Banda Ramudu (1959)

Cast: NTR, Savitri, Relangi, Rajanala, Suryakantham, Ramana Reddy, Nagaiah, Peketi Sivaram, Chadalavada
Director: P. Pullaiah
Banner: Sahini Art Productions
Release Date: 6 Nov 1959

Bhagya Devatha (1959)

Synopsis: Late Judge daughters Lalitha (Rajasulochana) and Sarala (Savitri). Sarala completes her B.A. While Lalitha just appeared her M.B.B.S Exams finals. Against her wishes Lalitha marriage was fixed with Jaggaiah, a Talisdhar's son. Lalitha meets Dr.Murthy and falls in love with him. On the marriage day Lalitha walks out of the marriage hall and marries Dr.Murthy. To keep the family pride Sarala requests Jaggaiah to marry her instead of Lalitha. Jaggaiah marries her. But he keeps a grudge on Lalitha and started going to Lalitha's house in pretext of one or other. Lalitha one day agrees to dance on stage for the flood relief fund against to the wishes of her husband. Same night Jaggaiah try to act smart with her and Lalitha teaches him a lesson. Dr.Murthy mis understand her, and to keep her pride Lalitha walks out of their house. How Sarala changes her husband and how Lalitha meets her husband is the rest of the story.
Cast: Jaggaiah, Savitri, Relangi, Rajasulochana, Suryakantham, Nirmala, Lakshmi, Madhuri, Susheela, Brundavana Chowdary, M. Balaiah, Perumallu, Ravi Kondala Rao, MV Subba Rao
Story and Dialogues: Tapi Dharma Rao
Lyrics: Tapi Dharma Rao, Kosaraju, Sri Sri
Music: Venu
Cinematography: Yousuf Maliji
Producer: Y. Ramakirshna Prasad
Director: Tapi Chanakya
Banner: Sri Sarathi Studios
Release Date: 27 July 1959

Appu Chesi Pappu Kudu (1959)

Cast: NTR, Savitri, SVR, Jaggaiah, Jamuna, CSR Anjaneyulu, Relangi, Girija, Ramana Reddy
Music: S. Rajeswara Rao
Producers: Nagi Reddy, Chakrapani
Director: LV Prasad
Banner: Vijaya Productions

Mangalya Balam (1959)

Cast: ANR, SVR, Savitri, Relangi, Rajasulochana, Ragini, Baby Saroja
Story: Ashapurna Devi (Bengali novel 'Agni Pareeksha')
Lyrics: Kosaraju, Sri Sri
Music: Venu
Cinematography: Selvaraj
Producer: Dukkipati Madhusudana Rao
Director: Adurti Subba Rao
Banner: Annapurna Pictures
Release Date: 7 Jan 1959
Notes: This film made in Tamil simultaneously as 'Manjal Mahimai'. This film became super hit in both versions.

Intiguttu (1958)

Cast: NTR, Savitri, Gummadi
Lyrics: Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
Music: MS Prakash
Cinematographer: C. Nageswara Rao
Director: Vedantam Raghavaiah
Banner: Sangeetha Productions
Release Date: 31 Oct 1958

Kartavarayani Katha (1958)

Cast: NTR, Savitri
Lyrics: Devulapalli Krishna Sastry
Music: G. Viswanathan
Director: Ramanna
Banner: RR Pictures
Release Date: 18 Oct 1958

Kutumba Gauravam (1957)

Cast: Savitri, NTR, Kannamba, Jamuna, Relangi, Padmanabham, Rajanala
Director: BS Ranga
Banner: Vikram Productions
Release Date: 2 Nov 1957

MLA (1957)

Cast: Jaggaiah, Savitri, Gummadi, JV Ramana Murthy, Girija, Ramana Reddy, Suryakala, Perumallu
Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao
Director: KB Tilak
Banner: Anupama Films
Release Date: 19 Sept 1957

Bhale Ammayilu (1957)

