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- DirectorH.M. ReddyStarsT.P. RajalakshmiP.G. VenkatesanL.V. PrasadA Princess is tricked into marrying a naive and illiterate youth.
- DirectorH.M. ReddyStarsVenkata Subbaiah MunipalleSurabhi KamalabaiL.V. PrasadBhakta Prahlada is the first full length Telugu talkie film based on the story of Narasimha and Prahlada in Hindu mythology.
- DirectorChittajalu PullayyaStarsVemuri GaggaiahSurabhi KamalabaiRamatilakamA women named Savitri fights with Yama (Head of the Hell) to save her husband's life.
- DirectorChittajalu PullayyaStarsRamatilakamVemuri GaggaiahNidumukkala Subba RaoMahabharata legend in which Princess Savitri marries Satyavan despite a curse that foretells his death within a year. She manages to get Yama (Gaggaiah), the god of death, to restore her husband to life.
- DirectorPatina Srinivasa RaoStarsRaghuramaiah KalyanamParepalli SatyanarayanaSurabhi KamalabaiThis film is based upon a story from the Puranas. The story is about Narakasura, the demon who is slain by Krishna. He asks that the day of his death be celebrated by mankind and that he be allowed to descend to earth every year to witness the festivity.
- DirectorChittajalu PullayyaStarsParepalli Subba RaoSriranjani Sr.Master BhimaraoThis is the Ramayana story of Seeta (Sriranjani) who retires to the forest and gives birth to twin boys, Lava (Bhimarao) and Kusa (M. Rao). They later take on the might of Rama (Subba Rao) unaware that he is their father. Finally after defeating their father Seeta reveals to the brothers who their father is and the family is reunited once again.
- DirectorChitrapu Narasimha RaoShantaram Rajaram VankudreStarsMaster KalyaniBezawada RajarathnamVemuri GaggaiahA Telegu adaptation of the Tamil mythological Seeta Kalyanam (1933). It is also the first Telegu film to use outdoor sequences. It shows Rama and Lakshmana coming to the court of King Janaki. Rama must not only lift a huge bow, but also string it and use it if he is to win Seeta's hand in marriage. Rama strings and breaks the bow with his strength.
- DirectorChittajalu PullayyaStarsRamanatha Sastri KapilavayiKanchanamalaLakshmirajyamThis film is based on a particular part in the life story of Sri Krishna which explains the value of devotion a wife should offer to her husband.
- DirectorChitrapu Narasimha RaoStarsVemuri GaggaiahRamatilakamSaluri Rajeshwara RaoPlayful mythological featuring the antics of the child Krishna (Rajeshwara Rao) from his birth to his victory over the evil Kamsa (Gaggaiah). It is the film debut of future composer Rajeshwara Rao and one of Gaggaiah's best-known films.
- DirectorHanumappa Vishwanath BabuStarsYadavalli SuryanarayanaSeeta Rama Anjaneyulu ChilakalapudiNagaraja Rao NelloriThis Mahabharata mythological was made to compete with Draupadi Manasamrakshanam. It depicts the episode from the Mahabharata in which Draupadi is publicly humiliated by the Kauravas. It occurs after Yudhisthara loses her in a game of dice to Duryodhana. As the Kauravas try to divest her of her clothes, she prays to Krishna. He comes to her aid by making her sari longer and longer.
- DirectorChittajalu PullayyaStarsC. KrishnaveniPrakash RaoSuryanarayanaAnsuya was made and released by director C. Pulliah as a double bill with Dhruva (1936). It is two mythologicals made exclusively with children and tells the stories of Sati Ansuya and Bhakta Dhruva. In the former Sati Ansuya narrates her story to Seeta during Rama's banishment. Her chastity is questioned by the gods, but her devotion to her husband gives her the power to transform the Hindu trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh into children and to stop the sun from rising for seven days.
- DirectorChittajalu PullayyaStarsRao C.S.R.
