Santosham (1955 film)

Santosham (transl. Happiness) is a 1955 Telugu-language drama film, produced by M. Somasundaram under the Jupiter Pictures banner and directed by C. P. Deekshith. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi and Jamuna, with music composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. It is a remake of the Tamil film Velaikari (1949) and it was simultaneously made in Hindi as Naya Aadmi (1956).[1]

For 2002 Telugu film, see Santosham (2002 film). For other uses, see Santosham.

Santosham
Theatrical release poster
Directed byC. P. Deekshith
Screenplay bySamudrala Sr
Samudrala Jr.
Based onVelaikari
by C. N. Annadurai
Produced byM. Somasundaram
StarringN. T. Rama Rao
Anjali Devi
Jamuna
CinematographyP. Rama Swamy
Edited byL. S. Ramachandran
Music byViswanathan–Ramamoorthy
Production
company
Release date
  • 24 December 1955 (1955-12-24)
Running time
159 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu Hindi

Plot

Zamindar Dayanidhi (R. Nagendra Rao) a deceitful vicious miser whose profession is to take advantage of the destitute by giving loans and taking the authority on them. Unable to repay the money he has borrowed from Zamindar for his son Anand's (N.T.Rama Rao) higher studies, Sundaraiah (Vadlamani Viswanathan) commits suicide. A depressed Anand makes an aborted bid to kill the Zamindar and on the same night, he along with his friend Madan Mohan (Jaggaiah) stumble upon the corpse of an England-returned rich young man Paramanand (again N. T. Rama Rao), who resembles Anand. On Mohan's advice, Anand takes his place. The dead man's blind mother (Kakinada Rajaratnam) believes that Anand is her son and performs his marriage with Dayanidhi's class-conscious daughter Sarasa (Jamuna). Dayanidhi objects to his son Murthy (Ramasarma) marrying their servant-maid Amrutham (Anjali Devi) and tries to kill her by torching her hut. How Anand saves Amrutham, tames Sarasa and brings in a change of heart in Dayanidhi forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack
Santosham
Film score by
Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
Released1955
GenreSoundtrack
LabelH.M.V.Audio
ProducerViswanathan–Ramamoorthy

Music composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. Lyrics were written by Samudrala Sr-Samudrala Jr.[2]

S. No.Song TitleSingerslength
1 "Navvavoi Raja" P. Susheela
2 "Nilupara" Venkatesh 2:45
3 "Etula Brathukanu" Ghantasala 2:15
4 "Yamuna Thatakam" K. Rani
5 "Gaalivalle Thelipo"
6 "Rupai Kasulone" P.Susheela 3:29
7 "Dhanamu Mulamura" Ghantasala, Pithapuram 4:45
8 "Teeyani Eenati Reyi" P.Susheela, Venkatesh 2:24
9 "Chinnaridanara" P.Susheela 2:03
10 "Vunnaru Vunnaru" P. Susheela 2:45

References
  1. Narasimham, M. L. (11 September 2014). "Santhosham (1955)". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. "Santosham (1955)-Song_Booklet". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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