Santhanam (film)

Santhanam
Theatrical release poster
Directed byC. V. Ranganatha Das
L. V. Prasad (supervision)
Written byAnisetty & Pinisetty (dialogues)
Produced byC. V. Ranganatha Das
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Savitri
CinematographyRahman
Prasad
Raja Mani
Edited byP. V. Manikyam
Music bySusarla Dakshina Murthy
Production
company
Sadhana Films
Release date
  • 5 August 1955 (1955-08-05)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Santhanam (transl. Children) is a 1955 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced & directed by C. V. Ranganatha Das under the Sadhana Films banner while L. V. Prasad has taken care of direction supervision. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri and music composed by Susarla Dakshina Murthy. The film is the debut of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar in the Telugu film industry.[1][2] The song Nidura Pora Thammuda was a trend setter in being a theme song that unites lost siblings.[3] The film was remade in Tamil as Marakka Mudiyuma?.

  1. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (26 September 2014). "SANTHAANAM (1955)". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ ఆచారం, షణ్ముఖాచారి. "గానకోకిల గానామృతం చిలికించిన సంతానం". Sitara. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (27 April 2017). "Melody queen and the lullaby". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 July 2021.