Sarada Productions
Jayabheri (1959)
Technical: 35mm
Black & White
Reels: 18
Cast:
V. Nagayya ... Viswambhara Sastri
Akkineni Nageswara Rao ... Kasi (Kasinatha Sastri)
S.V. Ranga Rao ... Vijayananda Rama Gajapati
Anjali Devi ... Manjuvani
Raja Sulochana ... Amruthamba (Court dancer)
Ramana Reddy ... Bacchana Narayya
P. Santhakumari ... Annapurna
Suryakantham ... Rathnalu
Relangi Venkataramayya ... Bacchana Bangarayya
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao ... Viswanatha Sastri
Moparru Dasu ... harikathakuDu
Mukkamala Krishanmurthy ... dharmaadhikaari
Chadalavada Kutumba Rao ... Dappula Raghavulu
'Surabhi' Kamala Bai... Ranganayaki
Other Cast: Jandhyala Gauripathi Sastri, Raghunath Panigrahi, Peketi Sivaram, A.V. Subba Rao, etc.
Story, Dialogues: Acharya Athreya
Photography: P.L. Roy
Editing: R. Devarajan
Art: A.V. Subba Rao, S. Krishna Rao
Dances: Vempati Peda Sathyam
Sound: A. Krishnan
Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao
Playback: Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna, P. Susheela, S. Janaki, Madhavapeddi Sathyam, P.B. Sreenivos, Pithapuram Nageswara Rao, Raghunath Panigrahi, Saundararajan, M. L. Vasanthakumari, Mallik (a small bit)
Lyrics: Arudra, SreeSree, Kosaraju Raghavayya Chowdary, Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry, Narapareddi
Associate Directors: K. Raghavendra Rao, U.V. Rao
Producer: Vasireddi Narayana Rao
Direction: P. Pullayya
Songs:
Suklaam brahma vichaara saara paramaam (SlOkam)
Playback: Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
Cast: V. Nagayya
madi SaaradaadEvi mandiramE
raagam: kaLyaaNi
Playback: Ghantasala, P.B. Sreenivos, Raghunath Panigrahi
Lyrics: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao and others
unnaaraa jODunnaaraa, mammODinchE vaarunnaaraa?
Playback: P. Susheela, Madhavapeddi, Pitapuram
Lyrics: Kosaraju Raghavayya Chowdary
Cast: Relangi, Anjali Devi, Ramana Reddy, and others
sawaal sawaal-anu chinnadaanaa, sawaal pai sawaal!
Playback: Ghantasala
Lyrics: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Relangi, Anjali Devi, Ramana Reddy, and others
raagamayii raavE, anuraagamayii raavE!
raagam: abhEri
Playback: Ghantasala
Lyrics: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao
raavOyii, raasavihaarii! (yamunaa teeramuna sandhyaa samayamuna)
raagam: bEhaag (starting), kaapii (poopodalO daaganEla pOpOraa swaamii... onwards)
Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela
Lyrics: Arudra
Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi
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| Nageshwera Rao, Anjali Devi in Jayabheri |
sangeeta saahityamE, mEmE, nava SRngaara laalityamE!
Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela
Lyrics: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi
indralOkamu nunDi yidi tecchinaarayya
Playback: Ghantasala, Madhavapeddi Sathyam, S. Janaki (and ?)
Lyrics: Arudra
Cast: Relangi, Suryakantham, Ramana Reddy
hOy, vallO paDaaliraa pedda sEpa... hamsalle oogaali andaala paDava
Playback: Madhavapeddi Sathyam, P. Susheela, Ghantasala
Lyrics: Arudra
Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi
rasika raaja, tagu vaaramu kaamaa!
raagam: vijayaanandachandrika (A musical experiment by the music director Pendyala, combing the aarOhaNa of kaanaDa raaga and avarOhaNa of chakravaaka raaga)
Playback: Ghantasala
Lyrics: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao
neeventa nerajaaNavauraa!
Playback: M.L. Vasanthakumari
Lyrics: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
Cast: Raja Sulochana
adhikulanii athamulanii (nanduni charitamu vinumaa!)
raagam: sindhubhairavi
Playback: Ghantasala
Lyrics: SreeSree
Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao
daivam neevEnaa? dharmam neevEnaa?
Playback: Saundararajan, P.Susheela
Lyrics: Narapareddi
Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi
nee daananannadira, ninnE nammina chinnadira!
raagam: maanD
Playback: Ghantasala
Lyrics: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
Cast: Akkineni Nageswara Rao (This song is edited out of the movie.)
About the film:
The film is based on the 1947 production by renowned film-maker V. Shantaram, titled Lokshahir Ram Joshi in Marathi and Matwala Shayar Ram Joshi in Hindi.
Vasireddi Narayana Rao, T.V.S. Sastry (Thotapalli Venkata Sundara Sivarama Sastry), Pratibha Sastry, and Katragadda Srinivasa Rao (of Navayuga Films) were close friends. They made the first Telugu dubbing film Aahuti (1950), which was also the first film for the already popular writer SreeSree. The ill fate of Aahuti left Narayana Rao in deep financial troubles, seeing which Srinivasa Rao and Sastry wanted to do something to bring him out of the misery. Thus, they encouraged him to make another movie assured of their support. Thus, Jayabheri happened.
This film is a musical feast for everyone! And, it's one of the rare films which has over dozen playback singers! Songs such as rasika raaja, tagu vaaramu kaamaa!..., yamunaa teeramuna sandhyaa samayamuna..., raagamayii raavE..., madi SaaradaadEvi mandiramE..., nanduni charitamu vinumaa!... are evergreen hits. For a legendary singer like Ghantasala, songs from this films will surely count among the career's best renditions! The credit definitely goes to Pendyala gaaru as well as to Ghantasala Master, and Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry gaaru. According to Kovvidi Chinnam Raju gaaru who was close to Ghantasala, Pendyala gaaru initially thought of seeking renowned carnatic classical vocalist and guru Sree Nookala China Satyanarayana gaaru for the song rasika raaja, tagu vaaramu kaamaa!... since the song was a difficult one and that he'd be a better choice. However, Akkineni, producer Narayana Rao and director P. Pullayya came together to put pressure on Pendyala to work with Ghantasala Master instead. (When TeluguCinema.Com checked with Akkineni Nageswara Rao gaaru, he denied it saying it was a baseless rumor.) Ghantasala gaaru rehearsed the song over hundred times in ten days before recording the song finally.
