Freewheeling adaptation of Lear by fantasist K.V. Reddy. The royal patriarch (Subba Rao) is offended by his youngest daughter Gunsundari (Sriranjani) when she pledges unconditional loyalty to her future husband. He has her married to a deaf and dumb cripple (Siva Rao) who is in fact a perfectly healthy youth living under a curse. The king is stricken with a mysterious illness and his three sons-in-law set out to discover the Mahendramani jewel which will cure him. When the youngest son-in-law finds it, the other two steal it and magically change the third into a bear. Gunsundari eventually succeeds in lifting the curse upon her husband. The music of the big-budget Vauhini film is particularly successful, with V.A.K. Ranga Rao claiming Ogirala’s composition Eevanilo to be the most unusual song in the history of Telugu cinema. The scenarist K. Kameshwara Rao later remade it in Tamil (Gunsundari, 1955) starring Gemini Ganesh and Savitri.
Cast: Govindrajulu Subba Rao, Mahalakshmi Sriranjani
Crew: Kadri Venkata Reddy (Director), Marcus Bartley (Director of Photography), Addepalli Rama Rao (Music Director), Ogirala Ramachandra Rao (Music Director), Rama Rao Adepalli (Music Director)
Rating: U (India)
Genres: History, Drama, Family
Release Dates: 01 Jan 1949 (India)
Telugu Name: గుణసుందరి కథ
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as Hemasundari
as Rupasundari
as Kalamati
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actor
as Gunasundari
Supporting Actress
Supporting Actress
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actress
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Telugu
Colour Info:
Black & White
Sound Mix:
Mono
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Music Director: Ogirala Ramachandra Rao
Lyricist: Pingali Nagendra Rao
Playback Singer: Relangi Venkatramaiah
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Music Director: Ogirala Ramachandra Rao
Lyricist: Pingali Nagendra Rao
Playback Singer: Ghantasala Venkateswararao
Music Director: Ogirala Ramachandra Rao
Lyricist: Pingali Nagendra Rao
Music Director: Ogirala Ramachandra Rao
Lyricist: Pingali Nagendra Rao
Music Director: Ogirala Ramachandra Rao
Lyricist: Pingali Nagendra Rao
Music Director: Ogirala Ramachandra Rao
Lyricist: Pingali Nagendra Rao
Music Director: Ogirala Ramachandra Rao
Lyricist: Pingali Nagendra Rao
Playback Singer: TG Kamala Devi
Trivia:
'Gunasundari Katha' is the first Telugu movie to complete 100 days of theatrical run in 10 centers.
The movie was loosely based on William Shakespeare's 'King Lear'.
The movie was loosely based on William Shakespeare's 'King Lear'.
