film indian bilingual romance film directed produced wrote script based novel composed film music film edited provided cinematography film focuses love childhood father objects relationship forces marry middle aged unable cope failure win turns rest film meets film produced telugu tamil slightly different casts played lead roles versions supporting roles played telugu version tamil version inaugural recipient award best film telugu released june tamil version released months later september versions critically commercially successful telugu version achieved cult status terms phrases film widely cited versions proved major breakthrough career plot son daughter poor neighbour childhood friends son boarding school city grown returns village finishing education childhood friendship turns love grandmother talks alliance refuses proposal irritated vows find prospective son law arranges marriage elderly children secretly meets asks accept wife surprised visit sends away goes city writes parents marries old unable forget takes drinking alcohol excessively encouraged friend introduces prostitute new house chooses path self destruction advice leaves village goes promise visit death house rushes door closed family collapses cast telugu version grandmother master young young version production signed direct bilingual film telugu tamil production banner film script written based story revolves feudal lord son falling love poor girl differences social economic status marry childhood love marries old man unable forget alcoholic wrote dialogue telugu tamil versions respectively recruited director photography edited film art directors chosen lead pair portrayed role man friday went famous director portrayed role selected portray supporting roles appeared minor role signed play golden hearted prostitute week shooting film shelved view story succeed telugu production company produced failure decided revive film encouraged success originally chosen character opted film spare time replaced principal photography commenced photographer shooting guise glass hand looks took shots studio impressed decided use real shooting film showed man followed portrayed titular character recalled dance experienced stage actor enact scenes actors making job easy recalled character half asleep makeup result hard work man director shot night natural feel hero drunken look scenes shot days music official soundtracks composed lyrics written telugu tamil versions respectively controversy lyricist film credited lyrics writer film researcher claims actually wrote lyrics died film release remaining songs composed assistants soundtracks telugu tamil versions released december marketed soundtracks huge commercial success particular achieving cult status songs like popular tamil song composed song composed soundtracks received positive reviews critics reviewing tamil version hindu noted songs contributed film success reviewing telugu version newspaper praised songs noting major contribution film success came music director genius called song composed hit day book eye noted factor popularity film songs sic india noted second switching vice versa smooth notice change release reception telugu version released june tamil version released months later september versions released approximate final reel length metres given universal certificate run time minutes respectively versions commercially successful telugu version completing run days film inaugural recipient award best film telugu received positive reviews critics release hindu praised performances film cast particularly added excellent cinematography music film highlights apart direction wrote film remembered brilliant performance title role equally impressive acting wrote superb direction immortal classic stated performance remains classic portrayal character adapted screen times legacy influences regarded successful films telugu tamil cinema respectively later films followed theme include release dialogue english drink forget don let drink forget drink don let forget famous film proved major breakthrough career success film known tragedy king telugu cinema led similar roles order shed tragic romantic hero image accepted comic role appeared character film described role july hindu asked tamil directors list favourite films named tamil films added film superb lighting excellent performances haunting music actor stated reproduce movies like films lowering original artists image titled comedy film similarity film mentioned letter list telugu cinema programme titled telugu cinema organised film society writer actor placed telugu films like speech role telugu cinema years indian cinema april included film list greatest indian films time described best films portrayed film directed admitted performance character better remarking
Devadasu (1953 film)