| Paradesi Poongodhai | |
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| Directed by | L. V. Prasad |
| Screenplay by | L. V. Prasad |
| Produced by | P. Adinarayana Rao Anjali Devi (presents) |
| Starring | Akkineni Nageswara Rao Anjali Devi Sivaji Ganesan |
| Cinematography | Kamal Ghosh |
| Edited by | N. S. Pragasam |
| Music by | P. Adinarayana Rao |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Poorna films |
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Running time | 190 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Telugu Tamil |
Paradesi or Poongothai is a 1953 Indian Telugu-Tamil bilingual romance film, produced by P. Adinarayana Rao under the Anjali pictures banner and directed by L. V. Prasad.[1] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi, Sivaji Ganesan and music also composed by P. Adinarayana Rao. The film is a remake of the Hindi movie Raj Rani (1950). Paradesi was an average grosser at the box office.[2] No print of Poongothai is known to survive, making it a lost film.[3]
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