Swapna Sundari (film)

Swapna Sundari (Telugu: స్వప్న సుందరి) is a 1950 Telugu film produced and directed by Ghantasala Balaramaiah. It was dubbed into Tamil with the same name.

Plot

Prabhu (ANR) dreamt of a lovely lady, his 'Dream Girl' or 'Swapna Sundari'. He encounters a tribal queen (G. Varalakshmi) while on tour, who falls in love with him, but he rejects her. He finally meets his 'Swapna Sundari' (Anjali Devi) who is actually a Deva Kanya. The love is mutual. She leaves her Godly abode to stay with Prabhu. But an evil Mantrik (Mukkamala) finds out that with her help, he can conquer the world and become invincible so he kidnaps her. Prabhu, with the help of the tribal queen vanquishes the evil Mantrik, but the Rani dies. Swapna Sundari and Prabhu live happily ever after.

Credits

Cast

• Akkineni Nageshwara Rao ... Prabhu
• Anjali Devi ... Swapna Sundari
• S. Varalakshmi
• Kasturi Siva Rao
• Mukkamala
• G. Varalakshmi
• Surabhi Balasaraswati

Crew

• Director: Ghantasala Balaramaiah
• Screenplay, Lyrics and Dialogues: Samudrala Raghavacharya
• Producer: Ghantasala Balaramaiah
• Production Company: Pratibha Films
• Music Director: C. R. Subburaman
• Cinematography: P. Sridhar
• Choreography: Vedantam Raghavaiah
• Playback singers: Raavu Balasaraswathi, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao and S. Varalakshmi

Songs

• Aagani Vegame Jeevitam (Singer: Ghantasala)
• Ee Seema Velasina Haayi (Singers: R. Bala Saraswathi Devi and Ghantasala)
• Natanalu Thelusune (Singer: R. Bala Saraswathi Devi; Composer: C. A. Subbaraman; Lyrics: Samudrala)
• Nee Sari Neevele (Singer: G. Varalakshmi; Composer: C. R. Subburaman; Lyrics: Samudrala Venkata Raghavacharya)
• Nijamaaye Kala Nijamaaye (Singer: Ghantasala)
• O Paradesi Mare Jaadala (Singers: Ghantasala, G. Varalakshmi)
• O Swapna Sundari.. Ninu Kaanaga Naitinigaa (Singer: Ghantasala)

External links

• Swapna Sundari at IMDb.
• Swapna Sundari review at Cinegoer.com
• Swapna Sundari review at Idlebrain.com