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Swapna Sundari (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Swapna Sundari' ( 'Dream Girl') is a 1950 Telugu-language fantasy swashbuckler film, produced and directed by Ghantasala Balaramayya under the Pratibha Productions banner. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi and music jointly composed by C. R. Subburaman and Ghantasala. The film is based on 'Kasi Majilee Kathalu' and it was simultaneously released in Tamil with the 'same name'.
Plot
Once upon a time a warrior Prabhu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) one that is making a world tour. Thereupon, Prabhu dreams of a beautiful girl 'Swapna Sundari' and aspires to possess her. Meanwhile, Prabhu gets acquainted with a tribal queen Rani (G. Varalakshmi) who falls for him, but he refuses her love and absconds. After an adventurous journey, Prabhu encounters Swapna Sundari (Anjali Devi) an angel, and both of them land in heaven where the king affirms that humans cannot exist in a demigod country. Hence, Swapna Sundari lands on earth to flourish her love with Prabhu when she is seized by a wizard Pittala Rayudu (Mukkamala). Right now, with the help of Pedarasi Pedamma Prabhu finds the whereabouts of Swapna Sundari, but unfortunately, he caught hold of Pittala Rayudu. During that plight, Rani arrives in the men's guise and releases Prabhu. In the final combat, Prabhu knocks out Pittala Rayudu when Rani sacrifices her life while guarding Prabhu against harm. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Prabhu & Swapna Sundari.
Cast
* Akkineni Nageshwara Rao as Prabhu
* Anjali Devi as Swapna Sundari
* Kasturi Siva Rao as Abbi
* Mukkamala as Wizard
* G. Varalakshmi as Rani
* Surabhi Balasaraswati as Maya Pilla
Crew
*'Art': S. V. S. Rama Rao
*'Choreography': Vedantam Raghavaiah
*'Screenplay - Lyrics - Dialogues': Samudrala Sr
*'Playback': Ghantasala, Raavu Balasaraswathi, G. Varalakshmi
*'Music': C. R. Subburaman, Ghantasala
*'Editing': G. D. Joshi
*'Cinematography': P. Sridhar
*'Producer - Director': Ghantasala Balaramaiah
*'Banner': Pratibha Productions
*'Release Date': 10 November 1950
Soundtrack
Music jointly composed by C. R. Subburaman and Ghantasala.
Telugu Songs
Lyrics were written by Samudrala Sr.Tamil Songs
Lyrics were written by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass.Buy Swapna Sundari (film) now from Amazon
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