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2.09.2008

D
irector : Vasu
Music : Satyam
Banner : T.V.International
Dialogues : Jandhyala
Release Date : 12 February 1981
Produced by
Mahendra K. .
Music Department
Balasubramaniam S.P. .... playback singer
P. Susheela .... playback singer
Cast :
Krishna,
Chiranjeevi,
Madhumalini,
Geetha,
RaoGopalrao,
Prabhakar Reddy,
Satyanarayana and others.

Story:
Krishna(krishna) and Kishore(Chiranjeevi) are friends who play tricks on every possible person to make their living.
The movie starts with kishore creating nuisance in a bar and krishna bargaining with that bar owner to handle this issue.
Later they plan to make money by creating fake accident, but kishore gets attracted towards Geetha(geetha), who is driving that car and forget his purpose.
Krishna meets Rekha(Madhumalini), and falls in love with her. Rekha works for Rao(Raogopalrao) and Reddy(Prabhakar Reddy) because, they've captivated her father to know secrets about a treasure.
Krishna and Kishore repeatedly cheat a person by changing their appearances but ultimately get caught when they're drunk and go to jail.todu dongaluIn jail, they're threatened by another prisoner who claims to be henchman of Bhoopati(Satyanarayana). Both heros revolt against bhoopati. Bhoopati attacks them but sees 'star' marked tattooes on their hands to realise that they're actually his sons and reveal his story to them.
Bhoopati is helped by his friend Kantarao, but kantarao is cheated and killed by Rao and Reddy and Bhoopati is framed under these murder charges.
Father and sons decide to teach a lesson to them and release Rekha's father seetaramayya.
Krishna joins Rao's gang using Rekha and Kishore joins Reddy's gang with help of Reddy's daughter Geetha to provoke them against each other. They plan conspiracies against each other but Rao and Reddy unite and heros get caught, when they try to kidnap Rao's mentally challenged son and try to release seetaramayya.
After getting caught, they manage to escape and take help from Geetha to use Rao's son to know whereabouts of Seetaramayya.
After a song and fight they manage to release seetaramayya and bring him back home but Kishore is caught by Rao and Reddy's men.
Krishna is also trapped and brought to their den, where Bhoopati helps them in climax fight and ultimately Rao and Reddy are arrested by police and Bhoopati's family re-unites.

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ANTAHPURAM 1998

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POKIRI 2006

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TYAGAYYA 1981

Producer: Navatha Krishnam Raju
Director: Bapu
Writer: Venkata Ramana Mullapoodi
Music: K.V. Mahadevan,Tyagaraya Swamy
Playback: S. Janaki,Balasubramaniam S.P.,P. Susheela

Cast:
Somayajulu J.V. ... Tyagayya
Vijaya K.R. ... Kamala
Raogopalrao ... Japesam
Ravi ... Lord Rama
Sangeetha ... Goddess Seetha
Sridhar
Janardhana Rao Arja ... Hanuman
Hemasundar ... Lord Shiva
Jhansi ... Tyagayya's sister inlaw
Rallapalli
Sakshi Ranga Rao
Story:
Based on the true story of a celebrated singer who lived in the 19th century, this film starts with praises of the singer who had such a good voice, and was so devoted to the Hindu god Rama that he was granted visions of the god and his retinue. The holy singer and his band of followers give recitals for a living, and also received donations. When his more worldly brother pressures him to sing for royalty, the man refuses because he does not want to detract from his own spiritual goals in life. Angry at his refusal, the brother's wife breaks the singer's image of Rama - and as a result, the man falls into despair, wandering aimlessly as his wife mourns his absence. Finally, Rama and his attendants miraculously come to the singer's aid, and he returns home to his wife, only to find that she has died. Not able to go back to the life he once lived, he decides to leave home, and never again settle in one place.

What keeps apart this movie from several others of this genre is Bapu's Direction ,KVM's music and Raman's excellent dialogue. KVM chose not to make it not too classical so that it is liked by everyone irrespective of knowledfge of music. Balu excels in rendering the songs particularly Endaro mahanubhavulu. Bapu's signature is prevalent in each frame. No haste in the pace, neat art work and perfect cast make this movie a feast for art movie lovers.

