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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Dharma Patni<br />
| image = Dharma Patni (film).jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| writer = [[Aluri Chakrapani]] {{small|(dialogues)}}<br />
| story = [[Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar|V. S. Khandekar]]<br />
| screenplay = P. Pullaiah<br />
| starring = [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]]<br />[[Bhanumathi Ramakrishna]]<br />[[P. Santha Kumari]]<br />[[Hemalatha]]<br />
| producer = P. Pullaiah<br />[[P. Santha Kumari]] {{small|(presents)}}<br />
| director = [[P. Pullaiah]]<br />
| music = Timir Baran<br />Annasaheb Mainkar<br />
| cinematography = S. K. Pai<br />
| editing = Baburao Barodkar<br />
| studio = Famous Films<br />
| released = 1941<br />
| runtime = {{Film date|df=y|1941|1|10}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu <br />
| budget =<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Dharma Patni''''' or '''''Dharmapatni''''' ({{translation}} ''Wife'') is a 1941 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[drama (film and television)|drama film]], produced and directed by [[P. Pullaiah]] under the Famous Films banner. It stars [[Bhanumathi Ramakrishna]], [[P. Santha Kumari]] and C.Hemalatha, with music composed by Timir Baran-Annasaheb Mainkar. The film is the debut of veteran actor [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]], who played a minor child role at the age of 17 years, and also that of the famous writer-cum-producer [[Aluri Chakrapani]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/starsprofile/chakrapani.php |title=Chakrapani - 100 years|work=Telugu Cinema |accessdate=2010-03-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122074056/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/starsprofile/chakrapani.php |archivedate=22 January 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinegoer.com/telugucinema10.htm |title=History of birth and growth of Telugu cinema |work=Cinegoer |accessdate=2012-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218145901/http://www.cinegoer.com/telugucinema10.htm |archivedate=18 February 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name=TH>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/dharmapathni-1941/article2421779.ece|author=M. L. NARASIMHAM|date=4 September 2011|accessdate=23 December 2013|title=DHARMAPATHNI (1941)|location=Chennai, India|work=The Hindu}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Five-year-old Radha's dying mother hands the custody of Radha to the devadasi Sridevi, who promises henceforth she would lead a pure life. Sridevi teaches the child the virtues of a housewife. In the school, Radha befriends Mohan and as they grow, love blossoms between Radha and Mohan. Mohan takes her to the temple and pledges before the deity that she shall be his wife. The lecherous Ananda Rao informs Mohan's father that his son was seeing the daughter of a harlot Sridevi. Mohan's father forces his son to marry Uma from a rich family. Uma traces Mohan's disinterest in her to Radha and leaves him. Leela, a victim of Ananda Rao saves Uma from Rao's trap. Ananda Rao murders Leela and implicates Mohan. Radha, in order to save Mohan, decides to meet Ananda Rao, who assures her he had the evidence to prove Mohan's innocence. Finally, truth gets out and Mohan is saved from the gallows. His parents accept Radha. Uma realizes her folly and unites with Mohan.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]]<br />
* [[Bhanumathi Ramakrishna]] as Uma<br />
* [[P. Santha Kumari|Santha Kumari]] as Radha<br />
* Uppaluri Hanumantha Rao as Mohan<br />
* C. Hemalatha<br />
* Rallabandi Kutumba Rao as Ananda Rao<br />
* K. Lakshmi Narasimha Rao<br />
* Achari<br />
* Adinarayanaiah<br />
* Peddapuram Raju as Sridevi<br />
* Chalapathi Rao <br />
* Narimani <br />
* Susheela<br />
* Master Kumar as Child Mohan<br />
* Baby Lakshmi as Child Radha<br />
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==Crew==<br />
*'''Art''': H. S. Gang Naik<br />
*'''Choreography''':<br />
*'''Dialogues''': [[Aluri Chakrapani]]<br />
*'''Lyrics''': [[Balijepalli Lakshmikantham]], Daita Gopalam<br />
*'''Playback''': Bhanumathi Ramakrishna<br />
*'''Music''': Timir Baran, Annasaheb Mainkar<br />
*'''Story''': [[Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar|V. S. Khandekar]]<br />
*'''Editing''': Baburao Barodkar<br />
*'''Cinematography''': S. K. Pai<br />
*'''Presenter''': [[P. Santha Kumari]]<br />
*'''Screenplay - Producer - Director''': [[P. Pullaiah]]<br />
*'''Banner''': Famous Films<br />
*'''Release Date''': 10 January 1941<br />
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==Songs==<br />
* "Anuraagam Leka Anandamunda" (Lyrics: Daita Gopalam; Singer: P. Bhanumathi)<br />
* "Nilu Niluma Neelavarnaa" (Lyrics: [[Balijepalli Lakshmikantham]]; Singer: P. Bhanumathi)<br />
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==Production==<br />
This was based on Marathi writer Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar's stories, which were made at Shalini Cinetone, Kolhapur. The lead actor Hanumantha Rao was the son of popular stage actor Uppuluri Sanjeeva Rao. He later acted two more movies, ''Bheeshma Pratigna'' and ''Vandemataram'' before settling down as a Municipal Health Officer in Bhimavaram. Though Viswanatha Satyanarayana was assigned to write the dialogues, but since they were too grammatical, Aluri Venkata Subbarao (Chakrapani, then already popular for his Telugu translations of Bengali writer Sarathchandra Chatterjee's works) was hired. Annasaheb Mainkar composed several musical hits in Hindi and Marathi and ''Dharmapatni'' was his only Telugu film.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0255924}}<br />
* {{IMDb title|0255925}}<br />
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[[Category:Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1941 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:1940s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by P. Pullaiah]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
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