Vara Vikrayam
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Vara Vikrayam is a 1939 Telugu Drama film
directed by Chittajallu Pullayya. The film is a reformist social film about the Dowry
system prevalent in British India. It is based on the Novel
and Play
with same name Vara Vikrayam
by Kallakoori Narayana Rao.
This is debut film for multifaceted Bhanumathi Ramakrishna.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Chittajallu Pullayya. The film is a reformist social film about the Dowry
Dowry
A dowry is the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings forth to the marriage. It contrasts with bride price, which is paid to the bride's parents, and dower, which is property settled on the bride herself by the groom at the time of marriage. The same culture may simultaneously practice both...
system prevalent in British India. It is based on the Novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
and Play
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
with same name Vara Vikrayam
Vara Vikrayam
Vara Vikrayam is a 1939 Telugu Drama film directed by Chittajallu Pullayya. The film is a reformist social film about the Dowry system prevalent in British India...
by Kallakoori Narayana Rao.
This is debut film for multifaceted Bhanumathi Ramakrishna.
The plot
The retired government official Purshottama Rao (Daita Gopalam) borrows money to get his eldest daughter Kalindi (Bhanumathi) married to an old-man Lingaraju (Balijepalli). He is a money lender and already married twice. Kalindi does not like this marriage and commits suicide before the marriage can take place. Lingaraju refuses to return the dowry money. Purshottama's second daughter Kamala (Pushpavalli) agrees to marry him. She drags her husband Lingaraju to court of justice.Cast
| Actor/Actress | Character |
|---|---|
| Pushpavalli Pushpavalli Pentapadu Pushpavalli better known as Pushpavalli is a Tamil and Telugu film actress. She was married to Gemini Ganesan and is Rekha's mother. She starred in many films with Ganesan, mostly as his heroine. Her film work includes title roles in Miss Malini , an adaptation of R.K. Narayan's novel Mr... |
Kamala |
| Bhanumathi Ramakrishna | Kalindi |
| Balijepalli Lakshmikanta Kavi | Lingaraju |
| Daita Gopalam | Purushothama Rao |
| Koccharlakota Satyanarayana Koccharlakota Satyanarayana Koccharlakota Satyanarayana was Telugu film and Drama actor and playback singer during the Early period of Telugu cinema.... |
Basavaraju |
| Tungala Chalapathi Rao | Chalapathi Rao |
| Sriranjani Sriranjani (actress) Mangalagiri Sriranjani, better known as Sriranjani senior was a Telugu theater and film actress and singer. She is the elder sister of actress Sriranjani and mother of director M. Mallikharjuna Rao.... |
Bhramaramba |
| Dasari Kotiratnam | Subhadra |
| Peri Ramachandra Murthi | Perayya |
| M. Ramachandra Murthy | |
| J. Satyanarayana | Veerayya |
| A. Narayana Rao | Ghantayya |
| A. V. Subba Rao | Judge |
| A. Satyanarayana | Pleader |
| Subhadra | Annapoorna |