| Devdas | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Vedantam Raghavaiah |
| Written by | Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay Samudrala Raghavacharya |
| Starring | Akkineni Nageswara Rao Savitri S.V.Ranga Rao |
| Music by | C. R. Subburaman |
| Cinematography | B. S. Ranga |
| Distributed by | Vinoda Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1953 |
| Running time | 191 min. |
| Language | Telugu |
Devdas ( Telugu), also known as Devadasu (Telugu: దేవదాసు), is a 1953 social film based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novella, Devdas. Samudrala Raghavacharya wrote the dialogue and screen adaptation. It is a film of Vinoda Pictures produced in Black and White produced in Telugu and also dubbed in Tamil. The Tamil version is named as Devadas.
Devadasu was one of the most memorable films for Telugu people. The songs in this film are popular even today. 'Jagame Maayaa', 'Palleku Podam .. Paarunu Chuddaam Chalo Chalo', 'Kudi Edamaithe' are the few unforgettable song of Devadasu. Major credit goes to Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, the singer and C. R. Subburaman, the music director. It is said that singer Ghantasala had observed a fast for 41 days in order to get the right effects to represent a grief-stricken Devadasu while singing the song 'Jagame Maaya Brathuke Maaya'.
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Devadas (Akkineni Nageshwara Rao)is a well educated guy who returns to his village after spending several years in London for his education. Parvathi (Savitri) is his childhood sweet heart and both of them make a very adorable pair. Things take a bad turn when Parvathi's family proposes for marriage to Devadas's family and get rejected on the grounds that they are of inferior caste and social status. Devadas upon persistence and threatening from his father rejects Parvathi when the latter meets him personally and asks for his love. A dejected Devadas returns to the city while Parvathi gets married. Devadas realizes that he is deeply in love with Parvathi but comes to know that she is already married when he returns to his village. To forget her he becomes alcoholic and spends his time with a courtesan named Chandramukhi (Lalita) who falls in love with him. As time pass by Devadas condition worsens due to heavy drinking and after knowing that he doesn't have much time left and plans to meet Parvathi for one last time. In a fitting climax he dies even before he meets Parvathi ending the movie on a sad note.
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Akkineni Nageshwara Rao | Devadas |
| Savitri | Parvati |
| S. V. Ranga Rao | Zamindar Narayana Rao |
| Chilakalapudi Seetha Rama Anjaneyulu | |
| Lalita | Chandramukhi |
| Doraiswamy | Neelakantham |
| Aarani Satyanarayana | Dharmanna |
| Peketi Sivaram | Bhagawan |
| R. Nageswara Rao | |
| Chandrakumari | |
| Bellary Lalitha | |
| Sitaram | Bandivadu |
| Kanchi Narasimha Rao |
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by None |
Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) 1953 |
Succeeded by Raju Peda |
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