Cast: NTR, CSR Anjaneyulu, Savitri, Jaggaiah
Lyrics: Kosaraju
Music: Saluri Rajeswara Rao
Director: Vedantam Raghavaiah
Banner: Narasu Studios
Release Date: 6 Sept 1957

Sontha Vooru (1956)

Cast: NTR, Rajasulochana, Savitri, Amarnath, CSR Anjaneyulu, Janaki
Story and Dialogues: Ravuru
Lyrics: Ravuru, Samudrala, Malladi, Daita Gopalam
Cinematography: Vincent
Producer: Ghantasala Sadasivudu
Director: ESN Murthy
Banner: GVS Productions
Release Date: 25 May 1956
Notes: GVS Productions was Ghantasala's home production company. NTR was seen as in Sri Krishna get-up for first time. This was the first film to Rajasulochana as a female lead.

Todi Kodallu (1957)

Cast: ANR, Savitri, Kannamba, SVR, Suryakantham, Relangi, Jaggaiah, Master Kundu
Story: Sarath Chandra
Dialogues: Athreya
Lyrics: Athreya, Sri Sri, Kosaraju, Tapi Dharma Rao
Music: Venu
Cinematography: Selvaraj
Art: N. Krishna Rao
Producer: Dukkupati Madhusudana Rao
Director: Adurti Subba Rao
Banner: Annapurna Pictures
Release Date: 7 Jan 1957
Notes: This film was made based on Sarath Chandra's short novel 'Nishkriti'. P. Susheela sung for Savitri first time in this film. 100 days functions were celebrated at Tenali and Vijayawada with KV Reddy as chief guest. This film made in Tamil simultaneously as 'Engal Veettu Mahalakshmi' and run 25 weeks.

Charanadasi (1956)

Cast: NTR, ANR, SVR, Savitri, Anjali Devi, Relangi
Lyricist: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: Saluri Rajeswara Rao
Director: Tatineni Prakasa Rao
Banner: Lalitha Films
Release Date: 20 Dec, 1956

Bhale Ramudu (1956)

Cast: ANR, Savitri, Relangi, Girija, CSR Anjaneyulu, Gemini Ganeshan, Jandhyala Gowrinatha Sastry, EV Saroja
Dialogues: Vempati Sadasivabrahmam
Music: Saluri Rajeswara Rao
Director: Vedantam Raghavaiah
Banner: Narasu Studios
Release Date: 6 April 1956

Donga Ramudu (1955)

Cast: ANR (Ramudu), Savitri (Sita), Jamuna (Lakshmi), Jaggaiah (Dr. Mohan), R. Nageswara Rao, Relangi (Bhadraiah), Suryakantham, Maddali Krishnamurthy, Allu Ramalingaiah, Kanchi Narasimha Rao
Story: D. Madhusudana Rao
Dialogues: DV Narasa Raju
Lyrics: Samudrala Jr.
Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao, Master Venu
Cinematography: Adi M. Irani
Producer: D. Madhusudana Rao
Director: KV Reddy
Banner: Annapurna Pictures
Release Date: 1 Oct 1955

Kanyasulkam (1955)

Cast: Savitri (Madhuravani), NTR (Gireesam), CSR Anjaneyulu (Ramappantulu), Govindarajula Subba Rao (Lubdavadhanlu), Gummadi (Sowjanya Rao), Janaki (Buchchamma), Vinnakota Ramanna Pantulu (Agnihotravadhanlu), Vangara (Karataka Sastry), Hemalatha (Venkamma), Suryakantham (Meenakshi), Chaya Devi (Putakullamma), Chadalavada (Polisetti), Subhadra (Subbi), Kundu (Venkatesam), Peketi Sivaram (Police Inspector)
Story: Gurazada Appa Rao
Dialogues: Vemapati Sadasivabrahmam
Lyrics: Gurazada, Sri Sri, Sadasivabrahmam
Music: Ghantasala
Producer: DL Narayana
Director: P Pullaiah
Banner: Vinoda Pictures
Release Date: 26 Aug 1955

Vadina (1955)

