Ghantasala

Movies

Pattindalla Bangaram
Music
Bangaru Raju and Bharathi love each other a lot. Though he promises Bharathi that he will marry her, circumstances separate them.
Ali Baba 40 Dongalu
Music
Alibaba 40 dongalu (1970) is a Telugu film based on Ali Baba, starring N T Rama Rao and Jayalalitha. The film is a remake of 1956 Tamil film Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum which inturn is based on Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
Mother or Wife?
Playback Singer
The story of a young man who teaches a lesson to his wife to make her understand the value of a mother's love.
Punyavathi
Music
Professor Krishna Rao loves his wife and son, but is separated from them. He marries another woman and has children with her. Will the two families ever unite?
Aastiparulu
Playback Singer
Zamindar Janardhan Rao, a paterfamilias, holds high esteem in society. One of his sons, Bachi, is a vagabond and malicious, his misdeeds increasing day by day. After Janardhan Rao cuts his allowance, Bachi tries to make a theft, and his father collapses with a heart attack after obstructs his way. Before dying, he reveals the existance of a hidden treasure of their family hierarchy.
Pandava Vanavasam
Music Director
After the Pandavas are forcefully exiled by their enemies, they must get together and fight back in order to reclaim their land.
Marmayogi
Music
Marmayogi (transl. The Mysterious Sage) is a 1964 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler film, produced by S. K. Habibulla and directed by B. A. Subba Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Krishna Kumari, and Kantha Rao, with music composed by Ghantasala. The film is a remake of the 1951 Tamil film of the same name.
Bandipotu
Music Director
Sathyasena (Gummadi), the king of Gandhara, suffering from paralytic legs leaves the rule to his vicious brother-in-law Soorasimha (Rajanala), the army commander. Dharma Nayaka (Chittoor V. Nagaiah) is one of the victims of Surasimha’s tyranny. Dharma’s brother Veera Nayaka (Mikkilineni) as a masked man rebels against Surasimha by leading a group of men. He robs the royal wealth and distributes it to the poor. While he is looting the wealth of princess Mandaramala (Krishnakumari), Dharma’s son Narasimha (N. T. Rama Rao) fights with the masked brigand and is surprised to find it is his uncle. He learns from Veera how Soorasimha has ruined their lives. Meanwhile, Surasimha plots to ascend the throne by marrying Mandaramala. In an act of deceit, he eliminates Dharma Nayaka and Veera Nayaka. Narasimha takes the place of Veera Nayaka as the masked rebel, annihilates Soorasimha and ascends the throne after marrying Mandaramala.
Aaptha Mithrulu
Music Director
Prakash (N. T. Rama Rao) & Shekar (Kanta Rao) are childhood friends. Shekar belongs to a rich family he gives a job to Prakash in his company. Prakash lives along with his mother Shantamma (Rushyendramani) and sister Vimala (Krishna Kumari) who loves Shekar. But Shekar’s mother Kamalamma (Kannamba), wants her son to get a rich alliance. Once Shekar sends Prakash to Banglore on an official trip where he gets acquaintance with Kokila (Rajasulochana) daughter of a millionaire Kameswara Rao (Relangi) and both fall in love. Kamalamma comes to know about Kokila when she talks with Kameswara Rao he replies that he is helpless because his daughter is already in love with Prakash. From that time Kamalamma keeps a grudge on Prakash and develops animosity in Shekar against him.
Lava Kusa
Music
This movie deals with the later part of Ramayana written by Valmiki Maharshi and depicts the lives of the sons of Rama & Sita.
Gundamma Katha
Original Music Composer
Gundamma has two children and a stepdaughter who she mistreats. She hopes to get a son-in-law who will look after the family, but two brothers decide to teach her a lesson.
Manithan Maravillai
Music
Mayabazar
Music
Balarama promises Subhadra to get his daughter married to her son. However, when he loses his kingdom to the Kauravas, Balarama has no choice but to break his promise.
Gunasundari
Music
Kanyasulkam
Music
Kanyasulkam is a 1955 Telugu film directed by P. Pullaiah. It is based on the famous Telugu play Kanyasulkam written by Gurazada Appa Rao.
Pelli Chesi Choodu
Music
A satirical comedy that deals with the negative effects of the Indian dowry system, through the marital life of Venkata Ramana and Ammadu.
Pathala Bhairavi
Music
The son of the gardener Thota Raamudu (NTR) falls in love with the princess of Ujjain (Malathi). When he faces resistance from the king, he approaches a Sorcerer (SVR), who actually plans to sacrifice this young, brave lad to the goddess Patala Bhairavi (Girija) to attain the magic statuette, which would grant any wish. Raamudu finds about this plan and sacrifices the sorcerer and obtains Paataala Bhairavi.
Keelu Gurram
Music
A young man after knowing his past through his queen mother who has been abandoned from the kingdom by the king for some false complaints against her, tries to make the things get better in the kingdom with the help of a magical horse.
Balaraju
Music Director
The story begins in heaven a Devakanya Mohini and a Yaksha are in love. Indra, the ruler of Suvarloka, has an interest in Mohini. His emissary Kubera, unable to separate the lovers, curses Yaksha to be born as a human. Mohini refuses to bow to the wish of Indra, who then curses her to be born as a human and pine for her lover. The Yaksha, now Balaraju, is brought up by a shepherd. Mohini is found in a field by Kamma Naidu, who names her Sita and brings her up. As she grows up, pressure mounts on him to perform her marriage. Fearing that the wealth he had acquired after her arrival may disappear if she leaves him, he refuses to get her married and keeps her in a solitary tower in a forest.