Gunasundari Katha (1949)
గుణసుందరి కథ
After a fit of rage, King Ugrasena marries off his daughter Gunasundari to Daivadeenam, a disabled man. However, things take a turn when the king falls ill. A comedic adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, this was the first Telugu film to complete 100 days of theatrical run in 10 centers.
- Date of release
- 1949-12-28
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 52m
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy
- Director
- Kadiri Venkata Reddy
Casting
- Sriranjani — Gunasundari
- Kasturi Sivarao — Daivadeenam
- Govindarajula Subba Rao — Ugrasena
- P. Santha Kumari — Rupasundari
- K. Malathi — Hemasundari
- Relangi Venkata Ramaiah — Kalamati
- T. G. Kamala Devi
Interesting facts
Gunasundari Katha is a 1949 Indian Telugu language fantasy film produced and directed by K. V. Reddy, starring Sriranjani, Kasturi Siva Rao, Santha Kumari. The script was written by Pingali Nagendra Rao, K. V. Reddy, and Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. Kameswara Rao was also the associate director. William Shakespeare's play King Lear was the inspiration for the core plot. However the writers changed the tone from the tragedy of King Lear to a more entertaining one for the film. The film was commercially successful.
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