Suryakantham
Also Known As: Suryakantam, Surya kantam, సుర్యకాంతం
Biography: Suryakantam (28 October 1924 – 18 December 1994) was an Indian actress in Tollywood. She was known for playing the role of cruel mothers-in-law.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Birthday: October 28, 1924
Deathday: December 18, 1994
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Ali Baba 40 Dongalu
Overview: Alibaba 40 dongalu (1970) is a Telugu film based on Ali Baba, starring N T Rama Rao and Jayalalitha. The film is a remake of 1956 Tamil film Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum which inturn is based on Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1970-04-04
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Pattabhishekham
Overview: Pattabhishekam is a 1985 Indian Telugu-language romantic film produced by Nandamuri Harikrishna in Ramakrishna Cine Studios banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vijayashanti and music composed by Chakravarthy
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-19
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Zamindar
Overview: A CID officer goes undercover to track down a large sum of money that was stolen by a group of soldiers during the Second World War.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1966-01-07
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Chandraharam
Overview: Chandhanaraju is a prince whose life is preserved within the necklace he wears. He should overcome several hurdles to marry his dream girl.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1954-01-06
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Thodi Kodallu
Overview: Lawyer Ganapathi and his wife Annapurna are the eldest members of a family. His brother Subbu and his wife Anusuya live in the village. The duo treats their cousin brother Gopu, who is an idealist, as their own sibling. Annapurna is a chronic patient so Gopu's wife Susheela takes care of the family. Jealous of the bonding between Annapurna and Susheela, Anusuya creates a rift between them. Gopu and Susheela move to the village. Gopu propounds cooperative farming and prospers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1957-01-11
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Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu
Overview: Ramadasu, a devious zamindar who recently acquired the colonial title of "Rao Bahadur", is a perennial debtor who believes in leading a luxurious life on credit. His shrewd, schizophrenic manager Bhaja Govindam placates angry creditors with false promises. Dewan Bahadur Mukunda Rao, a wealthy, generous zamindar, is searching for a royal bridegroom for his granddaughter Manjari. Ramadasu plans to marry his son Raghu, a doctor practising in London, to Manjari to pay his debts. Unbeknownst to his father, though, Raghu has married a woman named Leela.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1959-01-14
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Ummadi Kutumbam
Overview: Four brothers live happily together as a joint family. But when misunderstandings arises between them, they need to overcome them to live happily again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1967-04-20
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Kalam Marindi
Overview: In this movie inspired by Sujata (1959), Lakshmipati is a village landlord who adopts Shanthi, the daughter of his lower caste servant. When Shanthi grows up and falls in love with Srinivas Rao, his family objects to their marriage due to her caste.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Aathma Bandhuvu
Overview: Parvathi is excited that her youngest daughter, Geeta, has received a marriage proposal from a rich family. However, things go awry when Parvathi's husband, Chandrasekharam, goes bankrupt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Manchi Manasulu
Overview: Venu is a very poor student and seeks to come out of the hostel by being unable to bear its expenses. Thus, he shifts to a lawyer Anand Rao's summer-house, who gives it to him free of cost. Venu has a brother who is a blacksmith and funds Venu's studies and his daughter's needs in their village. Anand Rao's wife doesn't agree to give their summer house to a bachelor, so Anand Rao insists that he is married.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-04-11
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Gaduggai
Overview: After being thrown out of his village, Pandu goes to the city and falls in love with Rajani. However, two notorious men try all they can to separate them forever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1989-05-25
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Gundamma Katha
Overview: Gundamma has two children and a stepdaughter who she mistreats. She hopes to get a son-in-law who will look after the family, but two brothers decide to teach her a lesson.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1962-06-07
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Vidhi Vilasam
Overview: Nirmala is separated from her millionaire father in childhood. Years later, she marries Krishna, but fate separates them when she is pregnant with his child.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Srimanthudu
Overview: The guardians of a boy, who is the legal heir to a property, trick him into becoming an alcoholic with the evil intention of grabbing his wealth. However, he wakes up to reality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1971-07-16
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Roopavathi
Overview: Roopavathi is a 1951 Indian Telugu film released on 1951. The film is directed by K. Prabhakara Rao.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1951-07-11
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Lava Kusa
Overview: This movie deals with the later part of Ramayana written by Valmiki Maharshi and depicts the lives of the sons of Rama & Sita.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1963-03-29
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Navaratri
Overview: Radha's father brings a marriage proposal for her, which she refuses and runs away from home. Later, she comes across nine people, each representing a specific human behaviour.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1966-04-22
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Illali Korikalu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1982-10-28
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Marriage Relation
Overview: The retired principal's daughter has good values with self-esteem and confidence. Her lecturer gets acquainted with her and they start loving each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1964-10-23
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Charana Daasi
Overview: The film revolves around couples - Dr. Chandra Shekar and Parvathi ahead Venu and Lakshmi. Charana Daasi (transl. Wife) is a 1956 Indian Telugu-language drama film written by Vempati Sadasivabrahmam and directed by T. Prakash Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi and Savitri, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film is based on Rabindranath Tagore's 1906 Bengali novel Noukadubi. It was simultaneously made in Tamil as Mathar Kula Manikkam (1956). Story and Dialogues were by Vempati Sadasivabrahmam
