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Santosham (1955)

Santosham poster
Original title
సంతోషం
Directed by
C.P. Dixit
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 02m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a Telugu drama about family relationships and happiness. It follows characters dealing with personal and social challenges. The story is based on an earlier Tamil film.

emotionalfamily-centricseriousmelodramatictraditionaldramaticsinceresentimental

What happens

Santosham (transl. Happiness) is a 1955 Telugu-language drama film, produced by M. Somasundaram under the Jupiter Pictures banner and directed by C. P. Deekshith. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao, Jaggayya, Anjali Devi and Jamuna, with music composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. It is a remake of the Tamil film Velaikari (1949) and it was simultaneously made in Hindi as Naya Aadmi (1956) with Anwar Hussain replacing Jaggayya and Gope replacing Relangi, respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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