Devta (1956)
Black-and-white fantasy film centred around a king who loses his sight and uses the forces of the ‘serpent world’ to get his sight back. He orders a young man working in the palace to descend into the world, and in the process, the young man falls in love with the serpent princess.
- Date of release
- 1956-01-01
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 58m
- Director
- Pattanna
Casting
- Vyjayanthimala
- Anjali Devi — Nalini
- Gemini Ganesan — Vijay
- Kumari Kamala — Naag Kanya
- Nambiar — Veer Sen
- Krishna Kumari — Naagi
- Indira — Mallika
- Bipin Gupta — Maharaja Sangram Singh
- Agha — Bahadur
- Kamal Krishna — Balbir Singh
Interesting facts
Devta is a 1956 Hindi partly coloured swashbuckler film written by Sadasiva Bramham and directed by Pattana. The film stars Vyjayanthimala in the title role, along with Gemini Ganeshan and Anjali Devi in the lead, while Agha, Bipin Gupta, Krishna Kumari and M. N. Nambiar form an ensemble cast. The film was produced by Narayanan Iyengar with his production company; Narayanan Company. The music was composed by C. Ramchandra, with lyrics provided by Rajendra Krishan. The film was a remake of the 1955 Tamil film Kanavane Kankanda Deivam, with Ganeshan, Devi, and Nambiar reprising their roles.
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