Dharma Devatha


Dharma Devatha is a 1952 Indian bilingual film produced and directed by P. Pullaiah. The film featured Santha Kumari and Kaushik in the lead roles with Mudigonda Lingamurthy, Mukkamala, Relangi Venkata Ramaiah, Baby Sachu and Girija playing supporting roles.

Cast

List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan and The Hindu.
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The film was produced by P. Pullaiah who also directed it under the banner of Ragini Films, which was owned by him. The choreography was co-performed by Pasumarthi Krishnamurthy, Lalitha and Padmini. The film was produced in Tamil and Telugu with the same title.

Soundtrack

The music for Dharma Devatha was composed by C. R. Subburaman while the lyrics for the Tamil songs were penned by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, who also wrote the film's dialogues with Aluri Chakrapani. For Telugu version Gopichand wrote dialogues, lyrics were written by Samudrala Raghavacharya and Gopalaraya Sarma. There are 11 songs in the film, of which Santha Kumari sang one herself.
;Telugu track list
;Tamil tracklist
Singer is Relangi while the Playback singers are K. Rani, T. S. Bhagavathi, A. G. Rathnamala, Jikki, C. R. Subburaman and D. B. Ramachandran.

Reception

Film historian Randor Guy of The Hindu noted the film "was well narrated on screen by Pullaiah" and that it would be remembered for "the deft direction of Pullaiah, pleasing songs, attractive dances by Lalitha and Padmini, and good performances by the veteran artistes." According to Guy, Dharma Devatha had better box office success in Telugu than in Tamil.