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Swarga Seema is a 1945 Telugu-language drama film produced and directed by B. N. Reddy and starring Chittor V. Nagayya, B. Jayamma and Bhanumathi. Ghantasala entered film world as a Playback singer for a song of C. H. Narayana Rao and it is also Ghantasala's first duet with Bhanumathi Ramakrishna for the song Oh Naa Raaja. Marcus Bartley also made a debut as a cinematographer with this film. It is the first Telugu film to be screened at the International Film Festival, Vietnam.^{[citation needed]}

Swarga Seema
Film poster of Swargaseema
Directed by	B. N. Reddy
Screenplay by	B. N. Reddy
Story by	Chakrapani
Dialogue by	Samudrala Sr.
Produced by	B. N. Reddy
Starring	Chittor V. Nagayya B. Jayamma Bhanumathi Ramakrishna Mudigonda Lingamurthy Kasturi Sivarao Chadalavada Kutumba Rao C. H. Narayana Rao
Cinematography	Marcus Bartley
Edited by	A. K. Sekhar
Music by	Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao Chittor V. Nagayya Ogirala Ramchandra Rao
Production company	Vauhini Studios
Release date	1945
Running time	114 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

Murthy (Nagayya) is a publisher happily married to Kalyani (Jayamma) and the proud father of their children. He watches a street play in his village, and notices the beautiful Subbalaxmi (Bhanumathi) in that troupe. He advises Subbalaxmi's father to take her to Madras where she would have the potential to become a big theatre artiste. He even refers them to a theatre company. They travel to Madras. Subbalaxmi is offered the lead role and changes her name to Sujatha. Murthy falls for Sujatha's charms and neglects his family. Kalyani fends for her children by taking up small tailoring works and leading a hard life. At the end, Murthy realizes his mistake and returns to his family.

Cast

Cast according to the film titles

• Nagayya as Murthi
• Jayamma as Kalyani
• Bhanumathi as Sujatha
• Narayana Rao as Narin
• Lingamurthy as Ganganna
• Siva Rao as Sreenivas
• Subba Rao, D. K. Seetapathi, Kangaswamy, Doraswamy, Nageswara Rao

Songs

Song	Writer	Singer
Chalo Chalo Cycle	Samudrala Sr.	Jayamma and Nagayya
Grihame Kada Swarga Seema	Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao	Jayamma and Nagayya
Hayi Sakhi Hayi Sakhi Bratuke Hayi Sakhi	Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao	Nagayya
Jo Achutananda Jojo Mukunda	Annamacharya	Jayamma
Madhura Vennelareyi	Samudrala Sr.	Bhanumathi Ramakrishna and Nagayya
Manchidinamu Nede		Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
Oh Naa Raaja	Samudrala Sr.	Ghantasala and Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
Oho Ho Pavurama	Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao	Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
Oho Tapodhana	Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao	Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
Rara Radha Manoramana	Samudrala Sr.	Jayamma

Trivia

Both Ghantasala and Marcus Bartley made their debut in this film

External links

• Swargaseema at IMDb.
• Swarga Seema on indiancine.ma
• Swarga Seema on YouTube

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