despite when Murali becomes normal and learns the truth. The film ends with the marriages of Murali and Anuradha, and Yoganandam and Lakshmi. Cast Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Muralikrishna Savitri as Anuradha Jaggayya as Saradhi Gummadi as V. R. Rao Relangi as Yoganandam Ramana Reddy as Lingaiah Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah as Bondam Rajasree as Sarala Girija as Lakshmi L. Vijayalakshmi (special appearance in the song "Emanta Emanta") Production Aradhana is a remake of the Bengali film Sagarika (1956). The song "Ohoho Mamayya" was planned to be filmed at Madras Zoo, but as the location was not found to be visually appealing due to continuous smoke emerging from coal engines there, the song was instead filmed at Mysore Zoo. While the film was predominantly in black-and-white, this song alone was filmed in colour. Soundtrack The music was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The song "Na Hrudayamlo Nidurinche Cheli" is based on "Amar Shopne Dekha Rajkkonna Thaake" from the original Bengali film. Release Aradhana was released on 16 February 1962 and emerged a box office success, running for over 100 days in theatres. References Bibliography External links 1960s romance films 1960s Telugu-language films 1962 films Films directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao Indian romance films Telugu remakes of Bengali films