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1956-12-20
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Gorantha Deepam
Overview: A newly married couple's life turns to shambles, due to the machinations of the husband's supposedly best friend, whose intentions toward the wife are suspicious.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Pooja
Overview: Due to a familial dispute, Ramu is not allowed to marry his lady-love, Lalitha. He is then forced to marry Gouri who struggles to win him over.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1975-08-25
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Manchi Manasulu
Overview: Two broken people, a Widow and a Wanderer helps a young couple while trying to live their lives.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1986-04-05
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Kalasi Unte Kaladu Sukham
Overview: The story runs around a cute family drama in a village. Kistayya (NTR) is an innocent physically challenged man who is the son of SV Ranga Rao's Brother. SVR & his Brothers are the Richest formers in that village.Radha(Savitri) is adopted girl by NTR family, who fell in love with NTR by seeing his innocence.Due to some bad situations held in their family separates SVR & NTR family. The rest of the story runs on the things happened in the family.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1961-09-08
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Donga Ramudu
Overview: Estranged siblings, Ramu and Lakshmi meet years later as she is married to a doctor and he is a driver in the same place. Ramu is blamed for stealing in the house. Will Lakshmi save her brother?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1955-10-01
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Batasari
Overview: Surendranath, son of a landowner, leaves to Madras in search of a job. What does the future have in store for him when he gets the job as a teacher in Madras?
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1961-06-30
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Mangalya Balam
Overview: 1959 Indian film starring Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, Savitri and S.V. Ranga Rao
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1959-01-07
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Punarjanma
Overview: Gopi, a sculptor who is in love with his niece, goes into a delirium after his sculpture catches fire. His troubled father tries various things to help him get back to his feet.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1963-08-29
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Sri Rajeshwari Vilas Coffee Club
Overview: A light breezy comedy about an unemployed Christian (Krishna) who finds employment with a brahmin coffee shop owner, posing as a brahmin. In time, the owner's daughter Jayaprada (absolutely bewitching), a devout Hindu, falls in love with Krishna. Padmanabham plays Krishna's brahmin friend who works at the coffee shop.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Kanyasulkam
Overview: Venkatesam decides to get his nine-year-old daughter married to a rich old man, Lubdhavadhanlu, for large sums of money. However, Karataka Sastry decides to teach a lesson to them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1955-08-26
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Maro Prapancham
Overview: Nine idealistic youngsters plan to create "Maro Prapancham", an egalitarian utopian. But when they start kidnapping children to bring them into their world, the government appoints Special CBI Officer Ravindra Nath (Akkineni Nageshwar Rao) to investigate the kidnappings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1970-04-10
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Paruvu-Prathishtta
Overview: The plot in unknown.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1963-05-09
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Varakatnam
Overview: Devasimha and Sujatha's wedding is cancelled due to his father demanding a hefty dowry. As a result, Devasimha decides to marry her in secret and make his father realise his mistake.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1969-01-10
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Yamagola
Overview: Satyam (N.T. Rama Rao) is a youth leader and Panchayati Board President. He interferes with the ex-President of the board, Rudrayya (Rao Gopala Rao) from executing his corrupt practices. Satyam and Rudrayya's daughter, Savithri (Jayapradha) are in love and plan to get married. So Rudrayya gets Satyam killed with the help of a professional killer (Prabhakar Reddy). Satyam immediately goes to heaven. He angers the King of Heaven, Indra (Kanta Rao) while he enjoys the dance by Rambha, Urvasi and Menaka. He sends him straight to hell headed by Yama (Satyanarayana) and ably assisted by Chitragupta (Allu Ramalingaiah). In hell, he influences the soldiers of death, Yama's army using communist theories and rights of labor, and turns them against their leader-Yama, and Hell shuts down. Yama sends him back to Earth. Yama and Chitragupta visits Earth on a holiday trip and experiences the funny aspects of Humans. Satyam changes his name and teaches Rudrayya a lesson.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1977-10-21
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Cherapakura Chedevu
Overview: When her husband is on his deathbed, Shantamma plots to seize his property. However, her stepson, Mohan, returns and poses a hurdle in her plans.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1955-07-06
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Velugu Needalu
Overview: The life of 2 friends suguna (Savitri) and chandram (Nageshwara Rao) is potrayed as they and people around them swing between happiness and misery ( denoted as light and shadow).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1961-01-05
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One by Two
Overview: Comedy Movie starring JD Chakravarthy and Srikanth
Genres: Romance Comedy Action Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1993-08-05
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Andala Ramudu
Overview: Ramudu, a honest man is loved by Seetha, daughter of J.B. Rao, a rich man. But J.B. Rao wants her to marry Giri. Ramu with the help of Seetha changes Rao and they get married in Sri Rama's abode.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1973-10-20
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Adrushtavanthulu
Overview: Raghu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) a notorious criminal released from jail after completing his imprisonment as a changed person and challenges the Inspector Murthy (Gummadi) that he is going to live as an honest person and prove himself in the society. So he turns as a truck driver for survival with the help of his friend Jakie (Padmanabham). While delivering goods via his truck, Raghu and Jackie help out a young man, who turns out to be a woman in disguise named Jaya (Jayalalitha).
