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Keelu Gurram (1949)

Keelu Gurram poster
Directed by
Raja Saheb of Mirzapuram
Genre
fantasy film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 52m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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This is a Telugu fantasy film from 1949 about a magical horse. A young hero goes on adventures with the help of the enchanted horse.

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What happens

Keelu Gurram (transl. Magical horse) is a 1949 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler film produced and directed by Raja Saheb of Mirzapuram under the Sobhanachala Pictures banner. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Anjali Devi, with music composed by Ghantasala. The film marks the debut of Ghantasala as a composer who would later become a noted composer and playback singer. Fascinated by the commercial success of folklore films, Raja of Mirzapuram asked his writers to come up with a similar subject. Tapi Dharma Rao assisted by the noted story-teller Sadasivabrahmam (uncredited) wrote the story of the film which is inspired by Kasi Majili Kathalu. Chitrapu Narayanamurthy, who had earlier directed all of Raja's productions wrote the screenplay. Narayanamurthy also ghost directed most of the scenes for the Raja. The film was released on 19 February 1949. Keelu Gurram was an Industry Hit and celebrated a 148-day run at Maruthi Talkies in Vijayawada and hundred-day run at 10 other centres. It was also the first Telugu film dubbed into Tamil. After Balaraju (1948), Keelugurram established Nageswara Rao as the much sought-after hero. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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