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Dharma Devatha
Theatrical release poster in Tamil
Directed by	P. Pullaiah
Written by	Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass Gopichand (Telugu dialogues)
Story by	K. V. Reddy
Produced by	P. Pullaiah
Starring	Santha Kumari Kaushik
Music by	C. R. Subburaman
Production company	Ragini Films
Distributed by	Narayanan Company
Release date	28 June 1952 (1952-06-28)
Running time	193 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Tamil Telugu

Dharma Devatha (transl. Righteous Angel) is a 1952 Indian film produced and directed by P. Pullaiah. The film stars Santha Kumari and Kaushik, with Mudigonda Lingamurthy, Mukkamala, Relangi, Baby Sachu and Girija in supporting roles. It was simultaneously shot in Tamil and Telugu languages. The film was released on 28 June 1952.

Cast

List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan and The Hindu.

• Santha Kumari as Kathyayini
• Kaushik as Soorasen
• Mudigonda Lingamurthy as King Veerasena
• Mukkamala as Raghunatha Varma
• Relangi as Ranganna
• Baby Sachu as Swarna
• Girija as Vasanthi
• C. V. V. Panthulu
• Appa K. Duraiswami as Dharmadhikari
• Vangara Venkata Subbaiah as Duvva
• B. N. R. as Sanjeevi
• K. S. Angamuthu
• Ganapathi Bhat
• Master Mohan as Gopal

Dance

• Lalitha as Bijlee
• Padmini as Narthaki

Production

The film was produced by P. Pullaiah who also directed it under the banner of Ragini Films, which was owned by him. The choreography was co-performed by Pasumarthi Krishnamurthy, Lalitha and Padmini. The film was produced in Tamil and Telugu with the same title.

Soundtrack

The music for Dharma Devatha was composed by C. R. Subburaman. All the tunes for both languages are the same.

Telugu track list

For Telugu version Gopichand wrote dialogues, lyrics were written by Samudrala Sr. and Gopalaraya Sarma. There are 11 songs in the film, of which Santha Kumari sang one herself.

Tamil tracklist

The lyrics for the Tamil songs were penned by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, who also wrote the film's dialogues with Aluri Chakrapani.

Reception

Film historian Randor Guy noted that the film had better box office success in Telugu than in Tamil.

References

1. "தர்ம தேவதா". Kalki (in Tamil). 29 June 1952. p. 22. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024 – via Internet Archive.
2. ^ Guy, Randor (27 September 2014). "Dharma Devatha 1952". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
3. ^ "1952 – தர்மதேவதா – ராகிணி பிலிம்ஸ் தர்மதேவதா (தெ)" [1952 – தர்மதேவதா – ராகிணி பிலிம்ஸ் தர்மதேவதா (தெ)]. Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
4. "Dharma Devata (1952)". Music India Online. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
5. Neelamegam, G. (December 2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. pp. 36–37.

External links

• Dharmadevata (Tamil) at IMDb
• Dharmadevata (Telugu) at IMDb

• 1952 films
• 1950s Indian films
• 1950s multilingual films
• 1950s Tamil-language films
• 1950s Telugu-language films
• Films scored by C. R. Subbaraman
• Indian black-and-white films
• Indian multilingual films
• Tamil-language Indian films