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1969-01-03
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Ramudu Bheemudu
Overview: Ramudu and Bheemudu are look-alikes who are both fed up of their respective lives. They incidentally end up taking each other's place in their homes, which leads to hilarious consequences.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1964-05-21
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Govindha Govindha
Overview: A Tantric believes that by donating a virgin woman's head to gods crown, would bring down the universe to his feet. How the hero and heroine gets entangled in the underworld nexus, while rescuing the robbery, forms the crux of the plot.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1993-05-10
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Bhagyarekha
Overview: Lakshmi is a child orphaned by the death of her parents lives in the house of her uncle. Her aunt (Suryakantam) loves her daughter Kathyayani (Janaki) and neglects and harass Lakshmi. Hence she goes to her grandfather's house. Her grandfather also dies, forcing her to go back to the uncle's house. Once the marriage proposal for Kathyayani turns towards Lakshmi. Taking the blame of her aunt, she left home and reaches Tirupathi to commit suicide.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1957-02-20
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Bhishma
Overview: Bhishma is a 1962 Indian Telugu-language Hindu Epic film, based on the life of Bhishma from the epic Mahabharata.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1962-04-19
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Intiguttu
Overview: Seshachalam and his wife Nancharamma secretly swap their infant son with their rich brother-in-law's new born son. Unaware of this Dewan Bahadur raises him as his own son. One son grows up to be a police and other a thief.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1958-11-07
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Chakrapani
Overview: Chakrapani, a miser, decides to save a large sum of money to gift it to his great-grandson. But he faces many hurdles while trying to achieve his objective.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1954-03-19
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Mayabazar
Overview: Balarama promises Subhadra that he'll marry his daughter to her son. But when the Pandavas loses their kingdom to the Kauravas, Balarama breaks his promise.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Comedy
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1957-03-27
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Ramu
Overview: A man faces many trials and tribulations while taking care of his son who has a hearing impairment. He goes through many hardships to emerge victorious for his son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1968-05-04
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Chaduvukunna Ammayilu
Overview: Sujatha and Vasantha are best friends despite hailing from different financial backgrounds. Both of them end up falling in love with Shekhar, but Sujatha marries Prabhakar when she finds out that Shekhar loves Vasantha.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1963-04-10
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Private Master
Overview: Sridhar, who is appointed as a home tutor to teach a girl belonging to a rich family, falls in love with his student.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1967-09-14
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Banda Ramudu
Overview: A thief saves a beautiful princess from the clutches of an evil minister who has his eyes on her. After he saves her, they both fall in love but face many obstacles on their way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1959-11-06
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Poongothai
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1953-01-14
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Dasara Bullodu
Overview: Both Radha and Nirmala love a young man named Gopi. But Nirmala's father wants to make Gopi marry Nirmala in order to grab his property. But she realizes that Gopi and Radha are in love and tries to unite them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1971-01-13
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Aastiparulu
Overview: Zamindar Janardhan Rao, a paterfamilias, holds high esteem in society. One of his sons, Bachi, is a vagabond and malicious, his misdeeds increasing day by day. After Janardhan Rao cuts his allowance, Bachi tries to make a theft, and his father collapses with a heart attack after obstructs his way. Before dying, he reveals the existance of a hidden treasure of their family hierarchy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-11-18
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Pelli Chesi Choodu
Overview: A satirical comedy that deals with the negative effects of the Indian dowry system, through the marital life of Venkata Ramana and Ammadu.The film was made simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil, the latter titled Kalyanam Panni Paar.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1952-02-29
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Papam Pasivadu
Overview: Venugopal and Janaki realise that their son has tuberculosis and send him by plane to Europe for better treatment. However, the plane crashes, and the boy faces trouble reuniting with his parents.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1972-09-29
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Dharma Daata
Overview: Raja Raghupathi Rao, a generous Zamindar of Sripuram, iswell-renowned for his charity & humanity, and leads a happy family life with his wife, Susheela, sister Lakshmi, and two sons, Shekar & Chakravarthy. Meanwhile, Bhageswaram Zamindar Bhujangam Rao, envious of Raghupathi Rao, wants to grab his property by coupling his son Raju with Lakshmi.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1970-05-07
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Akka Chellelu
Overview: Janaki toils to make her sister Vijaya an advocate. When Janaki marries Justice Ramachandra Rao, Vijaya is shocked to find that her new brother-in-law is a murderer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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