Cast: Savitri, ANR, Relangi, Pandaribai, B.R. Panthulu, Addala Narayana Rao
Producer: AV Meiyappan
Director: M.V. Raman
Banner: AVM Productions
Release Date: 9 Aug 1955

Santhanam (1955)

Cast: ANR, Savitri, SVR, Relangi, Sri Ranjani, Mikkilineni, L. Vijayalakshmi, R. Nageswara Rao, Ramana Reddy, Chalam, Chadalawada, Hemalatha, Allu Ramalingaiah, Amarnath
Dialogues: Pinisetti Sri Ramamurthy
Music: Susarla Dakshina Murthy
Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Leela, Jikki, Jamuna Rani, Ghantasala
Cinematographer: MA Rehman
Director: C.V. Ranganatha Dasu
Banner: Sadhana Productions
Release Date: 5 Aug, 1955

Ardhangi (1955)

Cast: Savitri (Padma), ANR (Raghu), Jaggaiah (Nagu), Gummadi (Zamindar), Santha Kumari, Surabhi Balasaraswathi, Chadalawada, BSR, Dr. Kamaraju, Dr. Siva Ramakrishnaiah, Doraswamy, Gangarathnam, Nagabhushanam
Director: P. Pullaiah
Banner: Ragini Films
Release Date: 26 Jan, 1955
Note: This film was made based on the famous Bengali novel 'Swayamsiddha'.

Missamma (1955)

Cast: NTR (Rao), ANR (Raju), Savitri (Mary), Jamuna (Sita), Relangi (Devaiah), SVR (Jamindar), Rushyendramani, Ramana Reddy (David), Allu Ramalingaiah
Dialogues: Chakrapani
Lyrics: Pingali Nagendra Rao
Music: S. Rajeswara Rao
Singers: AM Raja, P. Leela, P. Susheela
Cinematography: Marcus Bartley
Audiography: Krishnan

Art: Gokhale and Kaladhar
Producers: Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani
Director: LV Prasad
Banner: Vijaya Productions
Release Date: 12 Jan, 1955

Menarikam (1954)

Cast: Narayana Rao, Savitri, G. Varalakshmi
Director: Jampana
Banner: Jampana & Nandi Productions

Jyothi (1954)

Cast: Prabhakar, Savitri, Ramachandra Kashyapa, G. Varalakshmi
Directors: KB Tilak, Sridhar
Banner: Navayuga Productions

Parivartana (1954)

Cast: NTR, ANR, Chadalawada Kutumba Rao, Ramana Reddy, Doraswamy, Savitri, Balasaraswathi, Jr. Nageswara Rao, Mikkilineni, Perumallu, Ramakoti, Allu Ramalingaiah
Story: Pinisetti Srirama Murthy
Dialogues: Sunkara Satyanarayana
Lyrics: Anisetti
Music: Mohandas and Chalapathi Rao
Director: Tatineni Prakasha Rao
Banner: Janatha Pictures
Release Date: 1 Sept, 1954
Notes: This film was made based on the stage play 'Anna Chellelu', written by Pinisetti.

Chandraharam (1954)

Cast: NTR (Chandana Raju), Sriranjani (Gowri), Relangi (Dhumaketu), Joga Rao (Nikshepa Rayudu), Savitri (Chanchala), Kantha Devi (Achala), SVR (Mali), Suryakantham (Asha Devi), C.V.V. Panthulu (Maridanna), Annapurna (Bala Chandan), Madhavapeddi Satyam (Rajaguru), R. Nageswara Rao (Indra), Thilakam (Indrani), Doraswamy, Rushyendramani, Bala Krishna, Srivatsa, Venkumamba, Padmanabham, KVS Sarma, Sarala.
Dialogues and Lyrics: Pingali Nagendra Rao
Music: Ghantasala
Cinematography: Marcus Bartley
Audiography: Krishnayyar
Dances: Pasumarthi Krishana Murthy
Art: Gokhale and Kaladhara
Producers: Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani
Director: Kamalakara Kameswara Rao
Banner: Vijaya Productions
Release Date: 6 Jan, 1954

Kodarikam (1953)

