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{{for2|2002 Telugu film|[[Santosham (2002 film)]]|other uses|[[Santosham (disambiguation)|Santosham]]}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Santosham
| image = Santosham (1955 film).jpg
| border = no
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = C. P. Deekshith
| screenplay = [[Samudrala Raghavacharya|Samudrala Sr]]<br />[[Samudrala Jr.]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Velaikari]]''|[[C. N. Annadurai]]}}
| producer = M. Somasundaram
| starring = [[N. T. Rama Rao]]<br />[[Anjali Devi]]<br />[[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]]
| cinematography = P. Rama Swamy
| editing = L. S. Ramachandran
| music = [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]
| studio = [[Jupiter Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1955|12|24}}
| runtime = 159 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
}}

'''''Santosham''''' ({{translation|Happiness}}) is a 1955 [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]], produced by M. Somasundaram under the [[Jupiter Pictures]] banner and directed by C. P. Deekshith. The film stars [[N. T. Rama Rao]], [[Anjali Devi]] and [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]], with music composed by [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]. It is a remake of the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Velaikari]]'' (1949) and it was simultaneously made in [[Hindi]] as ''Naya Aadmi'' (1956).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |date=11 September 2014 |title=Santhosham (1955) |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/santhosham-1955/article6401521.ece |access-date=29 August 2021}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Zamindar Dayanidhi (R. Nagendra Rao) a deceitful vicious miser whose profession is to take advantage of the destitute by giving loans and taking the authority on them. Unable to repay the money he has borrowed from Zamindar for his son Anand's (N.T.Rama Rao) higher studies, Sundaraiah (Vadlamani Viswanathan) commits suicide. A depressed Anand makes an aborted bid to kill the Zamindar and on the same night, he along with his friend Madan Mohan (Jaggaiah) stumble upon the corpse of an England-returned rich young man Paramanand (again N. T. Rama Rao), who resembles Anand. On Mohan's advice, Anand takes his place. The dead man's blind mother (Kakinada Rajaratnam) believes that Anand is her son and performs his marriage with Dayanidhi's class-conscious daughter Sarasa (Jamuna). Dayanidhi objects to his son Murthy (Ramasarma) marrying their servant-maid Amrutham (Anjali Devi) and tries to kill her by torching her hut. How Anand saves Amrutham, tames Sarasa and brings in a change of heart in Dayanidhi forms the rest of the story.

== Cast ==
* [[N. T. Rama Rao]] as Anand & Paramanand (dual role)
* [[Anjali Devi]] as Amrutham
* [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]] as Sarasa
* [[Jaggayya]] as Mohan
* [[R. Nagendra Rao]] as Dayanidhi
* [[Relangi Venkataramaiah|Relangi]] as Parvathalu
* [[Vangara Venkata Subbaiah|Vangara]] as Pullayya
* Vadlamani Viswanatham as Sundarayya
* Rama Sharma as Murthy
* K.V.S. Sharma as Public Prosecutor
* [[Rajasulochana]] as Santhi Kumar
* Rajaratnam as Radhabai
* Kamalabai as Gangaratnam
* Ragini as Dancer
* [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] as [[item number|Dancer]]

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Santosham
| type = film
| artist = [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1955
| recorded =
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| studio =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length =
| label = H.M.V.Audio
| producer = [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]
| prev_title =
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}}

Music composed by [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]. Lyrics were written by [[Samudrala Raghavacharya|Samudrala Sr]]-[[Samudrala Jr.|Samudrala Jr]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Santosham (1955)-Song_Booklet |url=https://indiancine.ma/documents/CIG/info |access-date=29 August 2021 |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!S. No.!!Song Title !!Singers !!length
|-
|1
|"Navvavoi Raja"
|[[P. Susheela]]
|
|-
|2
|"Nilupara"
|Venkatesh
|2:45
|-
|3
|"Etula Brathukanu"
|[[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]]
|2:15
|-
|4
|"Yamuna Thatakam"
|[[K. Rani (singer)|K. Rani]]
|
|-
|5
|"Gaalivalle Thelipo"
|
|
|-
|6
|"Rupai Kasulone"
|[[P.Susheela]]
|3:29
|-
|7
|"Dhanamu Mulamura"
|Ghantasala, [[Pithapuram Nageswara Rao|Pithapuram]]
|4:45
|-
|8
|"Teeyani Eenati Reyi"
|P.Susheela, Venkatesh
|2:24
|-
|9
|"Chinnaridanara"
|Jikki
|2:03
|-
|10
|"Vunnaru Vunnaru"
|Jikki
|2:45
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0373287}}

[[Category:1950s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Telugu remakes of Tamil films]]

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