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This Roja Ramani Starrer May Have Been The First Ever Superhero Telugu Film That No One Remembers
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Did Roja Ramani Make Her Debut In A Telugu Superhero Movie? (Photo Credit – Prime Video)

Telugu cinema has always had action, romance, spy, thrillers, and more. However, a genre that has gone unrecognized and unnoticed is the superhero genre. As with many movies that go the underrated or unseen route, this 1967 movie went unseen. Though superhero movies are part of contemporary Indian cinema today, the Telugu film industry came close to that early in Bhakta Prahlada (1967).

The film, while not strictly a superhero movie per se, has a hero whose adventures and struggles replicate the very foundation of what contributes to contemporary superheroes being so legendary.

Bhakta Prahlada — A Mythological Superhero

Bhakta Prahlada is a 1967 Indian Hindu mythological Telugu-language film directed by Chitrapu Narayana Rao, with the screenplay written by D. V. Narasa Raju. S.V. Ranga Rao, Anjali Devi, and Roja Ramani starred in this movie, with the latter making her debut with this film.
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  • 3/16/2025
  • by Bhavana Sharma
  • KoiMoi
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