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{{short description|1932 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Bhakta Prahlada
| image = Bhakta Prahlada 1932.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Poster
| director = [[H. M. Reddy]]
| producer = [[Ardeshir Irani]]
| writer = [[Surabhi Nataka]]
| starring =
| music = H. R. Padmanabha Sastri<br />Lyrics:<br />[[Chandala Kesavadasu]]
| cinematography = Adi M. Irani
| editing =
| studio = Imperial Studios, Bombay
| distributor = Krishna Movies
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1932|9|15}}<br/>{{Film date|df=yes|1932|2|6}}
| runtime = 108 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget = {{INR|20,000}}
}}

'''''Bhakta Prahlada''''' ({{trans|Prahlada, the devotee}}) is the first [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language full length [[sound film]], based on [[Prahlada]] and [[Narasimha]] in [[Hindu]] History. It is made by [[H. M. Reddy]], a pioneer of the Indian film industry. No print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/BHAKTHA-PRAHLADA-1931/article15789926.ece |title=Bhaktha Prahlada 1931 |last=Narasimham |first=M. l |date=24 October 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=14 March 2019 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=14 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214034713/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/BHAKTHA-PRAHLADA-1931/article15789926.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

== History ==

[[File:Bhakta Prahlada.jpg|thumbnail|A still from the film]]
[[Ardeshir Irani]] was planning to make the first Indian talkie movie ''[[Alam Ara]]'' in Hindi in 1931. [[H. M. Reddy]] was assistant director for that film and made the first south Indian talkie in Telugu on the same sets.

The very famous theater group in Andhra Pradesh, ‘Surabhi’ had various performances of the play ‘Bhakta Prahlada’, which was written by the great playwright and ‘Andhranataka Pitamaha’ Dharmavarapu Ramakrishnacharyulu. H. M. Reddy sought to cast them in film and brought the entire drama team to Bombay under the supervision of [[Chilakalapudi Seetha Rama Anjaneyulu|C.S.R. Anjaneyulu]].

In addition to reusing some dialogues and poems of the drama, H.M. Reddy made Chandala Kesavadasu to pen new songs. The great poet Kesavadasu, thus remains in the history of Telugu Cinema to have penned its first song.

== Cast ==
* Valluru Subbaiah as [[Hiranyakashipu|Hiranya Kasapa]]
* Naguboina Sudheer as [[Prahlada]]
* [[Surabhi Kamalabai]] as Leelavati
* Doraswamy Naidu as [[Indra]]
* [[L. V. Prasad|Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasad]] as Modhabbai, (friend of Prahlada)
* Municipalle Subbiah
B. V. Subbarao, Chitrapu Narasimha Rao, and Master Krishna play supporting roles.

== Release ==

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| style="text-align: left;" | "After scouting for evidence in libraries in Chennai, Andhra Pradesh and Mumbai, I finally stumbled upon ‘The Bombay Government Gazette -Part I’ (page no.:313) dated 4 February 1932 at the National Film Archives, Pune, which had the dates of films produced and censored in Bombay.

The censor date of ''Bhaktha Prahlada'' was given in it as 22 January 1932. The Bombay Chronicle carried an advertisement on 31 January 1932 that the film would be released soon. And it was released on 6 February 1932 at Krishna Cinema on New Charlie Road, Bombay. ''The Times of India'' carried a review of the film on the same day of its release as preview show was held before its release. Subsequently, it was released in Andhra and then on 2 April 1932 at the National Picture Palace (later renamed as Broadway Talkies), Madras. All this clearly proves that ''Bhaktha Prahlada'' was released only in 1932."
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| style="text-align: left;" | — Film historian Rentala Jayadeva proving the release date of ''Bhakta Prahlada''<ref name="WAKE" />
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The release of the film which is the first [[Telugu language|Telugu]] talkie, was generally considered to have released on 15 September 1931{{sfn|Rau|1995|p=390}}<ref name="Timesofindia">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-14/news-interviews/42062122_1_indian-cinema-telangana-cinema-chamber-harikrishna-mamidi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917051829/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-14/news-interviews/42062122_1_indian-cinema-telangana-cinema-chamber-harikrishna-mamidi|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-09-17|work=[[The Times of India]]|title= TimesofIndia News }}</ref><ref name="Limcabook">{{cite web|url=http://www.limcabookofrecords.in/recorddetails.aspx?recid=49|title=Limca book of Records|access-date=25 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203032217/http://www.limcabookofrecords.in/recorddetails.aspx?recid=49|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="IBN">{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/content-quality-a-concern-for-telugu-films/202268-8-119.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208215906/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/content-quality-a-concern-for-telugu-films/202268-8-119.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-12-08|title=IBN News}}</ref> but it was eventually revealed to have been released on 6 February 1932.<ref name="WAKE">{{cite news|title=Wake up, industry|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/wake-up-industry/article3875804.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=9 September 2012|accessdate=26 March 2014|location=Chennai, India|first=M.L.|last=Narasimham|archive-date=18 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118043211/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/wake-up-industry/article3875804.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BPN">{{cite web|title='Bhaktha Prahladha': First Telugu talkie completes 81 years|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bhaktha-prahladha-first-telugu-talkie-completes-81-years/371363-71-216.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218093804/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bhaktha-prahladha-first-telugu-talkie-completes-81-years/371363-71-216.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 December 2013|work=[[CNN-IBN]]|date=7 February 2013|accessdate=26 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="THI">{{cite news | url=http://rentalajayadeva.blogspot.in/2013/02/telugu-cinema-turns-grand-82.html | title=Telugu Cinema turns a grand 82! | date=7 February 2013 | accessdate=26 March 2014 | newspaper=[[The Hans India]] | page=10 | archive-date=21 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921193903/http://rentalajayadeva.blogspot.in/2013/02/telugu-cinema-turns-grand-82.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Bombay Government Gazette – Part I|date=4 February 1932|publisher=[[Government of Bombay]]|location=[[Bombay]]|page=313}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |type=Ph.D. |first=Rentala|last=Jayadeva|title=Rentala Kavitvam-Samajika Drikpatham |publisher=[[University of Madras]] |year=2010}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Bhakta Prahlada (1942 Telugu film)|Bhaktha Prahlada (1942 film)]]
* [[Bhakta Prahlada (1967 film)]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources ==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Citation | last =Rau | first =Komarraju Venkata Lakshmana | year=1995 | title=History and culture of the Andhras | publisher=Telugu University (Hyderabad, India).}}
{{refend}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0257441|title=Bhakta Prahlada}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070104221730/http://www.cinegoer.com/bhaktaprahlada.htm History of first Telugu talk movie Bhakta Prahlada]

{{H. M. Reddy}}

Movie info:: https://web.archive.org/web/20141109221312/http://www.tollywoodtimes.com/en/movie/review/Bhakta-Prahalada-1932/3vom1zpkkk

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