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{{short description|1958 film}}
{{Other uses|Chenchu Lakshmi (disambiguation){{!}}Chenchu Lakshmi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Chenchu Lakshmi 1958 poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[B. A. Subba Rao]]
| writer = [[Vempati Sadasivabrahmam]] {{small|(Telugu dialogues)}} Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass M. S. Subramaniam {{small|(Tamil dialogues)}}
| screenplay = B. A. Subba Rao
| story = Vempati Sadasivabrahmam
| producer = B. A. Subba Rao
| starring = [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] [[Anjali Devi]]
| cinematography = C. Nageswara Rao
| editing = K. Marthandam
| music = [[S. Rajeswara Rao]]
| studio = B.A.S. Productions
| distributor = Navayuga Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1958|4|9}}
| runtime = 145 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu Tamil
}}

'''''Chenchu Lakshmi''''' is a 1958 Indian [[Hindu mythological film]] produced and directed by [[B. A. Subba Rao]]. The film stars [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] and [[Anjali Devi]], with music composed by [[S. Rajeswara Rao]]. It was [[Multiple-language version|simultaneously shot]] in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] languages, with most of the actors and scenes being the same in both versions. Another [[Chenchu Lakshmi (1943 film)|''Chenchu Lakshmi'']] was earlier made in 1943 with a different cast and crew.<ref name="BFTP">{{Cite news |last=Narasimhan |first=M. L. |date=28 May 2015 |title=Chenchulakshmi (1958) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/blast-from-the-past-chenchulakshmi-1958/article7255694.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923095716/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/blast-from-the-past-chenchulakshmi-1958/article7255694.ece |archive-date=23 September 2024 |access-date=15 November 2018 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1958 – செஞ்சுலஷ்மி – பி.எ.எஸ். புரொடக்சன்ஸ் (த-தெ) |trans-title=1958 – Chenchu Lakshmi – B.A.S. Productions (ta-te) |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1958-cinedetails13.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125032434/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1958-cinedetails13.asp |archive-date=25 January 2020 |access-date=23 September 2024 |website=[[Lakshman Sruthi]] |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |author-link2=Paul Willemen |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] and [[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=354 |orig-date=1994}}</ref>

== Plot ==
The film is based on the Hindu mythological story, which begins with the weddings of [[Vishnu]] & [[Lakshmi]]. During this, [[Durvasa]] is furious as he is uninvited and curses Mahalakshmi's parents, Samudra & his wife, to be born as tribals. After a while, Vishnu kills [[Hiranyaksha]], donning a [[Varaha]] avatar. Learning it, his brother [[Hiranyakashipu]], a ferocious, performs a vast penance. Exploiting it, Indra kidnaps his pregnant wife, Leelavathi, to destroy his heir. [[Narada]] safeguards her and sculpts [[Prahlada]] in her womb as an ardent devotee of Vishnu.

Meanwhile, Hiranyakasipa triumphs and gets a boon from [[Brahma]]: the absence of death of any weapon, human, animal, demon, or divinity. Now, he trounces the universe and moves in search of Vishnu, who absconds with Lakshmi. He transforms Lakshmi's glow into fruit and plants it on a tree. Samudra & his wife take birth as the tribals but are perturbed as childless. So, Narada tricks by bestowing the fruit to them and the couple is blessed with a baby girl, Chenchita. Besides, Prahlada's worship of Vishnu reaches esteem, and Hiranyakasipa makes several attempts to bar him but in vain. He challenges to show his God when Vishnu appears from the pillar as [[Narasimha]], half man & half lion and slays Hiranyakasipa.

Narasimha is still raging with fury here, and no one can make him calm, including Lakshmi, because she does not obtain the glow. During that plight, Narasimha is acquainted with fearless Chenchita, who subsides his anger and turns into the handsome Narahari, and they knit. Being aware of it, Lakshmi displays grievance, and the two wives squabble. At last, Narada affirms Chenchita is her glows when they conjoin, and Samudra & his wife are also relieved from the curse. The film ends with the reunion of Vishnu & Lakshmi at [[Vaikuntha]].

