Santosham (1955 film)

Santosham
Theatrical release poster
Directed byC. P. Deekshith
Screenplay bySamudrala Sr
Samudrala Jr.
Based onVelaikari
by C. N. Annadurai
Produced byM. Somasundaram
StarringN. T. Rama Rao
Anjali Devi
Jamuna
CinematographyP. Rama Swamy
Edited byL. S. Ramachandran
Music byViswanathan–Ramamoorthy
Production
company
Release dates
  • 24 December 1955 (1955-12-24) (Telugu)
  • 1 January 1956 (1956-01-01) (Hindi)
Running time
159 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesTelugu
Hindi

Santosham (transl.Happiness) is a 1955 Telugu-language drama film, produced by M. Somasundaram under the Jupiter Pictures banner and directed by C. P. Deekshith. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi and Jamuna, with music composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. It is a remake of the Tamil film Velaikari (1949) and it was simultaneously made in Hindi as Naya Aadmi (1956) with Anwar Hussain replacing Jaggayya and Gope replacing Relangi, respectively.