The title role of Prahlada was played by a 12-year-old boy named V. N. S. Murthy .
| Film | Language | Claim | |------|----------|-------| | (1931) | Tamil | First South Indian talkie (made in Tamil, not Telugu) | | Bhakta Prahlada (1932) | Telugu | First Telugu talkie ✅ | telugu first movie name
The film was shot simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil (as Bhaktha Nandanar ). The same actors filmed each scene twice, in different languages. The title role of Prahlada was played by