Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Chandirani (1953)

Chandirani poster
Directed by
Bhanumati Ramakrishna
Genre
adventure, drama
Country
India
Runtime
2h 44m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A brave princess fights to protect her kingdom from villains. She goes on adventures and finds love along the way.

swashbucklingheroicromanticfast-pacedadventurousdramaticmelodramaticmusical

What happens

Chandirani is a 1953 Indian swashbuckler film directed by P. Bhanumathi and produced by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao under the Bharani Pictures banner. The film was shot simultaneously in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi languages. It stars Bhanumathi, N. T. Rama Rao, S. V. Ranga Rao, and Relangi in the Telugu and Tamil versions and Agha in the Hindi version. Bhanumathi also wrote the story while Ramakrishna Rao penned the screenplay. The film's music was composed by C. R. Subburaman and M. S. Viswanathan. Chandirani was released on 28 August 1953 in all three languages. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?