Vara Vikrayam (film)

Vara Vikrayam (English: Bridegrooms' Sale) is a 1939 Telugu drama film directed by C. Pullayya.[1] The film is a reformist social film about the dowry system prevalent in British India. It is based on the novel and play of the same name by Kallakoori Narayana Rao.[2] It is the debut film for Bhanumathi.

Vara Vikrayam
Directed byC. Pullayya
Written byKallakoori Narayana Rao (story)
Balijepalli Lakshmikanta Kavi (dialogues)
Produced byChabria
StarringPushpavalli
Bhanumathi
Balijepalli Lakshmikanta Kavi
Daita Gopalam
Sriranjani
CinematographyBiren De
Edited byDharamvir
Music byPrabhala Satyanarayana
Release date
1939
Running time
194 min
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

The retired government official Purshottama Rao (Daita Gopalam) borrows money to get his eldest daughter Kalindi (Bhanumathi) married to an old-man Lingaraju (Balijepalli). He is a money lender and already married twice. Kalindi does not like this marriage and commits suicide before the marriage can take place. Lingaraju refuses to return the dowry money. Purshottama's second daughter Kamala (Pushpavalli) agrees to marry him. She drags her husband Lingaraju to court of justice.

Cast
Actor/ActressCharacter
PushpavalliKamala
BhanumathiKalindi
Balijepalli Lakshmikanta KaviLingaraju
Daita GopalamPurushothama Rao
Koccharlakota SatyanarayanaBasavaraju
Tungala Chalapathi RaoChalapathi Rao
SriranjaniBhramaramba
Dasari KotiratnamSubhadra
Peri Ramachandra MurthiPerayya
M. Ramachandra Murthy
J. SatyanarayanaVeerayya
A. Narayana RaoGhantayya
A. V. Subba RaoJudge
A. SatyanarayanaPleader
SubhadraAnnapoorna

References
  1. Narasimham, M. L. "Varavikrayam (1939)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  2. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 9781135943257.


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