Vara Vikrayam

Vara Vikrayam (Telugu: వర విక్రయం) is a famous novel and play with same name by Kallakoori Narayana Rao.^[1] It is based on a reformist social theme about the Dowry system prevalent in India.

Vara Vikrayam వరవిక్రయం
Cover of Vara Vikrayam
Written by	Kallakoori Narayana Rao
Characters	Purushotham Rao Kalindi Kamala Singaraju Lingaraju Basavaraju Vengalappa
Original language	Telugu
Subject	Dowry system
Genre	Social reform

Main characters

• Pradhana Patralu
• Purushotham Rao, Revenue inspector
• Kalindi, elder daughter of Purushotham Rao
• Kamala, younger daughter of Purushotham Rao
• Singaraju Lingaraju
• Basavaraju, adopted son of Singaraju Lingaraju
• Vengalappa
• Veerayya

The plot

Purshottama Rao is a retired government official. He has two daughters. He borrows money to get his elder daughter Kalindi married to an greedy money lender Lingaraju's educated son. Kalindi does not like this marriage and commits suicide before the marriage. Lingaraju refuses to return the dowry money. Purshottama's second daughter Kamala agrees to marry him. She drags her father-in-law Lingaraju to court of justice.

The film Subhalekha directed by K.Viswanath has similarities with this film.

Publications

It is published for the first time in 1921. Kondapalli Veeravenkaiah and Sons, Rajahmundry published the play in 1947. It has been published in 1993 by Jayanthi Publishers, Vijayawada.

The 1939 film

Main article: Vara Vikrayam (film)

Vara Vikrayam was made in 1939 as a Telugu film directed by Chittajallu Pullayya starring Bhanumathi Ramakrishna. Balijepalli Lakshmikantham portrayed the key role of Singaraju Lingaraju.^[2]