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Vara Vikrayam (English: Precious Sale) is a 1939 Telugu drama film directed by C. Pullayya.[1] The film is a reformist social film about the dowry system prevalent in British India. It is based on the novel and play of the same name by Kallakoori Narayana Rao.[2] It is the debut film for Bhanumathi.

Vara Vikrayam
Directed by	C. Pullayya
Written by	Kallakoori Narayana Rao (story) Balijepalli Lakshmikanta Kavi (dialogues)
Produced by	Chabria
Starring	Pushpavalli Bhanumathi Balijepalli Lakshmikanta Kavi Daita Gopalam Sriranjani
Cinematography	Biren De
Edited by	Dharamvir
Music by	Prabhala Satyanarayana
Release date	1939
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

The retired government official Purshottama Rao (Daita Gopalam) borrows money to get his eldest daughter Kalindi (Bhanumathi) married to an old-man Lingaraju (Balijepalli). He is a money lender and already married twice. Kalindi does not like this marriage and commits suicide before the marriage can take place. Lingaraju refuses to return the dowry money. Purshottama's second daughter Kamala (Pushpavalli) agrees to marry him. She drags her husband Lingaraju to court of justice.

Cast

Actor/Actress	Character
Pushpavalli	Kamala
Bhanumathi	Kalindi
Balijepalli Lakshmikanta Kavi	Lingaraju
Daita Gopalam	Purushothama Rao
Koccharlakota Satyanarayana	Basavaraju
Tungala Chalapathi Rao	Chalapathi Rao
Sriranjani	Bhramaramba
Dasari Kotiratnam	Subhadra
Peri Ramachandra Murthi	Perayya
M. Ramachandra Murthy
J. Satyanarayana	Veerayya
A. Narayana Rao	Ghantayya
A. V. Subba Rao	Judge
A. Satyanarayana	Pleader
Subhadra	Annapoorna

References

External links

• Vara Vikrayam film at IMDb.

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