Ardhangi

Ardhangi (transl.Other half) is a 1955 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced and directed by P. Pullayya under the Ragini Pictures banner. It stars Santha Kumari, Savitri, and Akkineni Nageswara Rao. Music is composed by Master Venu and B. Narasimha Rao. Acharya Aatreya scripted the film based on Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of the Bengali novel Swayamsidda written by Manilal Banerjee. The film was successful at the box office. It has received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and the Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu. The film was remade in Tamil as Pennin Perumai and in Hindi as Bahurani (1963).

Ardhangi
Theatrical release poster
Directed byP. Pullayya
Screenplay byAcharya Aatreya
Story byManilal Banerjee
Based onSwayamsiddha (novel)
by Manilal Banerjee
StarringSantha Kumari
Savitri
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
CinematographyMadhav Bulbule
Edited byB. Narasimha Rao
Sri Raamulu
Music byMaster Venu
B. Narasimha Rao
Production
company
Ragini Pictures
Distributed byRajasri Pictures
Release date
  • 26 January 1955 (1955-01-26)
Running time
152 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
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