Rojulu Maraayi

Rojulu Maraayi (1955)

Venu enlightens the villagers against Sagarayya, a greedy landlord who grabs barren lands of the village, and reports to the Collector. Sagarayya creates a rift between Venu and his father which affects his sister's marriage. Venu starts living separately with his wife Radha. The film shows the revolt of the villagers against their oppressors

Date of release
1955-04-13
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
3h 10m
Director
Tapi Chanakya

Casting

Interesting facts

Rojulu Marayi is a 1955 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Tapi Chanakya. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Sowcar Janaki, with music composed by Master Venu. The film was produced by C. V. R. Prasad on Sarathi Films banner.

Production

Sixteen years after making Raithu Bidda (1939), a film which dealt with the hardships faced by poor peasants under the zamindari rule, the production house Sarathi Films decided to make another film dealing with similar issues, titled Rojulu Marayi. The producer of the film was C. V. R. Prasad, who also wrote the screenplay with Kondepudi Lakshminarayana and Tapi Chanakya, who was named director.

When shooting for the film was almost complete, Prasad felt that a celebration song set after the film's harvest scene would add colour to the black-and-white film. Lyricist Kosaraju remembered a song he had written for producer Thottempudi Ramayya's shelved film Paleru, that was composed by Venu. Chanakya and Prasad liked the lyrics and the tune, and Vedantam Jagannatha Sarma suggested Waheeda Rehman, then a dancer, to the makers.

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