- DirectorK. SubramaniamStarsBaby SarojaK. VishwanathanBharathA 'contemporary' setting story about a playboy being especially influential. A Brahmin widow (Chellam) and her daughter (Saroja) are cast out by wealthy relatives. She seeks shelter in the house of a low-caste servant, causing the enraged Brahmins of the village to set the servant's house on fire.
- DirectorS. JagannathRamanamurthyStarsBellari RaghavaS. RangaswamySivaramakrishna RaoA retelling of the Mahabharata episode in which Draupadi is publicly humiliated by the Kauravas. It occurs after Yudhisthara loses her in a game of dice to Duryodhana. As the Kauravas try to divest her of her clothes, she prays to Krishna. He comes to her aid by making her sari longer and longer.
- DirectorKrithiventi Nageshwara RaoStarsRanga RaoP.S. SharmaP. Rama RaoBased on the director's original stage play and regarded as the first non-mythological Telegu film. This melodrama tells of two lovers who have to overcome parental obstruction to their eventual union. The film is sometimes seen as an early ancestor of the Rohini and Vauhini Telegu melodramas.
- DirectorS.B. NarayanaStarsB. Narayana MurthyRama NagabhushanamPushpavalliThis mythological features tales from the Ramayana. The film later acquired curiosity values for its primitive technique: workers from the Godavari canals were recruited to play Rama's (Kadaru Raju) monkey brigade; a train comes into a shot of Rama, Seeta and Lakshmana during their exile in the forest. It depicts the life of Rama, Seeta and Laksmana while they are exiled in the forest for 14 years. Seeta gets kidnapped by Ravana and is taken to Lanka. Rama and Lakshmana with the aid of Hanuman and his monkey army go after her to rescue her.
- DirectorSadasiva Rao KallakooriStarsRaghuramaiah Kalyanam
- DirectorAmin V.D.StarsKanchanamala
- DirectorHanumappa Vishwanath BabuStarsDommeti SuryanarayanaKannambaBased on Chandala Kesava Das's stage play 'Kanakatara'
- DirectorChittajalu Pullayya
- DirectorChittajalu Pullayya
- DirectorChitrapu Narasimha RaoStarsVemuri GaggaiahSuryanarayanaRamatilakamProselyting mythological advocating the ekadashi 'vrat' (a ritual fast on the 11th day of the lunar month). Strongly promoted, it claimed to bring a new variety to Telugu cinema, featuring scenes from heaven (Brahmalok) and hell (Yamalok), 'moulded strictly according to ancient traditions'. Narada (T. Ramakrishna Sastry), playing Narada, sings his musical forte, Tarangini, with the numbers 'Ehi mudam dehi' and 'Veekshe kada devadevam' in the traditional style.
- DirectorHiren BoseSurabhi KamalabaiStarsSurabhi KamalabaiShanta KumariRentachintala SatyanarayanaBig-budget by unsuccessful saint film about Jayadeva (12th C.), the author of the 'Geet Govind'. The story shows the enmity between Jayadeva and Taranatha, who first burns down Jayadeva's house and then imprisons his wife. Help comes in the form of bandits who rob the villain's house and blind him.
- DirectorH.M. ReddyStarsChittor V. NagaiahRamanujachariJandhyala Gaurinatha SastriThe film tells of the decadent dancer, Madhuri (Kanchanmala), who seduces the upright Dr. Krishna Rao (Ramanujachari) into leaving his good wife Radha (Kannamba). The doctor becomes an alcoholic and is framed for the murder of Vishwasa Rao, the trustee of his father's estate. Krishna Rao's brother-in-law Gopinath (Nagaiah) helps the hero and later offers shelter to a destitute Radha. Radha has a scuffle with Madhuri, falls down the stairs and becomes mentally unbalanced, ending up waling the streets of Madras denouncing god, truth and justice.
- DirectorChitrapu Narayana RaoStarsVemuri Gaggaiah
- DirectorChittajalu PullayyaStarsPushpavalliDasari KotiratnamSubba Rao A.V.Mythological about the demon Bhasmasura who comes to earth armed with a boon from Shiva and causes mayhem. The demon is indestructible until Vishnu confronts him. Vishnu appears in the guise of a divine beauty, Mohini (Pushpavalli), who brings about the demon's self-destruction.
