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Anjali Pictures' Golden Hit Suvarna Sundari

May 10, 2007

ANR and Anjali Devi

1957 was a golden year for Telugu film industry as two of the most memorable films - Mayabazar (March 27) and Suvarna Sundari (May 10) - released that year. Both the films earned critical acclaim and commercial success.

Directed by Vedantam Raghavaiah and produced by Adi Narayana Rao (husband of Anjali Devi) under the Anjali Pictures banner, Suvarna Sundari had Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi, Rajasulochana, Relangi and Gummadi in the lead roles.

The shooting of the film was held at Venus Studios, Madras, while the outdoor shooting was held at 'Shimsa' Falls, Mysore.

The then Chief Minister Sanjeeva Reddy was the chief guest at the 100 days function held at Kamal Talkies, Hyderabad, while the then Education Minister Pattabi Rama Rao graced the 100 days function that took place at Sri Saraswati theatre in Vijayawada.

The film, released through Chamria Talkie Distributors headed by Sundar Lal Nahata, set a record at the box-office by celebrating 50 days in 48 centres (considering late release centres too). It completed 100 days in 18 centres (first release-13).

The details are as follows:

S. No.	Theatre	Centre
1	Vinayaka	Nellore
2	Sri Gopala Krishna	Cheerala
3	Sri Saraswati	Vijayawada
4	Saraswathi	Guntur
5	Sri Krishna	Rajahmundry
6	Saraswathi	Machilipatnam
7	Swamiji	Bheemavaram
8	Swarajya	Tenali
9	Lakshmi	Kakinada
10	Sri Kesari	Eluru
11	Sri Kantam	Anantapuram
12	Saraswathi	Vishakapatnam
13	Bodduvari Theatre	Vijayanagaram
14	Sri Krishna	Amalapuram
15	Prabhath	Nizamabad
16	Aruna	Gudiwada
17	Rajeswari	Secunderabad
18	Jayaram	Ongole
19	Kamal Talkies	Hyderabad
20	Sri Rajarajeswari	Warangal
21	Murali	Srikakulam
22	Sai Baba	Kurnool
23	Hanuman	Raichur
24	Saraswati	Kadapa
25	Prabhath	Khammam
26	CVS	Nidubrolu
27	Krishna	Mandapeta
28	Ajam	Hospet
29	National	Nandhyala
30	Vasanth	Adoni
31	Venkateswara	Tanuku
32	Jaihind	Anakapalli
33	Leela Mahal	Palakollu
34	Royal	Bellary
35	Regal	Guntakal
36		Chittoor
37	Dilkush Talkies	Bodhan
38	Bharath Talkies	Karim Nagar
39	Radhakrishna	Mehboob Nagar
40	Sri Krishna Balaji	Tadepalligudem
41	Lakshmi	Ramachandrapuram
42	Minerva	Penugonda
43	Jawahar	Jagityala
44	Doulat	Narayanapet
45	Krishna	Repalle
46	Lakshmi	Sirsilla
47	Someswar	Yemmiganur
48	Srirama	Bellampalli

The technicians -

Art: Vaali.
Choreography: Vempati Satyam.
Cinematography: MA Rahman.
Costumes: B. Narayana Murthy.
Dialogues: Malladi Ramakrishna Murthy.
Editing: NS Prakash.
Lyrics: Samudrala Sr.-Samudrala Jr.-Kosaraju.
Make-up: Haribabu-K. Nageswara Rao-A. Potharaju.
Music: Adi Narayana Rao.
Processing: Vijaya Laboratories.
Re-recording: Swaminathan (Vahini Studios).
Sound: J. Suryanarayana.
Sound Recording: Vahini & Revathi Studios.
Story: Sadasiva Brahmam-Adityan (Adi Narayana Rao).

The following is the text of the press note issued by writer-producer-music director Adi Narayana Rao on October 28, 1957 in Vishalandhra Telugu daily.

Press note issued by Adi Narayana Rao