Gopalam
*'Playback': Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
*'Music': Timir Baran, Annasaheb Mainkar
*'Story': V. S. Khandekar
*'Editing': Baburao Barodkar
*'Cinematography': S. K. Pai
*'Presenter': P. Santha Kumari
*'Screenplay - Producer - Director': P. Pullaiah
*'Banner': Famous Films
*'Release Date': 10 January 1941
Songs
* "Anuraagam Leka Anandamunda" (Lyrics: Daita Gopalam; Singer: P. Bhanumathi)
* "Nilu Niluma Neelavarnaa" (Lyrics: Balijepalli Lakshmikantham; Singer: P. Bhanumathi)
Production
This was based on Marathi writer Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar's stories, which were made at Shalini Cinetone, Kolhapur. The lead actor Hanumantha Rao was the son of popular stage actor Uppuluri Sanjeeva Rao. He later acted two more movies, 'Bheeshma Pratigna' and 'Vandemataram' before settling down as a Municipal Health Officer in Bhimavaram. Though Viswanatha Satyanarayana was assigned to write the dialogues, but since they were too grammatical, Aluri Venkata Subbarao (Chakrapani, then already popular for his Telugu translations of Bengali writer Sarathchandra Chatterjee's works) was hired. Annasaheb Mainkar composed several musical hits in Hindi and Marathi and 'Dharmapatni' was his only Telugu film.
References
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