- DirectorGudavalli RamabrahmamStarsGovindrajulu Subba RaoKanchanamalaSuri Babu P.The son of a priest falls in love with a Harijan girl and elopes with her. The film was a social drama that deals with untouchability prevalent in pre-independent India.
- DirectorChitrapu Narasimha RaoStarsVemuri GaggaiahM.V. Rajamma
- DirectorChina Kameswara Rao DronamrajuStarsC. Krishnaveni
- DirectorNiranjan PalStarsLakshmirajyam
- DirectorChittajalu PullayyaStarsPushpavalliBhanumathi RamakrishnaBalijepalli Lakshmikanta KaviA reformist social film about the iniquitous dowry system. Although opposed to the dowry system, the retired government official Purshottama Rao borrows money to get his eldest daughter Kalindi (Bhanumathi) married, against her wishes, to the thrice-married Lingaraju. Kalindi commits suicide before the marriage can take place and when Lingaraju refuses to return the dowry, Purshottama's second daughter Kamala (Pushpavalli) agrees to marry him.
- DirectorP. PullaiahStarsSeeta Rama Anjaneyulu ChilakalapudiShanta KumariRajeshwari DeviA mythological about the deity at Tirupati, notorious as India's richest temple shrine. The film featured Pulliah's wife as the consort of 'Lord of the Seven Hills', Venkateswara. The film depicts the life of Shri Venkateswara one of the gods of the Hindu Trinity. He has to return to earth to get married to Padmavati. They have the most lavish wedding in the 3 worlds. Money is borrowed from Kubera, the money lender of the gods. The temple at Tirupati was built in honor of Shri Venkateswara and to this day his devotees are repaying the loan by donations.
- DirectorGudavalli RamabrahmamStarsBellari RaghavaG.V. SitapatiNarasimha Rao BhimavarapuA seminal reformist melodrama critiquing the zamindari system from the viewpoint of the Kisan Sabha agitations in A.P. Small-time landowner Narsi Reddy (Raghawan) borrows money from a shavukar [money-lender (Raghavan)] who represents the major zamindar (Sitapathy) of the village. When Narsi Reddy votes for a peasant candidate (Kosaraju) rather than for the political party supported by the landlord, his son is attacked and he is publicly humiliated.
- DirectorChitrapu Narasimha RaoStarsSeeta Rama Anjaneyulu ChilakalapudiK. PichhaiahNarasimha RaoRather than resorting to violence to defend his country, the peace-loving Emperor Pururava leaves his palace with his wife Jayapradha and his two sons. The royal couple attempt manual labour, which is abhorrent to the wife, and face the evil machinations of the merchant Navakoti Narayana Shetty. When Shetty captures and tries to molest Jayapradha, his house is accidentally set on fire.
- DirectorY.V. RaoStarsY.V. RaoKanchanamalaBalijepalli Lakshmikanta KaviReformist melodrama about widow remarriage. Villain Janardhanarao Panthulu has his 6-year-old daughter Lalitha married to an old man who dies shortly after. Lalitha (Kanchanmala) is brought up by her father under the strictures of widowhood. She meets the reformist Sundarrao (Y.V. Rao) who eventually defies tradition and marries her. The first instance of Telegu cinema of the use of playback.
- DirectorH.M. ReddyStarsS. SanthanamP.U. ChinnappaKali N. RathnamA nationalist allegory about an Indian king's resistance to Alexander the Great. Greek general Seleucus Nicator, her called Minander (C.S.D. Singh), is left in charge by Alexander. He is opposed by Ugrasen (Santhanam), the king of Udaygiri and the founder (321 B.C.) of the Maurya dynasty. Minander's daughter Helen (Rajalakshmi) falls in love with the king and eventually marries him after Minander has been defeated and returns to Greece. The real heroine is Kumudini, as a fiercely loyal nationalist character, who throws out her husband Jayapala (Santhanam again, in a dual role) when she learns that he is a Greek spy. Her brother is Prathapan (Chinnappa).