Cast: Ramachandra Kashyapa, Savitri, S. Varalakshmi
Lyrics: Vempati Sadasivabrahmam
Music: Pandurangam
Directors: K. Vembu and K. Ramachandra Rao

Pratigna (1953)

Cast: Kanta Rao, Savitri, Gummadi, Ramana Reddy, Sudarshan, Girija, Rajanala
Producer: H.M. Reddy
Director: Y.R. Swamy
Banner: Rohini Pictures

Pempudu Koduku (1953)

Cast: L.V. Prasad (Rangaswamy), Pushpavalli (Mangamma), SVR (Professor), Sivaji Ganeshan (Mohan), Savitri (Gowri), Mohan (Chinna Muttadu), Addanki Sri Rama Murthy (Pedda Muttadu)
Dialogues: Vempati Sadasivabrahmam
Lyrics: Sri Sri
Music: Saluri Rajeswara Rao
Cinematography: Adi M. Irani
Art: Sekhar
Producer: Anumolu Venkata Subba Rao
Director: L.V. Prasad
Banner: Prasad Art Pictures
Release Date: 11 Nov 1953

Paropakaram (1953)

Cast: Savitri, C.S. Rao, R. Nageswara Rao, Mukkamala, G. Varalakshmi, Rama Sharma, Relangi
Dialogues and Lyrics: Arudra
Music: Ghantasala
Producer: Bommaraju Chalapathi Rao
Director: Kamal Ghosh
Banner: Sobha Pictures
Release Date: 18 June 1953
Notes: The makers considered the title of the film was 'Sweet Home', initially. The project was suffered due to financial problems in the middle of the shoot. Ghantasala took the financial responsibility and lost Rs. 6 lakhs. The film failed at the box-office in both versions of Telugu and Tamil.

Devadasu (1953)

Cast: ANR, Savitri, SVR, Lalitha, CSR Anjaneyulu, Doraswamy, Aarani Satyanarayana, Peketi Sivaram, R. Nageswara Rao, Chandra Kumari, Sitaram, Kanchi Narasimha Rao
Story: Saratchandra Chatterjee
Dialogues and Lyrics: Samudrala Raghavacharya
Music: CR Subbaraman
Director: Vedantam Raghavaiah
Banner: Vinoda Pictures
Release Date: 26 June, 1953
Notes: Initially Janaki selected for the role Parvathi. Then After Savitri replaced her. Savitri got this offer when she was on 'Priyuralu' sets. She read the novel 'Devadasu' six times before go to sets. 'Devadasu' shoot was completed in April 1953. Noted film personalities were attended the preview and they appreciated the performance of Savitri so much. This film told the talent of Savitri. It got the name as epic.
Devadasu was one of the most memorable films for Telugu people. The songs in this film are popular even today. 'Jagame Maayaa', 'Palleku Podam .. Paarunu Choodaam', 'Kudi Edamaithe' are the few unforgettable song of Devadasu.Major credit goes to Ghantasala, the singer and CR Subbaraman, the music director.

Bratuku Teruvu (1953)

Cast: ANR, Savitri, SVR, Relangi, Suryakantam
Lyrics: Samudrala Jr.
Director: P.S. Ramakrishna Rao
Banner: Bhaskar Productions
Release Date: 6 Feb, 1953

'Sankranthi' Days

Sankranthi (1952)
Cast: Savitri, Kallakuri Sadasiva Rao, Sriranjani, Santha Kumari, Surabhi, Vijaya Lakshmi, Chandra Sekhar
Cinematographer: S.P. Balakrishna
Producer: Sunderlal Nahata
Director: C. Pullaiah
Banner: East India Film Company
Release Date: 10 Oct, 1952
Notes: Savitri acted as Chandra Sekhar's wife, who is the youngest in three brothers. This's a small role. She got the Parvathi role in 'Devadasu' when she's on the sets of 'Sankranthi'.

