Swapna Sundari (film)

Swapna Sundari
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ghantasala Balaramaiah
Produced by Ghantasala Balaramaiah
Written by Samudrala Sr
(Screenplay / dialogues)
Based on Kasi Majilee Kathalu
Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Anjali Devi
Music by C. R. Subburaman
Cinematography P. Sridhar
Edited by G. D. Joshi
Production
company
Pratibha Productions[1]
Release date
  • 10 November 1950 (1950-11-10)
Running time
 173 minutes
Country India
Language Telugu

Swapna Sundari (English: Dream Girl; Telugu: స్వప్న సుందరి) is a 1950 Telugu folklore film produced and directed by Ghantasala Balaramaiah under the Pratibha Productions banner.[2] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi in the lead roles and music composed by C. R. Subburaman.[3] The film is based on Kasi Majilee Kathalu and it was simultaneously released in Tamil with the same name.[4]

Plot

Once upon a time a warrior Prabhu (Akkineni Nageshwara Rao) & his friend Abbi (Kasturi Sivaram) are making a world tour to see the wonders of the world. At that point in time, Prabhu dreams about a beautiful girl Swapna Sundari and wants to make the dream come true by possessing her. In the journey, Prabhu gets acquaintance with a tribal queen Rani (G. Varalakshmi) while rescuing a deer from her arrows when she arrests him. Instead of punishing him she starts liking him. But Prabhu rejects her and escapes from her along with Abbi. At last, his dream comes true when Prabhu meets Swapna Sundari (Anjali Devi) who is an angel from heaven. She takes Prabhu along with her but the king says that humans cannot live in demigods country. Hence Swapna Sundari comes back to earth to live with Prabhu. Meanwhile, a wizard Pittala Rayudu (Mukkamala) who has a habit of catching hold of the woman and enjoys with her whole year. This time he catches Swapna Sundari. Prabhu in search of Swapna Sundari takes help of Pedarasi Pedamma who prays to Bhetala. Soon after, he enters into the fort of Pittala Rayudu, but he catches hold of him. Here Rani comes to know that Prabhu is in trouble, in the guise of a man she enters the fort and makes Prabhu release. Parallelly, Abbi in search of Prabhu also reaches there, with the help of a woman he comes to know the secrets of the fort. The combat starts in between Prabhu & Pittala Rayudu when Rani sacrifices her life for Prabhu. Finally, Pittala Rayudu is eliminated and the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Prabhu & Swapna Sundari.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack

Swapna Sundari
Film score by C. R. Subburaman
Released 1950
Genre Soundtrack
Length 18:46
Producer C. R. Subburaman

Music composed by C. R. Subburaman. Lyrics were written by Samudrala Sr. Music released on Audio Company.

S. No.Song TitleSingerslength
1 "Saagumaa Saahinee" Ghantasala 2:52
2 "Ee Seema Velasina" Ghantasala, Raavu Balasaraswathi 2:40
3 "Natanalu Thelusune" Raavu Balasaraswathi 3:14
4 "Nee Sari Neevele" G. Varalakshmi 1:56
5 "Nijamaaye Kala Nijamaaye" Ghantasala 2:20
6 "O Paradesi" Ghantasala, G. Varalakshmi 2:31
7 "Kaanaga Naitinigaa" Ghantasala, Raavu Balasaraswathi 3:13
  1. ↑ "Swapna Sundari (Overview)". IMDb.
  2. ↑ "Swapna Sundari (Banner)". Filmiclub.
  3. ↑ "Swapna Sundari (Cast & Crew)". Spicy Onion.
  4. ↑ "Swapna Sundari (Review)". Know Your Films.
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