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{{short description|Epic story}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox play
| name = Sarangadhara
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| writer = [[Gurajada Apparao]]
| characters = Sarangadhara <br/>[[Rajaraja Narendra]]<br />[[Chitrangi]]<br />[[Vijayaditya]]
| setting = [[Rajamahendri]]
| premiere = 1883
| place = [[Rajamahendri]], [[British India]]
| orig_lang = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| subject =
| genre = [[Historical]]
| web =
}}
'''''Sarangadhara''''' is an epic story during the reign of [[Rajaraja Narendra]].<ref>[http://eastgodavari.nic/Sarangadhareswara.html]</ref> [[Gurajada Apparao]] wrote the story in long poetic form in English and published in "Indian Leisure Hour" in 1883.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/gurajadas-literary-contribution-recalled/article9133726.ece|title=Gurajada’s literary contribution recalled|author=Staff Reporter|date=22 September 2016|publisher=|via=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/gurajadas-patriotic-song-set-to-go-places/article9134658.ece|title=Gurajada’s patriotic song set to go places|first=G. v Prasada|last=Sarma|date=22 September 2016|publisher=|via=The Hindu}}</ref> It was a favourite [[Telugu drama]] and made into South Indian films.<ref name="auto3">20th Century Telugu Luminaries, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chilume.com/?author=64|title=ಗುರಜಾಡ ವೆಂಕಟ ಅಪ್ಪಾರಾವ್ – ಚಿಲುಮೆ|publisher=}}</ref>

==The story==
[[Rajaraja Narendra]] was ruling the [[Vengi]] country with capital of [[Rajamahendri]]. He had a son by name Sarangadhara. The king had a second wife [[Chitrangi]] and he was very much affectionate towards her. He had a bitter enemy, his step mother's son by name Vijayaditya.

One day Chitrangi, invited her step son Sarangadhara for feast. But as Sarangadhara was leaving for hunting he ignored the invitation. His step mother was very angry towards him and it was brought to the notice of Vijayaditya by the intelligence agency. Vijayaditya made bad propaganda of this accusing of an affair between Sarangadhara and his step mother with the sinister motive of creating conflict in the house of Rajaraja Narendra. Without proper inquiry, Rajaraja Narendra ordered the chopping off the hands and legs of innocent Sarangadhara. It was mandatory to obey king's orders to and so the punishment was meted out to the prince in the mountain forest.

Sarangadhara was lying in a pool of blood screaming in pain drawing the attention of Meghanadha a devotee of Siva, who immediately rushed to Sarangadhara and did what ever he could to alleviate the pain and advised Sarangadhara to pray to Lord [[Shiva]] and get his blessings. Lord Siva impressed by Sarangadhara's prayer gave his lost legs and hands and made him a beautiful person.

==Film and stage adaptations==
In his early years as a stage artiste associated with the Rama Vilasa Sabha of Chitoor, actor [[Chittor V. Nagaiah]] secured critical acclaim for his performance in the role of Chitrangi. [[Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar]] adapted to stage dramas and popularized the story in Tamil. [[S. G. Kittappa]] and [[M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar]] had acted and sang in the various Tamil stage adaptations of ''Sarangadhara''.

===1930 film===
'''''Sarangadhara''''' is a 1930 silent film directed by [[Y. V. Rao]] under the General Pictures Corporation.

===1935 Tamil film===
'''''Sarangadhara''''' is a 1935 Tamil film directed by V. S. K. Padham under the Lotus Pictures, filmed at [[Wadia Movietone]] Studios of [[JBH Wadia|JBH]] and [[Homi Wadia]] brothers in [[Mumbai]]. Starred by [[Kothamangalam Seenu]] and T. M. Saradhambal in the lead roles. Kothamangalam Cheenu sang songs like ''vidhiyai vendRavar yaar'' and songs already popularized by S. G. Kittappa in stage dramas such as ''vEdikkaiyaagavE'' and ''kOdaiyilE'' in the movie.

===1936 Tamil film===
[[File:Naveena Sarangadhara.jpg|thumb|Poster]]

'''''Naveena Sarangadhara''''' is a 1936 Tamil film directed by [[K. Subramaniam]] under Murugan Talkies. ''Naveena'' in Tamil means modern. The movie was titled thus in order to distinguish itself from the earlier versions and also in order to highlight the slight modifications made to the original story. The cast are [[M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar]] and [[S. D. Subbulakshmi]] in the lead roles supported by S. S. Mani Bhagavathar, G. Pattu Iyer and Indubala. [[Papanasam Sivan]] had written the lyrics and composed music for [[M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar]] songs such as ''sivaperuman krupai vENdum'', ''gnana kumarai nadana singari'' and ''abaraatham seithaRiyEn'' had a successful run wherever the movie was screened.

===1937 Telugu film===
{{Main|Sarangadhara (1937 film)}}

===1957 Telugu film===
{{Main|Sarangadhara (1957 film)}}

===1958 Tamil film===
{{Main|Sarangadhara (1958 film)}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Indian plays]]
[[Category:Telugu-language plays]]

Sarangadhara - Revision history

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