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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Barrister Parvateesam<br />
| image =<br />
| caption =<br />
| director = [[H. M. Reddy]]<br />
| producer =<br />
| writer = [[Mokkapati Narasimha Sastry]]<br />
| starring = [[Lanka Satyam]]<br />[[G. Varalakshmi]]<br />Kasturi Sivarao<br />[[L. V. Prasad]]<br />
| narrator =<br />
| music = [[Kopparapu Subba Rao]]<br />
| cinematography =<br />
| editing =<br />
| studio = Motion Pictures Producers Combines<br />
| distributor =<br />
| released = 7 August 1940<br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
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'''''Barrister Parvateesam''''' is a 1940 Telugu comedy-drama film directed by [[H. M. Reddy]]. It is based on the Telugu novel ''[[Barrister Parvateesam]]'' (1924) written by [[Mokkapati Narasimha Sastry]].<br />
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==Casting==<br />
The title role of Parvateesam is played by Lanka Satyam.<ref name="Mokkapati Narasimha Sastry by MBS Prasad">[http://telugu.greatandhra.com/mbs/oct2010/moka_part2_1.php MBS Prasad article], Mokkapati Part 2-I</ref> This was his second film. His first was ''Amma'', directed by Niranjan Pal. He worked as assistant to director R. Prakash. G. Varalakshmi got the female lead role unexpectedly. Director Prakash saw her, when she was acting in the stage play ''Sakkubai'' in [[Rajahmundry]], called her for a make-up test, and gave her the role of wife of Parvateesam. She was 12 years old. She sang two songs in the film. Kasturi Sivarao did two roles as a dentist and a rickshaw puller.<ref name="Telugu Mirchi plotline">[http://telugucineblitz.blogspot.com/2009/09/barrister-parvateesam-1940.html Barrister Parvateesam (1940)], plot line discussion of Barrister Parvatesam</ref><br />
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==Reception==<br />
''Barrister Parvateesam'' was a flop at the box-office as it could not live up to the expectations of the audience owing to the popular, positive reception of the novel.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0266303}}<br />
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[[Category:1940 films]]<br />
[[Category:1940 comedy-drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1940s Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by H. M. Reddy]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]<br />
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