Dharma Devatha (transl. Righteous Angel) is a 1952 Indian produced and directed by P. Pullaiah and simultaneously shot in Tamil and Telugu languages. The film stars Santha Kumari and Kaushik, with Mudigonda Lingamurthy, Mukkamala, Relangi, Baby Saraswathi and Girija in supporting roles. The film was released on 28 June 1952.
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Production
The film was produced by P. Pullaiah who also directed it under the banner of Ragini Films, which was owned by him. The choreography was co-performed by Pasumarthi Krishnamurthy, Lalitha and Padmini. The film was produced in Tamil and Telugu with the same title.
Soundtrack
The music for Dharma Devatha was composed by C. R. Subburaman. All the tunes for both languages are the same.
Telugu track list
For Telugu version Gopichand wrote dialogues, lyrics were written by Samudrala Sr. and Gopalaraya Sarma. There are 11 songs in the film, of which Santha Kumari sang one herself.
Tamil tracklist
The lyrics for the Tamil songs were penned by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, who also wrote the film's dialogues with Aluri Chakrapani.
Reception
Film historian Randor Guy noted that the film had better box office success in Telugu than in Tamil.