Release Date: 15 September 1931
Directed by..
H.M. Reddy
Writing Credits..
Dharmavaram Krishnamacharyulu (Story)
Chandala Kesavadasu (Lyrics)
Cast
Munipalle Venkata Subbaiah or V.V. Subba Rao --- Hiranya Kasipa
Krishna Rao --- Prahlada
Surabhi Kamalabai --- Leelavathi
L.V. Prasad --- friend of Prahlada
Doraswami Naidu --- Indra
Chitrapu Narasimha Rao --- Brahma and Chandamarka
BV Subba Rao
Produced by..
Manikyalal Seth
Music by..
H.R. Padmanabha Sastri
Cinematography by..
Govardhanbhai Patel
Production Company
Bharat Movietone (Sri Krishna Film Company)
Budget --- Rs. 20,000
Runtime --- 108 minutes
Trivia
Valluru Venkata Subba Rao (V.V. Subba Rao) was born in Munipalle near Ponnur. So, later he called as Munipalle Subbaiah. He took highest remuneration in Surabhi Samajam at that time. He came back to his home village when his father died in 1929. H.M. Reddy send Doraswami Naidu to pick up Subbaiah to Mumbai for the role Hiranya Kasipa. This was the first and last film of Krishna Rao (Prahlada). He was the only son of Ramulamma and Ranga Rao, the surabhi artistes. He received Rs. 400 as remuneration for his role. The shoot of the film completed within 20 days in Imperial Studio, Bombay. Manikyalal Seth, the producer, was belongs to Gujarat.
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