A Significant Role

Priyuralu (1952)
Cast: Savitri, Gangaratnam, Jaggaiah, Kanakam, Kamala, Krishna Kumari, Lakshmikanta, Anasuya, Chandrasekhar, Relangi, Nalla Ramamurthy, Kondaiah, Balasaraswathi
Story and Dialogues: Tripuraneni Gopichand
Songs: Anisetty Subba Rao
Music: S. Rajeswara Rao, Addepalli Rama Rao
Cinematography: B. Subba Rao
Art: T.V.S. Sarma
Dances: G. Heeralal
Producer: Donepudi Krishna Murthy
Direction: Tripuraneni Gopichand
Banner: Bharata Lakshmi Productions
Notes: This was the first film for Donepudi Krishna Murthy as producer, who recommended Savitri for 'Sansaram', her first film. He promised her to give a good role when he become a producer. He stands on his promise as he given a key role to her in 'Priyuralu'.

Female Lead

Aadarsham (1952)
Cast: Gourinatha Sastry, Jaggaiah, Rama Sharma, T. Krishna, Savitri
Director: H. Viswanatha Babu
Banner: Subhodaya Pictures
Notes: When booked for this film, Savitri didn't know that what the role she would do. She did the heroine role opposite to Rama Sharma, the male lead.

Front name in titles

Palletooru (1952)
Cast: NTR, SVR, Nagabhushanam, Savitri, T.G. Kamala Devi, Ramana Reddy, Mikkilineni, Surapaneni Perumallu, Chadalavada, Atluri Pundarikakshaiah
Dialogues: Sunkara Satyanarayana, Vasireddy Bhaskara Rao
Music: Ghantasala
Producer: P. Sivaramaiah
Director: Tatineni Prakasa Rao
Banner: People's Art Productions
Notes: When Savitri got the good reputation after release of the film 'Pelli Chesi Choodu', Sivaramaiah, the producer of 'Palletooru', decided to make a change. He put Savitri's name at front at female artistes names in title cards in the place of T.G. Kamala Devi. So 'Palletooru' was the first film to Savitri as her name came at front in titles. She saw the film ten times in theatres for see her name.

Recognition as an actress

Pelli Chesi Choodu (1952)
Cast: NTR, SVR, G. Varalakshmi, Savitri, Suryakumari, Doraswamy, Dr. Sivarama Krishnaiah, Joga Rao, Padmanabham, Balakrishna, Master Kundu
Songs: Pingali Nagendra Rao
Music: Ghantasala
Cinematographer: Marcus Bartley
Art: Gokhale
Production Manager: Madduri Sesha Chalapathi Rao
Producers: Nagi Reddy, Chakrapani
Director: L.V. Prasad
Banner: Vijaya Productions
Release Date: 29 Feb, 1952
Notes: The shoot of this movie started in Aug 1951. Savitri done second heroine role while G. Varalakshmi was the main heroine. The film attracted the audiences instantly. Savitri got good recognition with her performance. This film run 100 days in 11 centres and the 100 days celebrations done on 8 June 1952 at Durga Kalamandir, Vijayawada in a grand manner.

2nd Heroine

Santhi (1952)
Cast: ANR, Peketi Sivaram, Chandra Kumari, Ramachandra Kasyapa, Savitri, C. Hemalatha, Govindarajula Subba Rao, Aarani Satyanarayana
Story: Kovvali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao
Songs: Samudrala
Music: Subbaraman
Producer: D.L. Narayana
Director: Vedantam Raghavaiah
Banner: Vinoda Pictures
Release Date: 15 Feb 1952
Notes: The second half of 1951, Savitri booked for the films Pelletooru, Aadarsham, Priyuralu, Santhi and Sankranthi. She did a second heroine in 'Santhi', while Chandra Kumari was main heroine. Actually D.L. Narayana, the producer, planned to make 'Devadasu' initially wih Janaki as heroine. They even recorded the songs. But sudden death of Subbaraman, the music director, D.L. started 'Santhi', instead of 'Devadasu'. In mean time, Janaki was so busy with other films. On other hand, Savitri was impressed with her looks and performance in 'Santhi'. So D.L. and Vendantam decided to take Savitri as heroine in 'Devadasu'.

