Lava Kusha
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| Lava Kusha | |
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| Directed by | C.Pullaiah, C.S.Rao |
| Produced by | Shankar Reddy |
| Written by | Samudrala Raghavacharya |
| Starring | N. T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi |
| Music by | Ghantasala |
| Release date(s) | 29 March 1963 |
| Language | Telugu |
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Lava Kusha is a classical Telugu cinema directed by C S Rao and Chittajalu Pullayya and the story of the movie is written by Samudrala Raghavacharya. It is produced by A Shankara Reddy under Lalitha Siva Jyoti Pictures. The movie was relaeased on 29th March 1963.
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[edit] Plot
This Hindu mythological movie is based on Uttarakanda, the later part of Ramayana written by Valmiki Maharshi and depicts the lives of Lava and Kusha, the sons of Rama and Sita.
[edit] Cast
- Master Nagaraju ... Lava
- Master Subrahmanyam ... Kusha
- Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao ... Lord Rama
- Anjali Devi ... Goddess Sita
- Chittor V. Nagaiah ... Valmiki Maharshi
- Kanta Rao ... Laxmana
- Satyanarayana Kaikala ... Bharata
- Janardhana Rao Arja ... Anjaneyudu
- Kannamba ... Kousalya
- Varalakshmi S. ... Bhoodevi
- Shobhan Babu ... Shatrughna
- Ramana Reddy
- Suryakantham
- Relangi Venkata Ramaiah ... Washerman
- Girija ... Wife of Washerman
- Sivaramakrishnaiah
[edit] Box-office
- It was released in 26 centres and had run for 100-days in all the 26 centres.[1]
- It had a 175-day run in 16 centres,grossing more than Rs.10 million.[2]
[edit] Trivia
- It's the first Telugu film to gross Rs. 10 million.[3]
- Production began in 1958 but was stopped due to financial constraints. When it restarted, C. Pullaiah's health was deteriorating, so his son C.S. Rao took over.
- It is also produced in Tamil.
