Charana Daasi

Charana Daasi (1956)

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The film revolves around couples - Dr. Chandra Shekar and Parvathi ahead Venu and Lakshmi. Charana Daasi (transl. Wife) is a 1956 Indian Telugu-language drama film written by Vempati Sadasivabrahmam and directed by T. Prakash Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi and Savitri, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film is based on Rabindranath Tagore's 1906 Bengali novel Noukadubi. It was simultaneously made in Tamil as Mathar Kula Manikkam (1956). Story and Dialogues were by Vempati Sadasivabrahmam

Date of release
1956-12-20
TMDB
8.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
3h 16m
Genres
Drama, Family
Director
Tatineni Prakash Rao

Casting

Interesting facts

Charana Daasi is a 1956 Indian Telugu-language drama film written by Vempati Sadasivabrahmam and directed by T. Prakash Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi and Savitri, and music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film is a remake of Naresh Chandra Mitra's 1947 Bengali film Noukadubi, which itself is based on Rabindranath Tagore's 1906 eponymous novel. It was simultaneously made in Tamil as Mathar Kula Manikkam (1956).

Production

The film is based on Rabindranath Tagore's novel, Noukadubi. The director, T. Prakash Rao, chose to replace the boat crash sequence in the novel with a train accident in the film, inspired by a real event that took place near Ariyalur. The film was shot simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil languages, with the Tamil version titled Mathar Kula Manikkam.

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