== Cast ==

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Character !! Telugu !! Tamil
|-
| Lord [[Vishnu]] || style="text-align:center" colspan="2"| [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]]
|-
| Goddess [[Lakshmi]] and Chenchita (Dual role) || style="text-align:center" colspan="2"|[[Anjali Devi]]
|-
| [[Hiranyakashipu]] || style="text-align:center" colspan="2"| [[S. V. Ranga Rao]]
|-
| [[Durvasa]] || style="text-align:center"|[[Gummadi (actor)|Gummadi]] || style="text-align:center"|C. V. V. Panthulu
|-
| [[Narada]] Maharshi || style="text-align:center"| [[Relangi (actor)|Relangi]] || style="text-align:center"| [[K. A. Thangavelu]]
|-
| Samudrudu || style="text-align:center" colspan="2"| E. R. Sahadevan
|-
| Lord [[Shiva]] || style="text-align:center" colspan="2"| [[Nagabhushanam (actor)|Nagabhushanam]]
|-
| Chandamarkula || style="text-align:center" colspan="2"| [[Vangara Venkata Subbaiah]]
|-
| Leelavathi || style="text-align:center" colspan="2"| [[Pushpavalli]]
|-
| Queen of the Chenchus || style="text-align:center" colspan="2"| Sandhya
|-
| || style="text-align:center" colspan="2"| [[Rushyendramani]]
|-
| [[Prahlada]] || style="text-align:center" colspan="2"| Master Babji
|-
| Dancer || style="text-align:center" colspan="2"| [[E. V. Saroja]]
|-
| || style="text-align:center" colspan="2"| A. V. Subba Rao
|-
| || style="text-align:center" colspan="2"| Nalla Rama Murthy
|-
| || style="text-align:center" colspan="2"| K. S. Angamuthu
|}

== Soundtrack ==
Music was composed by [[S. Rajeswara Rao]]. All the tunes for all the songs for both languages are the same.

;Telugu songs
Lyrics by [[Arudra]], [[Tapi Dharma Rao]], [[Kosaraju]], [[Vempati Sadasivabrahmam]], Samudrala Sr. & [[Pothana]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chenchu Lakshmi (1958)-Song_Booklet |url=https://indiancine.ma/documents/CEV/info |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240923095932/https://indiancine.ma/documents/CEV/info |archive-date=23 September 2024 |access-date=23 September 2024 |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Song title !!Lyrics !!Singers !!length
|-
| "Aanandamaye Ali Neelaveni"|| [[Arudra]] ||[[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] & [[Jikki]] || 4:18
|-
| "Chettulekkagalava O Narahari" || Arudra || Ghantasala & Jikki || 3:07
|-
| "Chilaka Gorinka" || Vempati Sadasivabrahmam || Ghantasala & Jikki || 2:54
|-
| "Paala Kadalipai" || Arudra || [[P. Susheela]] || 3:23
|-
| "Adhigo Kanalera Kamala" || [[Samudrala Sr.]] || P. Susheela || 3:10
|-
| "Neelagagana Ghana Shyama" || Arudra || Ghantasala || 4:32
|-
| "Kaanaga Raavaa" || Vempati Sadasivabrahmam || Ghantasala & Jikki || 3:26
|-
| "Cheyi Cheyi" || [[Kosaraju Raghavaiah|Kosaraju]] || Jikki & T. Sathyavathi || 3:15
|-
| "Ambari Lambaarihori" || Kosaraju || [[Pithapuram Nageswara Rao]] & [[A. P. Komala]] || 2:58
|-
| "Ma Chinni Papayi" || Samudrala Sr || P. Susheela || 2:04
|-
| "Marapuraani Manchi Roju" || Vempati Sadasivabrahmam || Ghantasala & Jikki || 5:33
|-
| "Karunaala Vaalaa" || Kosaraju || Ghantasala || 7:14
|-
| "Sri Nadhuni" || Samudrala Sr. || P. Susheela || 2:36
|-
| "Chenchu Lakshmi Slokam" || Vempati Sadasivabrahmam || P. Susheela || 10:03
|-
| "Dimbhaka Sarva Sthalamula" || Arudra || [[Madhavapeddi Satyam]] ||
|-
| "Srihariye Natana Sutradari" || Arudra || Ghantasala ||
|-
| "Yevadura Vishnundu Yevadiraa Jishnundu" || Arudra || Madhavapeddi Satyam ||
|-
| "Parabhavammunu Sahintuna" || Arudra || Madhavapeddi Satyam ||
|-
| "Yededu Lokala Elikaa Neepaina" || Arudra || Ghantasala ||
|-
| "Maa Chinni Papayi" || Vempati Sadasiva Brahmam || Jikki ||
|-
| "Maha Saktimantulaina Nijam Teliyalerayyo" || Arudra || Ghantasala ||
|-
| "Brahma Ichina Varamulu" || Arudra || Ghantasala ||
|-
| "Nadu Hiranyakasipudanargala" || Tapi Dharma Rao || Ghantasala ||
|-
| "Akhila Jagamulakunu" || Arudra || [[P. B. Sreenivas]] ||
|-
| "Chilaka Gorinka Kulike Paka Paka" || Arudra || P. B. Sreenivas & P. Susheela ||
|-
| "Patutara Neeti Sastrachaya" || || Madhavapeddi Satyam ||
|-
| "Srinathuni Pada Sarasija Bhajane" || Samudrala Sr. || P. Susheela ||
|-
| "Chettulekka Galava O Narahari" || Vempati Sadasivabrahmam || P. B. Sreenivas & P. Susheela || 2:43
|-
| "Hey Deva Divyaprabhava" || Vempati Sadasiva Brahmam || P. Susheela ||
|-
| "Chadhivinchiri Nanu Guruvulu" || Pothana || P. Susheela ||
|-
| "Kanjakshunakugani Kayambu" || Pothana || P. Susheela ||
|-
| "Kantha Cheti Lopala" || Arudra || Ghantasala ||
|-
| "Neelagagana Ghanasyama Deva" || Arudra || Ghantasala ||
|-
| "Adhinadhuni Patnikuda" || Arudra || Ghantasala ||
|}

