Raja Malaya Simha

Raja Malaya Simha (or Raja Malaya Simhan) is a 1959 Indian Telugu/Tamil-language film directed and produced by B. S. Ranga. This film is known to be the first Telugu film to contain sequences in Eastmancolor.

Plot

Cast

Cast according to the opening credits of the film

Male cast

• Ranjan as Raja
• K. Sarangapani
• Rajanala
• Sayeeram as Bharavasingam
• Kulathu Mani as King
• Ganapathi Bhat as Malaya King
• Thodi Kannan as Dharmakirti
• Venkatesh as Raghupathi
• Krishnan
• G. K. Venkatesh

Female cast

• P. Rajasulochana as Chitralekha
• Sowcar Janaki as Malathi
• M. S. Draupadi as Manorama
• K. Suryakala as Sundari
• K. S. Angamuthu as Sugandhi

Ship Dance

• Cuckoo

Production

Raja Malaya Simha was simultaneously shot in Tamil as Raja Malaya Simhan. Udayakumar wrote the dialogues and A. Maruthakasi penned the lyrics. The costumes were designed by V. N. Murthi.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. All the tunes for all the songs for both languages are the same.

Tamil Songs

All lyrics are by A. Maruthakasi.

Telugu Songs

All lyrics are by Anisetti.

References

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