Paradesi (1953 film)

Paradesi
Poongodhai
Theatrical release poster
Directed byL. V. Prasad
Screenplay byL. V. Prasad
Produced byP. Adinarayana Rao
Anjali Devi (presents)
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Anjali Devi
Sivaji Ganesan
CinematographyKamal Ghosh
Edited byN. S. Pragasam
Music byP. Adinarayana Rao
Production
company
Distributed byPoorna films
Release dates
  • 14 January 1953 (1953-01-14) (Telugu)
  • 31 January 1953 (1953-01-31) (Tamil)
Running time
190 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesTelugu
Tamil

Paradesi or Poongothai is a 1953 Indian Telugu-Tamil bilingual romance film, produced by P. Adinarayana Rao under the Anjali pictures banner and directed by L. V. Prasad. .This is actually the first film acted by Sivaji but Parasakthi came first.It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi, and Sivaji Ganesan with music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao. The film is a remake of the Hindi movie Raj Rani (1950). Paradesi was an average grosser at the box office. No print of Poongothai is known to survive, making it a lost film.