Sarangadhara

Gurajada Apparao wrote the story in long poetic form in English and published in "Indian Leisure Hour" in 1883.

Vijayaditya made a propaganda of an affair between Sarangadhara and his step mother with the sinister motive of creating conflict in the house of Rajaraja Narendra.

In his early years as a stage artiste associated with the Rama Vilasa Sabha of Chitoor, actor V. Nagayya secured critical acclaim for his performance in the role of Chitrangi.

The movie was titled thus in order to distinguish it from the earlier versions and to highlight the slight changes made to the original story.

Papanasam Sivan had written the lyrics and composed music for M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar songs such as Sivaperuman krupai Vendum, Gnana kumarai nadana singari and abaraatham seithariyen.