Navaratri

Navaratri (transl. Nine Nights) is a 1966 Telugu-language drama film, produced by A. V. Subba Rao under the Prasad Art Pictures banner and directed by T. Rama Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri, with music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. The film is a remake of a Tamil film of the same title (1964), and has Savitri reprising her role. Nageswara Rao got critical acclaim for his portrayal of nine characters. In the song Addala Meda Vundi, Jayalalitha, Kanchana, Jamuna and Girija make guest appearances as patients admitted to a mental hospital, at the request of Savitri, who gave each of them a three-stone diamond ring and a Banarasi sari as a goodwill gesture.