| Suvarna Sundari | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster of Telugu version | |
| Directed by | Vedantam Raghavayya |
| Written by | Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry (Telugu dialogues) Udhaya Kumar (Tamil dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Vedantam Raghavayya |
| Story by | Vempati Sadasivabrahmam Adinarayana Rao |
| Produced by | P. Adinarayana Rao |
| Starring | Anjali Devi Akkineni Nageswara Rao Gemini Ganesan |
| Cinematography | M. A. Rahman |
| Edited by | N. S. Prakash |
| Music by | P. Adinarayana Rao |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Chamria Talkie |
Release date |
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Running time | 208 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Telugu Tamil |
Suvarna Sundari (transl. Golden beauty) is a 1957 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler film directed by Vedantam Raghavayya.[1] It stars Anjali Devi and Akkineni Nageswara Rao with music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao. The film was produced by Adinarayana Rao under the Anjali Pictures banner. Gemini Ganesan played the male lead in the simultaneously shot Tamil version.
The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil as Manaalane Mangaiyin Baakkiyam (transl. Husband is a woman's fortune).[2][3] Lata Mangeshkar suggested that Suvarna Sundari be remade in Hindi instead of dubbing the film. It was then made in Hindi with the same title as the Telugu version. Nageswara Rao and Anjali Devi did their roles in the Hindi version as well; it was the only Hindi film in Nageswara Rao's film career.
The shooting of the film was held at Venus Studios, Madras and the outdoor shooting was held at Shimsha falls, Mysore. The film was released through Chamria Talkie Distributors, headed by Sundar Lal Nahata, and it set a record at the box office by celebrating 50 days in 48 centres and completed 100 days in 18 centres.[4][5][6]
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- ^ Sri (9 May 2007). "Suvarna Sundari (1957) completes 50 years". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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