Devathalara Deevinchandi

Devathalara Deevinchandi
Directed by	Kommineni Seshagiri Rao
Written by	Kommineni Seshagiri Rao (story and screenplay), Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry (dialogues)
Starring	Chandra Mohan Giri Babu Jayamalini Murali Mohan Allu Ramalingaiah
Music by	K. Chakravarthy
Cinematography	P. Deva Raj
Release date(s)	1977
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	Rs. 9.75 lakhs

Devathalara Deevinchandi is a Telugu film directed by Kommineni Seshagiri Rao.^[1] His debut film was hit and resulted in many successful films later.^[2]

It is remake of Nagin, a highly successful 1976 Hindi film and The Naked Prey, a 1966 adventure film starring Cornel Wilde.

The plot

The story revolves around five close friends: Mohan (Ranganath), Kubera Rao (Haribabu), Muralikrishna (Chandramohan), Giri (Eswara Rao), and Ravindra (Madala Rangarao). Kubera Rao knows about a hidden treasure in the Nallamala forest. The friends go to forest to find the treasure in a Naga Temple. They hurt a Nagadevatha during a ritual. Kubera Rao soon dies of a snake bite. Nagadevatha who takes human form as Phani (Jayamalini) and takes revenge on the five friends.

Cast

Actor	Character
Chandra Mohan	Muralikrishna
Giribabu	Upendra
Jayamalini	Phani
Eswara Rao	Giri
Madala Ranga Rao	Ravindra
Haribabu	Kubera Rao
Murali Mohan	Police Inspector
Baby Padma
Prabha	Savitri
Mada Venkateswara Rao	Driver
Allu Ramalingaiah
Ramaprabha
Ranganath	Mohan
Sakshi Ranga Rao
Baby Varalakshmi	Nagalakshmi
Vijayalakshmi

Soundtrack

• Amma Oka Bomma Naanna Oka Bomma - Meekenduku Ee Roju Kopamocchindi (Singer: Baby Geetha; Cast: Baby Varalakshmi)
• Konaloki Vastaavaa Kotta Chotu Choopistaanu (Singer: P. Susheela; Cast: Jayamalini)
• Nagulachavitiki Nagendraswaami Puttanindaa Paalu Posemu Tandri (Singer: P. Susheela; Cast: Prabha)
• O Cheli Manohari Nee Kosame Nenunnadi (Singers: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela; Cast: Chandramohan, Jayamalini)
• Srisaila Malleeswaraa - O Kaalahastiswaraa (Devatalara, Deevinchandi) (Singer: P. Susheela; Cast: Prabha)

Boxoffice

The film ran for more than 100 days in many centers across Andhra Pradesh.

References

1. ^ http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/devatalaara_1977.php
2. ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/43438.html

External links

• Devathalara Deevinchandi film at IMDb.