Vamp Actress

Rupavathi (1951)
Cast: Surya Prabha, Suryakantham, Ratnappa, Surabhi, Savitri
Director: Kona Prabhakara Rao
Banner: Swathi Films
Release Date: 17 May, 1951
Notes: This was a third film of Savitri in Telugu. She done a vamp role in this film. Kona Prabhakara Rao, the producer, director and actor, heard about Savitri and given this role to her. It was a performance oriented role but a small one. The film got very mere response, so nobody recognised Savitri in it.

The Dancer

Patala Bhairavi (1951)
Cast: NTR, SVR, Malathi, CSR Anjaneyulu, Girija, Surabhi Kamalabai, Krishna Kumari, Lakshmikantam, Padmanabham, Hemalatamma Rao, Savitri, Relangi Venkatramaiah
Dialogues: Pingali Nagendra Rao
Screen-play: Kamalakara Kameswara Rao
Choreographer: Pasumarti Krishna Murthy
Producers: Nagireddy, Chakrapani
Director: K.V. Reddy
Banner: Vijaya Productions
Release Date: 5 March, 1951
The shoot of the film started in Feb 1950. When K.V. Reddy saw Savitri in Vahini Studios, he was very much impressed to Savitri's activeness. He took her as a dancer for a song. Savitri done the rehearsals before the shoot under the choreography by Pasumarti Krishna Murthy. She danced along with Krishna Murthy before the camera for the song 'Raanante Raane'. Everybody couldn't do the song, because the sequence required good footwork and many facial expressions. Who can dance and act can only do it. Savitri had those qualities. Since the shoot of the song Savitri was known as 'Raanante Ranne' girl.

Savitri first film 'Samsaram'

Samsaram (1950)
Cast: Pushpavalli (Kamala), Lakshmirajyam (Manju), Savitri, ANR (Venu), NTR (Raghu), Relangi (Seetharam), Surabhi Balasaraswathi (Kamakshi), Bezawada Kanthamma, Sundara Rao (Dr. Damodaram), Suryakantham, Rangaswamy, Doraswamy
Cinematography: Rehman, B. Subba Rao
Producer: Ranganath Das
Director: L.V. Prasad
Banner: Sadhana Films
Release Date: 29 Dec, 1950
Notes: Donepudi Krishna Murthy, well wisher of Savitri's family, recommended Savitri to Ranganath Das, the producer of 'Samsaram'. L.V. Prasad given her the female lead role, Kamala.
Savitri didn't forget the day 17 May, 1950 in her whole life. That day she acted infront of the camera, first time with make-up for 'Samsaram'. She feared to act with ANR, who was the favourite actor of younger generation of that time. She took many takes for many scenes in their combination. So the director and producer decided to replace her by Pushpavalli. Anyway Savitri did a small role as one of Pushpavalli's friends in the film. We can see her in 'Takkutamaaram bandi, tankeela bandi' song. And she said a dialogue 'nuvvu achcham hero Nageswara Rao laa unnave'.

Bad and good news

1970 - March 18 - Subhadramma, Savitri's mother, passed away.
This year Savitri started two films under her own direction. One was Tamil film 'Praptam', remake of Telugu film 'Mooga Manasulu', starred Sivaji Ganesan and Savitri, second was Telugu film 'Vinta Samsaram'.
1971 April - 'Vinta Samsaram' and 'Praptam' were released and bombed at box-office.
1973 - December 5 - Vijaya Chamundeswari, Savitri's daughter, got married Govinda Rao, Savitri's nephew.

Sri Savitri Productions

Savitri remade the film 'Chinnari Papalu' into Tamil under the banner of Sri Savitri Productions as 'Kuzhandai Ullam' (1969) with Gemini Ganesan as lead actor. Savitri and Vanisri played the female leads. This was also a flop as the Telugu version. Though people were rejected the both versions, critics and analysts were appreciated the talent of Savitri's direction.

