Krishna Prema

For British-born Vaishnava guru, see Krishna Prem.

Krishna Prema (Telugu: కృష్ణ ప్రేమ) is a 1943 musical Telugu film directed by Hanumappa Vishwanath Babu.^[1]

Krishna Prema
Poster of Krishna Prema
Directed by	Hanumappa Vishwanath Babu
Written by	Tapi Dharma Rao
Starring	Gali Venkateswara Rao Santha Kumari Hemavathi Bhanumathi Ramakrishna Addanki Srirama Murthy Tanguturi Suryakumari
Cinematography	Jiten Bannerjee P. N. Selvaraj
Music by	Gali Penchala Narasimha Rao
Release date	1943 (1943)
Running time	184 min.
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

Lord Krishna is revered by one and all in Gokulam. Radha's love for Krishna is born out of supreme Bhakthi. But her love was misunderstood by the villagers and her younger sister Chandravali. Chandravali feels that Krishna is responsible for her sister's lonely life and hates him. Chandragopa hates both Radha and Krishna and stays away from Gokulam with his wife Chandravali. Satyabhama is jealous of Radha and dislikes her. Rukmini alone understood both Radha and Krishna. Krishna himself with the help of Narada reveals the nature of divine love to these mortals.^[2]

Cast

Character	Actor/Actress[1][2]
Lord Krishna	Gali Venkateswara Rao
Radha	Santha Kumari
Satyabhama	Hemavathi
Chandravali, younger sister of Radha	Bhanumathi
Mother of Chandravali	Parvathi Bai
Chandragopa	Relangi
Narada	Padmanabham
Rukmini	Jaya Gouri
Vidushaka	Hiranayya

Soundtrack

• "Dhanyulamaitimi" (Singer: Tanguturi Suryakumari)
• "Ekkadunnaave Pillaa ekkadunnaave" (Singers: Addanki and Bhanumathi)
• "Gokkula Vihaari" (Singer: Tanguturi Suryakumari)
• "Gopaalude Venugopaalude" (Singer: Tanguturi Suryakumari)
• "Jejelayyaa Johaaru Krishna" (Singer: Tanguturi Suryakumari)
• "Keleelola Krishna Gopala Leelananda Mukunda" (Singer: Tanguturi Suryakumari)^[2]
• "Nee Mahimalenna Taramaa Nikhila Lokanadha Krishna" (Singer: Tanguturi Suryakumari)
• "Nee Sari" (Singer: Tanguturi Suryakumari)
• "Oogave Oogave Uyyaalaa" (Singer: Bhanumathi Ramakrishna)
• "Paahimaam" (Singer: Tanguturi Suryakumari)
• "Raaraadaa Aatalaadi Poraadaa" (Singer: Tanguturi Suryakumari)

1961 film

The film was remade in 1961 under the direction of Adurthi Subbarao. It stars S. V. Ranga Rao, M. Balayya, S. Varalakshmi and Jamuna with music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao.^[3]

References

1. Hanumappa Vishwanath Babu (1943). Krishna Prema (in Telugu).
2. "Krishna Prema (1943)". medium.com. 5 March 2018.
3. Krishna Prema (1961)-Song_Booklet (in Telugu). 1961.

External links

• Krishna Prema at IMDb - 1943 version
• Krishna Prema at IMDb - 1961 version