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Mantra Dandam (1951)

Mantra Dandam poster
Genre
fantasy film
Country
India

How it feels

A swashbuckling fantasy film about a magical wand. The hero uses it to go on adventures and overcome obstacles.

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What happens

Mantra Dandam (transl. Magical Wand) is a 1951 Telugu-language fantasy swashbuckler film, produced by C. K. C. Chitti under the Sri Gnanambika Pictures banner and directed by K. S. Ramachandra Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sriranjani Jr. and music composed by Nallam Nageswara Rao, while S. Rajeswara Rao has taken care of the background score. The film was dubbed into Tamil with the title Arasaala Piranthavan and released in 1958. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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