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Lava Kusa (1963) FR #1991 | Movie | Family, Drama | India | Telugu, English
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Director Rao C.S.R., Chittajalu Pullayya
Writer Samudrala Raghavacharya, Valmiki, Sadasivabrahmam Vempati
Cast N.T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi, Chittor V. Nagaiah
Plot This movie deals with the later part of Ramayana written by Valmiki Maharshi and depicts the lives of the sons of Rama & Sita.
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Bhakta Prahlada (1967) FR #3225 | Movie | History, Drama | India | Telugu, English
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Director Chitrapu Narayana Rao
Writer Narasa Raju D.V., Samudrala Raghavacharya
Cast Roja Ramani, S.V. Ranga Rao, Anjali Devi
Plot A devotee of Lord Vishnu attempts to share his faith with his skeptical father.
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Narthanasala (1963) FR #3226 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Telugu
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Director Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao
Writer Samudrala Raghavacharya
Cast Savitri, N.T. Rama Rao, Rajagopal Dandamudi
Plot This film deals with the Virata Parvam (Book of Virata) of the epic Mahabharatam dictated by Vyasa Maharshi.
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Pandava Vanavasam (1965) FR #3732 | Movie | Fantasy, Drama | India | Telugu
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Director Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao
Writer Samudrala Raghavacharya
Cast N.T. Rama Rao, S.V. Ranga Rao, Kanta Rao
Plot The Kauravas defeat the Pandavas in a game of dice and send them into an exile of twelve years.
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Devadasu (1953) FR #3992 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Telugu, Tamil
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Director Vedantam Raghavaiah
Writer Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Samudrala Raghavacharya
Cast Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri, S.V. Ranga Rao
Plot Adapted from a popular Bengali novel, Devadasu narrates the story of a rich guy and poor girl separated by class system of India. Parvati is forcefully married off to a middle-aged rich man and Devadasu becomes a drunkard.
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Seetha Rama Kalyanam (1961) FR #4991 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Telugu, English
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Director N.T. Rama Rao
Writer Buchi Venkata Krishna Chowdhary Dhanekula, Samudrala Raghavacharya
Cast Haranath, Gitanjali, N.T. Rama Rao
Plot The film depicts the life of Lord Rama from birth to his marriage with Seetha.
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Editorial Best Movies/TV Shows Written by (or adapted from) Samudrala Raghavacharya collects the writer’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