Matru Devatha

Savitri's second venture as director was 'Matru Devatha' (1970). Though a hit, it's a blow to Savitri financially. Her another movie 'Chiranjeevi' got mixed respose. She lost so many valuable things in her house for recover of financial losses from these two films. Even she sold her 10 acres of land near by Vahini Studios to mere rate. And she was start doing charecter roles in outside films. She did her last big role in 'Kodalu Diddina Kapuram'. After that film, she did even very small roles.

The Director

Savitri's first film as a director was 'Chinnari Papalu'. She took the muhurat shot of the film on 12th October, 1967 in Vahini Studios (Madras). She took care everything about the film like shopping for the heroine's costumes. Even she behaved like a producer of it. Because there were 14 share holders in that production company, Sri Matha Films. Their money was short to complete the movie. They took some financiers. So Savitri kept all the film's works on her shoulders before release of it, and put an uncountable amout. The film released in 1968 and collected Rs. 25 of each Rs. 100 only. Anyway it got Silver Nandi as Best Second Film.

Blast from the past - Navaratri (1966)

'Navaratri' (1966) combined the story telling skills of filmmaker Tatineni Rama Rao and the performances of all-time greats Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri. Even today when you talk of Kamal Hassan’s 'Dasavatharam', in which he played ten roles, you cannot but recall 'Navaratri'. None who knows Telugu cinema can forget the great actor playing nine very different roles in the film. Every character essayed a rasa (emotion) and the navarasas were embellished to the optimum in ANR's portrayals. The thespian’s imaginative approach to his roles was remarkable. Even now he’s an inspiration to aspiring actors. But where did he find his inspiration?
Remembered for: At a time when playing even three roles in a film was a wonder, you saw an actor handling nine with élan! And each was so different from the other that you almost forgot it was the same man playing all the parts.

The Producer

Everyone felt that time (1965) 'Sumangali' was Savitri's last film with ANR, becasue she gained over weight. But after that film, Savitri done another film 'Navaratri' with him, hence it was not a romantic film, but a performance oriented film. So that she accepted it. And also she was the co-producer of it. For the first time she produce this film under the banner of Vijaya Chamundeswari Combines. And she sung a song in it.

Savitri Bungalow

1964 - Savitri bought a big building in Hyderabad. It was called as 'Savitri Bungalow'. She stayed in that building whenever she came to Hyderabad. In the same year, Savitri constructed two houses in Vijayawada. Those were also called as 'Savitri Bungalows'.
1965 - Savitri given birth to a baby boy on 18 August and named him as Satish. She began shoots again from December. She did the films 'Bhakta Pothana', 'Manase Mandiram', 'Monagallaku Monagadu', 'Srikrishna Pandaveeyam' and 'Nava Ratri', this year.

The Highest Paid Actress

Savitri took more remuneration after ANR for the film 'Aradhana'. Another hero of the film, Jaggaiah got less remuneration than her. Savitri was taking one lakh rupees as remuneration for Tamil films from the movie 'Pasamalar'. At that time she was the highest paid actress in both Telugu and Tamil.

Savitri's favourite role

Savitri's film 'Chivaraku Migiledi' released in 1960. In that film, she portrayed the role Padma. It was her favourite role. The film got the President's Award as Best Regional Film. Madras Film Fans Assosiation was given Best Actress award to her, and Best Director award to G. Ramineedu for this film.

Savitri married GG

1952 - Savitri married Gemini Ganesan aka G.G.
1958 - 1 March - Savitri entered in a new house at Habibullah Road at T. Nagar (Chennai). All the people of both Telugu and Tamil Cinema were attended. Even Prem Nazir, the Malayali star actor, also attended that function.
2 December - Savitri given birth to a baby girl and named her Viyaja Chamundeswari.
1960 - 22 films of Savitri released in Telugu and Tamil.

Susheela, Savitri's favourite singer

Great singer P. Susheela was sung for Savitri in 'Todi Kodallu', first time. Then after Savitri suggested to the producers that Susheela should be sing her songs in all the movies. If the lyrical values are more in those songs, her persistence is also more.