Swarga Seema
Film poster of Swargaseema
Directed byB. N. Reddy
Screenplay byB. N. Reddy
Story byChakrapani
Dialogue by
Produced byB. N. Reddy
StarringV. Nagayya
B. Jayamma
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
Mudigonda Lingamurthy
Kasturi Sivarao
Chadalavada Kutumba Rao
C. H. Narayana Rao
CinematographyMarcus Bartley
Edited byA. K. Sekhar
Music byBalantrapu Rajanikanta Rao
V. Nagayya
Ogirala Ramchandra Rao
Production
company
Release date
1945
Running time
114 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Swarga Seema is a 1945 Telugu-language drama film produced and directed by B. N. Reddy and starring V. Nagayya, B. Jayamma and Bhanumathi. Ghantasala entered film world as a Playback singer for a song of C. H. Narayana Rao and it is also Ghantasala's first duet with Bhanumathi Ramakrishna for the song Oh Naa Raaja. Marcus Bartley also made a debut as a cinematographer with this film. It is the first Telugu film to be screened at the International Film Festival, Vietnam.

Plot

Murthy (Nagayya) is a publisher happily married to Kalyani (Jayamma) and the proud father of their children. He watches a street play in his village, and notices the beautiful Subbalaxmi (Bhanumathi) in that troupe. He advises Subbalaxmi's father to take her to Madras where she would have the potential to become a big theatre artiste. He even refers them to a theatre company. They travel to Madras. Subbalaxmi is offered the lead role and changes her name to Sujatha. Murthy falls for Sujatha's charms and neglects his family. Kalyani fends for her children by taking up small tailoring works and leading a hard life. At the end, Murthy realizes his mistake and returns to his family.

Cast

Cast according to the film titles

Songs

SongWriterSinger
Chalo Chalo CycleSamudrala Sr.Jayamma and Nagayya
Grihame Kada Swarga SeemaBalantrapu Rajanikanta RaoJayamma and Nagayya
Hayi Sakhi Hayi Sakhi Bratuke Hayi SakhiBalantrapu Rajanikanta RaoNagayya
Jo Achutananda Jojo MukundaAnnamacharyaJayamma
Madhura VennelareyiSamudrala Sr.Bhanumathi Ramakrishna and Nagayya
Manchidinamu NedeBhanumathi Ramakrishna
Oh Naa RaajaSamudrala Sr.Ghantasala and Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
Oho Ho PavuramaBalantrapu Rajanikanta RaoBhanumathi Ramakrishna
Oho TapodhanaBalantrapu Rajanikanta RaoBhanumathi Ramakrishna
Rara Radha ManoramanaSamudrala Sr.Jayamma

Trivia

Both Ghantasala and Marcus Bartley made their debut in this film


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