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Nindu Dampathulu
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Wikipedia article
'Nindu Dampathulu' is a 1971 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by M. Jagannatha Rao under the S.V.S. Films banner and directed by K. Viswanath. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Savitri and Vijaya Nirmala, with music jointly composed by T. V. Raju & Vijaya Krishna Murthy. A few of the scenes in the film are replicated in 'Swayamkrushi' (1987), which was also directed by K. Viswanath.
Plot
The film begins with Ramu (N. T. Rama Rao) a good samaritan, the owner of a pan shop. Despite being illiterate, he has a high intellect. The people in the colony idolize him apart from a local goon Gangulu (Satyanarayana). In front lives a beautiful girl Subbulu, one that endears him. Meanwhile, Ramu rears and civilizes his cousin Vani (Lakshmi), aspiring to marry her. Unaware of this, Vani loves her classmate Ravi (Chandra Mohan), son of a Zamindar Janaki Ramayya (Mikkilineni). Janaki Ramayya has two sons, the elder one Raghu (M. Balaiah) is docile, whereas Ravi is prodigal, due to the pampering of mother Kanaka Durga (Chhaya Devi). Since Raghu is her stepson, she scorns him. Besides, Kodanla Rao (Gummadi) a court clerk aims for his daughter Sridevi (Savitri), an advocate for which he strives and succeeds. Meanwhile, monitoring Ravi's attitude, Janaki Ramayya empowers the entirety of Raghu, which is begrudged by Kanaka Durga. At the same time, Kondala Rao moves to Raghu with the marriage proposal of Sridevi, when Raghu denounces the integrity of the scholarly women. At that moment, enraged Kondala Rao revolted against Raghu. Exploiting it, Kanaka Durga eliminates Raghu through Gangulu. Now Kondala Rao is accused and Sridevi defends him when overwhelmed Kondala Rao passes away. Soon after, Sridevi learns Subbulu is her cousin, so she reaches her, but hides her discipline and behaves ignorantly. After some time, Vani returns and affirms her choice when Ramu sacrifices his love and performs her marriage with Ravi. Later, Ramu couples up with Sridevi and gets her true identity when he makes her a good practitioner. Eventually, a rift arises between Ravi and Vani by arguing, as a result, Vani quits the house. Thereupon, Ramu and Sridevi make her realize the mistake. Simultaneously, a conflict arises between Janaki Ramayya and Ravi too, regarding the property. The same night, Gangulu does a robbery in their house and slaughters Janaki Ramayya, for which Ravi is indicted. At present, Sridevi picks up the case and Ramu digs out the reality. In that process, Subbulu sacrifices her life while guarding Ramu against harm. At last, Ravi is acquitted. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note.
Cast
*N. T. Rama Rao as Ramu
*Savitri as Sridevi
*Vijaya Nirmala as Subbulu
*Gummadi as Kondala Rao
*Satyanarayana as Gangulu
*Chandra Mohan as Ravi
*Allu Ramalingaiah
*Raja Babu as Kishtaiah
*Dhulipala as Priest
*Mikkilineni as Janaki Ramaiah
*M. Balaiah as Raghu
*Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah as Seetaiah
*Chalapathi Rao as Doctor
*Lakshmi as Vani
*Chaya Devi as Kanaka Durga
*Rukmini as Rajamma
*Leela Rani as Kamala
*Vijaya Bhanu
*Master Visweswara Rao as Maruti
Soundtrack
Music composed by T. V. Raju and Vijaya Krishna Murthy. Lyrics were written by C. Narayana Reddy.
References
Category:1970s Telugu-language films
Category:1970 drama films
Category:1970s buddy drama films
Category:Indian buddy drama films
Category:Films directed by K. Viswanath
Category:Films scored by T. V. Raju
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