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Andala Ramudu (1973 film)

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'Andala Ramudu' is a 1973 Telugu-language comedy drama film, film produced by N. S. Murthy under the Chitra Kalpana banner and directed by Bapu. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Latha and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film is based on Mullapudi Venkata Ramana's 'Janata Express' (novel). The film is the debut to veteran artists Nutan Prasad and Latha. The film won two Nandi Awards. The film has given enthusiastically drawing atmosphere and spirit to the movie 'Godavari' (2006), directed by Sekhar Kammula.

Plot



Seetarama Rao / Ramu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) is an orphan brought up by an old lady Seetamma, who also stays alone and both of them live in a middle-class colony 'Panchavati'. Everyone in the colony holds Ramu dear, in turn, he too treats them as his family members. Once Ramu's briefcase is exchanged in the railway station with another containing a huge amount, belongs to a multi-millionaire J. B. Rao (Nagabhushanam). J. B. Rao is a marionette in the hands of his secretary (Dhulipala), who loathes the poor folks. Ramu safely returns the briefcase to J. B. Rao when he is accused as a thief, but Seeta (Latha) the only daughter of J. B. Rao likes his ideologies of Ramu and falls for him. Meanwhile, Seetamma completes RamaKoti for the wealth of her son absconded in childhood and aspires to visit Bhadrachalam to submit it to the Lord. At the same time, Ramu is appointed as Deputy Collector at Bhadrachalam, but he wants to maintain secrecy regarding his job till the end of the destination. Meanwhile, the secretary's ploy with J. B. Rao's nephew Giri (Nutan Prasad), spoils the mindset of J. B. Rao and conspires to couple up Seeta with Giri at the same Bhadrachalam. Ramu starts his pilgrimage along with his entire colony in a Janatha Boat, J. B. Rao and the party also accompany them in a luxury boat. On the other side, a suspended Tahsaldar Ramalingam (Allu Ramalingaiah) a sly person, arrives with a Govt. boat for the Deputy Collector to pamper and get back his position. All the 3 are joined and the journey begins, which takes several twists and turns. In between an awful incident, Seetamma passes away when they try to stop the boats for the funeral, J. B. Rao insults her to throws her into the river Godavari as it is a waste of time. Here, furious Ramu wants to teach a lesson to J. B. Rao, so, he makes a play by hiding the boats and pretends as if they have been flooded away. Now, they make a halt on an island where Ramu arranges food for colony members. Eventually, J. B. Rao's group is starving and no one comes forward to sell or share their food when J. B. Rao realizes that money cannot do everything. So, he says sorry to Ramu and embraces all of them. Now, surprising it is revealed that J. B. Rao is Seetamma's absconded, son. Knowing it, he repents and collapses when the secretary seeks to kill him and Giri tries forcibly marry Seeta when J. B. Rao understands the nefariousness of his henchmen. At last, Ramu rescues Seeta, stops the baddies, and affirms that Ramu is the newly appointed Deputy Collector. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Ramu and Seeta.

Cast



*Akkineni Nageshwara Rao as Seetarama Rao / Ramu

*Latha as Seeta

*Nagabhushanam as J. B. Rao

*Allu Ramalingaiah as Teesesina Tahasildaru / Teeta / Ramalingaiah

*Raja Babu as Appula Appa Rao

*Dhulipala as Secretary

*Mukkamala (guest appearance)

*Mada as Sarangu

*Sakshi Ranga Rao as Subba Rao Mamagaru

*Raavi Kondala Rao as Dasu

*Nutan Prasad as Giri Babu

*Kakarala as Bantrothu Bhadraiah

*Venkateswara Rao

*K. K. Sarma as Priest

*Potti Prasad as Butler

*Suryakantham as Samalamma

*Radha Kumari

*Manimala as Rani

*Jhansi as Balanagamma

*Master Visweswara Rao

Crew



*'Art': G. V. Subba Rao

*'Choreography': Pasumarthi, Taara-Sundaram, Raju-Seshu

*'Story - Dialogues': Mullapudi Venkata Ramana

*'Screenplay': Seetaramudu, Boodlumandi

*'Lyrics': Arudra, C. Narayana Reddy, Kosaraju Raghavaiah

*'Playback': M. Balamuralikrishna, V. Ramakrishna, J. V. Raghavulu, P. Susheela, Madhavapeddi Satyam, Raghuram, Vijayalakshmi

*'Music': K. V. Mahadevan

*'Editing': Akkineni Sanjeeva Rao, Mandapati Ramachandraiah

*'Cinematography': V. S. R. Swamy

*'Producer': N. S. Murthy

*'Director': Bapu

*'Banner': Chitra Kalpana

*'Release Date': 12 September 1973

Soundtrack



Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Music released on Audio Company.

Box office



The film ran for more than 100 days.

Awards



;Nandi Awards - 1973(in Telugu)

*Second Best Feature Film - Silver - N. S. Murthy

* Second Best Story Writer - Mullapudi Venkata Ramana

References




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