;Tamil songs
Lyrics by [[Papanasam Sivan]], [[Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass]] & M. S. Subramaniam.
{| class="wikitable"
! Song !! Lyrics !! Singers !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| Aanandham Eedhe Alidula Veni || || [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] & [[Jikki]] || 04:13
|-
| Maratthil Eruvaayaa Ye Singga Manadhil || || [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] & [[Jikki]] || 02:17
|-
| Anbe En Raaja Assai Kannaalane || || [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] & [[Jikki]] || 02:38
|-
| Naaraayanaa Hari Naaraayanaa Sriman || Papanasam Sivan || [[P. Susheela]] || 03:23
|-
| Naaraayanan Thiru Adi Malar Panindhu || || [[P. Susheela]] || 02:47
|-
| Vidhiyai Vellum Valimai Amma Unakku Illaiye || || [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] || 01:00
|-
| Sri Hari Dheva Jegame Pugazh Jeeva || || [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] & [[Jikki]] || 03:09
|-
| Oyilu Kummi Podalaam Ullaasamaai || || [[Jikki]] & T. Sathyavathi || 03:22
|-
| Lambaadi Lambaadi Hoi Lambaadi || || [[Madhavapeddi Satyam|M. Sathyam]] & P. S. Vaidhehi || 02:58
|-
| Paal Kadal Thanile Sesha Sayanatthil || || [[P. Susheela]] || 02:54
|-
| Mangai Endhan Manadhil Inbam || || [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] & [[Jikki]] || 05:01
|-
| Uyar Karunaamoorthi Perumai Avar Kanndaar || || [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] || 02:44
|-
| Dhargamudan Viyaagaranam Sangeetham || || [[P. Susheela]] || 04:00
|-
| Undhanai Pol Dheivam Undo Dhevaa || || [[P. Susheela]] || 01:54
|-
| Paarkadal Thanile Palli Konde Endrum || || [[Seerkazhi Govindarajan]] || 00:51
|-
| Sri Hariye Sagala Soothradhaari || || [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] || 00:40
|-
| Alitthidum Avamadhippaiyai Naan Nasukkuven || || [[V. N. Sundaram]] || 02:32
|-
| Vidha Vidhamaagave Vedanggal Aniyum || || [[Seerkazhi Govindarajan]] || 00:45
|-
| Eerezhu Loganggal Koorume Un Perai || || [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] || 01:13
|-
| Chandhrodhayam Pole Indha Jegam Meedhile || || [[Jikki]] || 01:59
|-
| Gaandha Sakthi Enavo Kai Padave || || [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] || 00:44
|-
| Bramma Sittha Niyaayatthilum Unnmai Purivadhedhu || || [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] || 01:01
|-
| Andha Naal Arakkan Iraniyan Arundhava Palanil || || [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] || 00:26
|-
| Agila Jegamadhil Aadhi Naadhan || || [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]] || 01:26
|-
| Inngiruppaano Anggiruppaano Endra Iyame || || [[V. N. Sundaram]] & [[P. Susheela]] || 02:58
|}

== Critical reception ==
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<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 May 1958 |title=செஞ்சுலஷ்மி |url=https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_9_14_147/6.jp2/full/1000,1551/0/default.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/OtBrP |archive-date=24 February 2025 |access-date=24 February 2025 |work=Janasakthi |pages=6 |language=ta |via=[[Endangered Archives Programme]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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