Sangham (1954 film)

Sangham is a 1954 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film, produced by M. Murugan, M. Saravanan and M. Kumaran of AVM Productions and directed by M. V. Raman. It stars Vyjayanthimala, Anjali Devi, N. T. Rama Rao and S. Balachander, with music composed by R. Sudarsanam.

Plot
The film begins at Bangalore where two soulmates, Rani, a plucky feminist & Kamini, a modest. Ramanatham Kamini's father has been ostracized from society because he knitted low caste woman Annapurna. Ergo, today, it nullifies matches of Kamini with mortification. Exploiting it, Kannaiah, an old cat, proceeds for the bridal connection, and Rani drives him away, which utterly crashes Ramanatham. He also fails to know the whereabouts of his nephew Sundaram. He is currently at Burma campaign, still loving Kamini and looking forward to returning.

Meanwhile, Seetaramanjaneya Das, an orthodox village headman, and his son Raja walk on as a medico to Bangalore with his bestie, jovial Chandram. Kannaiah is also a resident of the same and Seetaramanjaneya's mate. Once, the Raja & Chandram are acquainted with Rani & Kamini in a clash when Raja endears Kamini. Chandram always frays with Kamini but silently falls for her. Later, Rani heads to Ceylon for athletics and fractures her leg. With a progressive mind, Raja splices Kamimi in Rani's absence and without his parents' knowledge. Besides, Sundaram backs and becomes downhearted, conscious of Kamini's martial. Ramanatham, beware of it, hastens for him and, tragically, dies in an accident. Now, Kannaiah subterfuges by posting Seetaramanjaneya that his son has wedlock and is casteless. Ergo, Seetaramanjaneya immediately calls Raja and roars with a final notice to quit Kamini. However, he backtalks and exits. In parallel, on Kamini's plea, Sundaram guests are there for a few days. Upon his arrival, Raja takes off by detesting suspicions about their relationship. Then, he declares that he will become betrothed to anyone of his father's choice.

Fortuitously, Seetaramanjaneya engages with Rani's father, Colonel Mallikarjuna Rao, which Rani accepts. Listening to it, Kamini is blissful, unaware of the fact. Just before the wedding, Kamini gets dismayed & devasted, looking at Raja as the groom, but chooses to give up and attempts suicide. Hereupon, Chandram secures her and divulges the actuality to Rani. At last, Rani emerges chastity & virtue of Kamini, Kannaiah's heinousness, and Sundaram makes Raja eat crow. Plus, Seetaramanjaneya also accepts Kamini as his daughter-in-law by expelling Kannaiah. Finally, the movie ends happily with the marriage of Chandram & Rani.

Cast

 * Vyjayanthimala as Rani
 * Anjali Devi as Kamini
 * N. T. Rama Rao as Raja
 * S. Balachander as Chandram
 * S. V. Ranga Rao as Seetharamanjaneya Das
 * V. Nagayya as Ramanatham
 * Ramana Reddy as Yeka Kannaiah
 * S. V. Sahasranamam as Sundaram
 * R. Balasubramaniam as Colonel Mallikarjuna Rao
 * Rushyendramani as Abbayamma
 * Hemalatha Tammarapi as Rani's mother

Production
Sangham was produced by A. V. Meiyappan, the founder of AVM Productions. It was simultaneously shot in Hindi as Ladki and in Tamil as Penn. Vyjayanthimala appeared as the female lead in all three versions. N. T. Rama Rao was cast in the role done by Bharat Bhushan in the Hindi version and Gemini Ganesan in the Tamil version.

Soundtrack
Music composed by R. Sudarsanam. Lyrics were written by Tholeti.

Box office
The film became hit at the box office due to the Vyjayanthimala fan craze.