
Songs from the movie are still heard in major events and religious gatherings.

But he proved to many that he can shine as a devotee too with his film. NTR played King, folklore hero and mythological characters like Rama, Krishna in many films. Movie achieved major technical advancement too back in the day. He narrated Lord Rama’s story till his marriage through Ravan’s perspective. Even today songs from the movie are played at events, marriage functions and ceremonies too. He delivered his career best performance back then as Ravana and music from the film, became iconic. This movie proved what a great director NTR was. Savithri earned the name as a versatile actress with this film as she mesmerised people with her comic timing in this one. Donga Ramudu proves to be a true entertainer and it has all the elements that we still associate with Telugu cinema. Still we can see many watching the film on Shivaratri, especially.ĪNR and KV Reddy combination delivered a social film classic. ANR said in an interview back then, he did not care about commercial aspects of the film and acted as Narada to prove his versatility. Their competitive nature made the film a memorable piece forever and ever. After this 1953 classic, ANR and Savitri became a hit pair alike ANR – Anjali Devi.ĪNR and NTR acted in this film as their life was dependent on it. Audience loved him in such roles that his son, Akkineni Nagarjuna did Majnu to please his fans and prove that he has lot more to offer than he did in his first film. Some of his later films cleverly added the elements from this character to his romances. KV Reddy showed his masterful imagination in this film.ĪNR became synonymous to Devadas character.

Movie became such a sensation that it launched careers of NTR, SVR as villain, character actor and Balakrishna as comedian along with Relangi.

The success of this film made him as popular as ANR, who was already a star by then. Relangi after becoming a busy comedian with Reddy’s Pathala Bhairavi became a all-round performer and a star actor with this film. Without any stars like NTR, ANR KV Reddy decided to make this movie with senior actors of the time.

Political Satires in Telugu Cinema started way back in 1954, when devotional, mythological and folklore films were ruling the roost. For the performances of the leads, this movie is a must watch. This movie is tonally similar to Mother India but it is a different story to Hindi classic. upcomingregionalsection.cms?parentid=61017241&genere=*:* /upcomingregionalsection.BN Reddy in 1960’s asked back then top actress Anjali Devi to play aged mother role and she pulled it off with conviction.
