Raju Peda

Raju Peda
Theatrical release poster
Directed byB. A. Subba Rao
Written byPinisetty Srirama Murty (dialogues)
Based onThe Prince and the Pauper
by Mark Twain
Produced byB. A. Subba Rao
StarringN. T. Rama Rao
Lakshmirajyam
S. V. Ranga Rao
Master Sudhakar
CinematographyAadi-Erani
Edited byK. A. Marthand
Music byS. Rajeswara Rao
Production
company
B.A.S. Productions
Release date
  • 25 June 1954 (1954-06-25)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Raju Peda (transl. The prince and the pauper) is a 1954 Indian Telugu-language film directed and produced by B. A. Subba Rao. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao, Lakshmirajyam, S. V. Ranga Rao and Master Sudhakar, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. It is based on Mark Twain’s 1881 novel, The Prince and the Pauper and was later remade into the Hindi film Raja Aur Runk (1968) and dubbed into Tamil as Aandi Petra Selvan (1957).[1][2]

  1. ^ "Raju-Peda (1954)". The Hindu. 16 May 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Telugu Cinema – Research – "Telugu Cinema – past and the present" by Gudipoodi Srihari".