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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Former Indian film studio}}<br />
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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Durga Cinetone<br />
| logo = <br />
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]<br />
| industry = [[Entertainment]]<br />
| foundation = 1936<br />
| founder = Nidamarthi Surayya<br />
| defunct = {{End date|1939}}<br />
| location_city = [[Rajahmundry]]<br />
| location_country = [[India]]<br />
| key_people = <br />
| products = [[Films]]<br />
| services = [[Film production]]<br />
| owner = <br />
| homepage = <br />
}}'''Durga Cinetone''' was an Indian [[film studio]] established in 1936 in [[Rajahmundry]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India by Nidamarthi Surayya. It was the first [[South India|South Indian]] film studio.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ram|first1=P|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OjT4BQAAQBAJ&q=First+Film+Studio+of+Andhra+Pradesh-%5B1936%2C+Rajahmundry&pg=PA153|title=Life in India|date=2014|publisher=AnVi|page=153|language=en|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref> Due to financial crisis, the studio was later shut down.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Log into Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Faboutrajahmundry%2Fposts%2Fdurga-cinetone-was-started-in-rajahmundry-in-1936-it-is-the-first-telugu-studio-%2F473774776129792%2F|access-date=2021-05-25|website=Facebook|language=en}}</ref> <br />
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== Films produced ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width:60%;"<br />
!Year<br />
!Film<br />
!Director<br />
!Cast<br />
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|1936<br />
|''Sampoorna Ramayanam''<ref>{{Citation|last=Narayana|first=S. B.|title=Sampoorna Ramayanam|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272287/|others=B. Narayana Murthy, Rama Nagabhushanam, Pushpavalli|publisher=Durga Cinetone, Nidamarthy Brothers|access-date=2021-05-25}}</ref><br />
|S.B. Narayana<br />
|B. Narayana Murthy<br/>Rama Nagabhushanam<br/>[[Pushpavalli]]<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" |1938<br />
|''Mohini Bhasmasura''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mohini Bhasmasura (1938) - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255384/|access-date=2021-05-25|website=www.imdb.com|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
|Chittajalu Pullayya<br />
|Dasari Kotiratnam<br/>[[Pushpavalli]]<br/>Subba Rao A.V.<br />
|-<br />
|''Bhakta Jayadeva''<ref>{{Citation|title=Bhakta Jayadeva (1938) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156357/|access-date=2021-05-25}}</ref><br />
|Hiren Bose<br />
|[[Surabhi Kamalabai]]<br/>Shanta Kumari<br/>Rentachintala Satyanarayana<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Film production companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian film studios]]<br />
[[Category:1936 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Film production companies of Andhra Pradesh]]</div>
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