Missamma
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| Directed by | L. V. Prasad |
| Produced by |
B. Nagi Reddy Aluri Chakrapani |
| Written by | Aluri Chakrapani Pingali Nagendrarao Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass |
| Based on |
Manmoyee Girls School by Rabindranath Maitra Detective by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay |
| Music by | Saluri Rajeswara Rao |
| Cinematography | Marcus Bartley |
| Edited by | C. P. Jambulingam Kalyanam |
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Release date
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12 January 1955 |
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Running time
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181 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Missamma (English: Miss Madam) is a 1955 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by L. V. Prasad. Produced by B. Nagi Reddy and Aluri Chakrapani's Vijaya Vauhini Studios, the film's script was adapted by Chakrapani from two Indian Bengali-language novels: Rabindranath Maitra's Manmoyee Girls School and Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's Detective. Missamma also focused on social issues such as unemployment, corruption, and freedom of worship.
Production began in early 1954. The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil as Missiamma, with an altered cast. Missamma tells the story of two unemployed people of different religions and mentalities: M. T. Rao and Mary. They pose as a married couple to obtain jobs in a high school founded by Gopalam, the zamindar of Appapuram. As Rao and Mary fall in love, Gopalam's nephew A. K. Raju (an amateur detective) learns that Mary is Gopalam's missing elder daughter Mahalakshmi; she is unaware of her true identity.
N. T. Rama Rao and Bhanumathi Ramakrishna were originally cast as the lead pair, with Gemini Ganesan reprising the former in the Tamil version. After a dispute with Bhanumathi, Chakrapani replaced her with Savitri. Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jamuna, S. V. Ranga Rao, Rushyendramani, and Relangi Venkata Ramaiah were cast in supporting roles; K. A. Thangavelu and K. Sarangkapani reprised the roles of Nageswara Rao and Relangi Venkata Ramaiah in Missiamma. Ramana Reddy and M. N. Nambiar were cast as the antagonists in the Telugu and Tamil versions, respectively. C. P. Jambulingam and Kalyanam edited the film; Marcus Bartley was the cinematographer, and S. Rajeswara Rao composed the music.
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