Mantra Dandam

Mantra Dandam
Theatrical release poster
Directed byK. S. Ramachandra Rao
Written byTapi Dharma Rao (dialogues)
Screenplay byK. S. Ramachandra Rao
Story byC. Hemalata Devi
Produced byC. K. C. Chitti
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Sriranjani Jr.
CinematographyBolla Suba Rao
Edited byM. V. Rajan
Music byNallam Nageswara Rao
S. Rajeswara Rao
(Background score)
Production
company
Sri Gnanambika Pictures[1]
Release date
  • 6 October 1951 (1951-10-06)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Mantra Dandam (transl. Magical Wand) is a 1951 Telugu-language fantasy swashbuckler film, produced by C. K. C. Chitti under the Sri Gnanambika Pictures banner[2] and directed by K. S. Ramachandra Rao.[3] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sriranjani Jr. and music composed by Nallam Nageswara Rao, while S. Rajeswara Rao has taken care of the background score.[4]

The film was dubbed into Tamil with the title Arasaala Piranthavan and released in 1958.[5]

  1. ^ "Mantra Dandam (Overview)". IMDb.
  2. ^ "Mantra Dandam (Producer)". gomolo.com.
  3. ^ "Mantra Dandam (Direction)". Filmiclub.
  4. ^ "Mantra Dandam (Overview) (Cast & Crew)". Know Your films.
  5. ^ Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010.