- DirectorB.N. ReddiStarsChittor V. NagaiahKanchanamalaMudigonda LingamurthyElaborate melodrama, presented the problems of uneven development in terms of an emotional conflict between and innocent feudal rural female and a worldly-wise capitalist urban male. Hero Raghu (Nagaiah), an unemployed graduate, insists on marrying the village girl Janaki (Kanchanmala) despite the opposition of his scheming mother who wants a dowry. Raghu's unemployment problems continue despite his migration to the city, leaving his wife in the clutches of her mother-in-law. When Raghu wins a lottery for Rs. 5 lakhs and returns home, he finds his wife and infant son have left. Although his mother insists he marry again, Raghu goes to the city and dedicates himself to social work, including building factories in order to create employment opportunities. In this he is assisted by his rich female college friend, provoking gossip about their relationship. Raghu's wife, now a poor flower seller, sees her husband with his new friend and believes he has remarried.
- DirectorRanga Rao KocharlakotaStarsRaghuramaiah Kalyanam
- DirectorHanumappa Vishwanath BabuStarsParepalli Subba RaoKannambaSrirama Murthy AddankiKavi Kali has an affair with a low-caste woman, but ends up marrying a princess.
- DirectorSundarrao NadkarniStarsR. Nagendra RaoM.V. Subbaiah NaiduLakshmibaiRavana, the king of Lanka attains " Athma Linga " from Shiva and later he gets tricked by various people on his way back to home.
- DirectorChitrapu Narayana RaoStarsVemuri GaggaiahKanchanamala
- DirectorRaghupati Surya Prakash NaiduStarsKannambaVemuri GaggaiahBellari RaghavaChandika who is unhappy with the ruling of the king, decides to dethrone him.
- DirectorNarasimha Rao Bhimavarapu
- DirectorH.M. ReddyStarsL.V. PrasadVaralakshmi G.Based on Telugu novel baristar parvathisam. A village guy wants to take part in independence struggle so he want to become pleader and thus starts his journey to England and goes there settles for years and return to homeland India The story describes his difficulties and his abilities in reaching England getting pleader certificate
- DirectorH.M. ReddyStarsL.V. PrasadVaralakshmi G.
- DirectorH.M. ReddyStarsL.V. Prasad
- DirectorB.N. ReddiStarsChittor V. NagaiahGiri A.S.Miss Kumari
- DirectorB.N. ReddiStarsChittor V. NagaiahMiss KumariMudigonda LingamurthyVenugopala Murthy after completing his studies in England, returns to India and falls in love with Lakshmi, the daughter of the servant in their house. They need to overcome all the hurdles to get united again.
- DirectorGhantasala BalaramaiahStarsShanta Kumari
- DirectorRaghupati Surya Prakash NaiduStarsSuri Babu P.
- DirectorRaghupati Surya Prakash Naidu
- DirectorChittajalu PullayyaStarsKanchanamalaGovindrajulu Subba RaoBanda Kanakalingeshwara RaoWhen a young man discovers that his mother was kidnapped by a wicked wizard, he decides to save her.
- DirectorGudavalli RamabrahmamStarsK.S. Prakash RaoRushyendramani
- DirectorY.V. RaoStarsY.V. RaoPushpavalliNarasimha Rao Sthanam
- DirectorH.M. ReddyStarsL.V. Prasad
- DirectorHanumappa Vishwanath BabuStarsVenkateswara Rao GaliShanta KumariHemavathiThis film depicts Radha's love towards Sri Krishna.
- DirectorP. PullaiahStarsGiriMalathiChittor V. Nagaiah
- DirectorKadiri Venkata ReddyStarsChittor V. NagaiahMudigonda LingamurthyHemalathaIt is a biographical film based on the life of Potana, who translated Bhagavatam into Telugu language.
- DirectorY.V. RaoStarsNarayana Rao C.H.B. Ramakrishnaiah PanthuluBhanumathi RamakrishnaA young man changes his name to lead a western life in city. He faces many twists and problems in his life then. He need to overcome them to live happily again.
- DirectorEllis Dungan
- DirectorEllis DunganM.L. Tandon