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Paradesi is a film of genre Drama directed by L. V. Prasad with Sivaji Ganesan
Paradesi (1953)
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Add to a movie listParadesi in Telugu or Poongothai in Tamil is a 1953 bi-lingual film directed by L. V. Prasad. A remake of the 1950 Hindi film Raj Rani, Paradesi was jointly produced by Anjali Devi and her husband P. Adinarayana Rao under the newly formed banner "Anjali Pictures". The film starred Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Anjali Devi in the lead. It launched the career of Sivaji Ganesan, who along with S. V. Ranga Rao, Pandari Bai and Vasantha played a prominent role. The film deals with incest relationship.
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