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Wikipedia article




'Dharma Devatha' is a 1952 Indian bilingual film produced and directed by P. Pullaiah. The film stars Santha Kumari and Kaushik, with Mudigonda Lingamurthy, Mukkamala, Relangi, Baby Sachu and Girija in supporting roles.

Cast



List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan and 'The Hindu'.

*Santha Kumari as Kathyayini

*Kaushik as Soorasen

*Mudigonda Lingamurthy as King Veerasena

*Mukkamala as Raghunatha Varma

*Relangi as Ranganna

*Baby Sachu as Swarna

*Girija as Vasanthi

*C. V. V. Panthulu

*Appa K. Duraiswami as Dharmadhikari

*Vangara Venkata Subbaiah as Duvva

*B. N. R. as Sanjeevi

*K. S. Angamuthu

*Ganapathi Bhat

*Master Mohan as Gopal

;Dance

*Lalitha as Bijlee

*Padmini as Narthaki

Production



The film was produced by P. Pullaiah who also directed it under the banner of Ragini Films, which was owned by him. The choreography was co-performed by Pasumarthi Krishnamurthy, Lalitha and Padmini. The film was produced in Tamil and Telugu with the same title.

Soundtrack



The music for 'Dharma Devatha' was composed by C. R. Subburaman. All the tunes for both languages are the same.

;Telugu track list

For Telugu version Gopichand wrote dialogues, lyrics were written by Samudrala Sr. and Gopalaraya Sarma. There are 11 songs in the film, of which Santha Kumari sang one herself.

Singers are Relangi and P. Santha Kumari. Playback singers are K. Rani, Jikki, N. Lalitha, K. Prasada Rao and B. N. Rao.

;Tamil tracklist

The lyrics for the Tamil songs were penned by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, who also wrote the film's dialogues with Aluri Chakrapani.

Singer is Relangi. Playback singers are K. Rani, T. S. Bhagavathi, N. Lalitha, Jikki, C. R. Subburaman and D. B. Ramachandran.

Reception



Film historian Randor Guy of 'The Hindu' noted the film "was well narrated on screen by Pullaiah" and that it would be remembered for "the deft direction of Pullaiah, pleasing songs, attractive dances by Lalitha and Padmini, and good performances by the veteran artistes." According to Guy, 'Dharma Devatha' had better box office success in Telugu than in Tamil.

References




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