Gumastha (film)

Gumastha
Film poster
Directed byR. M. Krishnasami
Written byA. T. Krishnasami (dialogues)
Screenplay byAcharya Aatreya
Story byAcharya Aatreya
Produced byV. C. Subburaman
StarringV. Nagayya
Pandari Bai
B. Jayamma
P. V. Narasimha Bharathi
CinematographyR. M. Krishnasami
Edited byP. V. Manikkam
Bal G. Yadhav
Music byC. N. Pandurangam
G. Ramanathan
Nagayya
Production
company
Aruna Films
Distributed byFilm Center Limited
Release date
  • 3 April 1953 (1953-04-03)
Running time
184 minutes (Tamil)
187 minutes (Telugu)[1]
CountryIndia
LanguagesTamil
Telugu

Gumastha (transl. Clerk) is a 1953 Indian film starring V. Nagayya, R. S. Manohar and Pandari Bai. The film was produced in Tamil and Telugu languages under the same title. It is based on the play NGO (Non-Gazetted Officer) by Acharya Aatreya.[2][1] The film was released on .[3]

  1. ^ a b Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema. British Film Institute and Oxford University Press. p. 332. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.
  2. ^ Guy, Randor (24 October 2015). "Gumastha 1953". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  3. ^ "1953 – குமாஸ்தா –அருணா பிலிம்ஸ் (த-தெ)". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2024.