Anarkali (1955)
2h 33m
Running Time
April 28, 1955Release Date
Plot.
The legend of the romance between Mughal prince Salim and Anarkali.
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Cast & Crew.
Anjali Devi
Anarkali / Producer
P. Kannamba
Jodha Bai
Nageshwara Rao Akkineni
Salim
S. V. Ranga Rao
Akbar
V. Nagayya
Man Singh
S. Balasaraswathi
Gulnar
Chittoor V. Nagayya
Actor
Gadiraju Kesavarao
Tansen
N. S. Prakasam
Editor
P. Adinarayana Rao
Music / Producer
Vedantam Raghavaiah
Director
Vedantam Raghavayya
Director / Writer
Samudrala Raghavacharya
Writer
Kamal Ghosh
Cinematography
Details.
Wiki.
Anarkali (transl. Pomegranate blossom) is a 1955 Indian Telugu-language historical romance film, written and directed by Vedantam Raghavayya. The film stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Anjali Devi. It is based on the legend of the romance between Mughal prince Salim (later known as Jahangir) and the eponymous court dancer.
Anarkali was produced by P. Adinarayana Rao, who also composed the music. It was released on 28 April 1955 and became a commercial success, running for over 100 days in many theatres. It was dubbed in Tamil with the same title.