Tilottama (1951 film)

Tilottama
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRaja Saheb of Mirzapur
Written byTapi Dharma Rao (dialogues)
Screenplay byCh. Narayana Murthy
Story byCh. Narayana Murthy
Produced byRaja Saheb of Mirzapur
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Anjali Devi
CinematographyD. L. Naryana
Edited byCh Narayana Murthy
Music byP. Adinarayana Rao
Production
company
Release dates
  • 16 February 1951 (1951-02-16)
(Telugu)
  • 16 March 1951 (1951-03-16)[1]
(Tamil)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Tilottama is a 1951 Indian swashbuckling adventure fantasy film, produced and directed by Raja Saheb of Mirzapur under the Sobhanachala Pictures banner. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Anjali Devi, with music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao. The film was simultaneously shot in Telugu and Tamil, with the latter being titled Mayamalai (transl. Mystic Chain). Tilottama was a box-office disaster.[2]

  1. ^ "1951 – மாயமாலை – சோபனாசலா (திலோத்தமா – தெ)" [1951 – Mayamalai – Sobhanachala (Tilottama – te)]. Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. ^ Nathan, Archana (15 September 2017). "KV Reddy, director of 'Pathala Bhairavi' and 'Mayabazar', was the original fantasy movie king". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 1 September 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2022. ..... the disastrous performance of Tilottama at the box office made the industry nervous .....