JV Somayajulu's performance is delightful. He owns the character so much that you fell like he is truly enjoying the eternal bliss of devotion towards Lord Rama. For each and every scene, moment there is a thyagarja kriti and this film uses it perfectly. This movie was not received well by the telugu audience probably due to its slow pace but I loved it to the core for its artistic nature, excellent music and spoken telugu dialogue.

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SUPER 2005

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SHRI MADVIRAT VEERABRAMHENDRA SWAMY CHARITRA 1984

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SUBHALEKHA 1982

D
irected by
K. Vishwanath
Writing credits
Maruthirao Gollapudi dialogue
K. Vishwanath screenplay
K. Vishwanath story
Produced by
Allu Aravind .... producer
Sastry V.V. .... producer
Original Music by
Mahadevan K.V.
Cinematography by
LokSingh
Film Editing by
G.G. Krishna Rao
Art Direction by
Thotta Tharani
Camera and Electrical Department
Sarath .... camera operator
Music Department
S. Janaki .... playback singer
Puhalendi .... assistant composer
Purnachandra Rao .... playback singer
Balasubramaniam S.P. .... playback singer
Sailaja S.P. .... playback singer
P. Susheela .... playback singer
choreographer
V. Seshu Parupalli ....
Cast
Chiranjeevi ... Narasimha Murthi
Sumalatha ... Sujatha
Satyanarayana Kaikala ... Ankela Adiseshayya
Tulasi ... Lakshmi
Ramana Murthi J.V. ... Jagannatham
Girish ... Mohan
Subhalekha Sudhakar ... Murali (debut)
Rallapalli ... Gurnadham
Hemasundar ... Bhattu
Nirmalamma ... Narasimha Murthy's grandmother
Krishnamurti Ch. ... Srinivasa Rao
Jit Mohan Mitra ... Keshava Rao
Pushpakumari ... Sujatha's mother
Potti Prasad ... Subba Rao
Satyanarayana Vankayala ... Challeshwara Rao
Arun ... Rao
Allu Ramalingaiah ... Lawyer Chillara Bhavani Sankaram (guest)
Sakshi Ranga Rao
Srinivas
Anupama
Baburao
Viswanatham
Gnaneshwara Rao
Krishna Chaitanya
Malini
Phani
Anupama
Baburao
Srinivas
Story:
Subhalekha has Chiranjeevi in the lead role and was made by K. Viswanath. It was the first time they both came to work together and after this successful movie went on to make 2 more movies, Swayamkrushi in 1987 and Aapathbandhavudu in 1992. The film was made at a time when Chiranjeevi had started getting lead actor roles and followed the immensely successful film Intlo Ramaiah Veedhilo Krishnaiah. After making Saptapadi in which he dealt with the social stigma of caste system, K. Viswanath followed up with this film in which he dealt with the social malady of dowry system. The film was released on 11 June 1982 .Murthi (Chiranjeevi) is a multi talented person who works as a waiter in a star hotel since he is unable to pass his B.A. exams. He meets Sujatha (Sumalatha), a lecturer who works in a college run by councillor Ankela Adiseshayya (Kaikala Satyanarayana). Mohan (Girish) who is an engineer and elder son of Adiseshayya comes to Sujatha's place along with his father for marriage proposal during which Sujatha stands up and has argument with Adiseshayya when the latter demands exorbitant amounts as dowry. This creates a rift between Sujatha and her parents who fear that this act of Sujatha might ostracize them from society.Adiseshayya also dismisses Sujatha from her job. During this difficult phase Murthi, as a friend provides solace to Sujatha which is mistaken as an affair between them and Sujatha is forced to leave her home. Murthi creates a big ruckus during the felicitation function of Adiseshayya and humiliates him. Adiseshayya retaliates by hiring goons to beat up Murthi and also gets him dismissed from his job. Left with no choice, Murthi takes Sujatha to Hyderabad and meets Rao (Arun) whom he had met during the latter's stay in the hotel where Murthi had worked. Rao, who is in a senior post in Allwyn hires Sujatha.

Back home, Lakshmi (Tulasi), younger sister of Sujatha, falls in love with Murali (Subhalekha Sudhakar) who is the younger son of Adiseshayya. Murali threatens his father of suicide and forces his father to get him married to Lakshmi. Left without a choice Adiseshayya who had dreamed of getting a lot of dowry since his son is a doctor accepts the proposal with very little dowry. After marriage Lakshmi leaves to Sujatha's place where Murthi arranges for a marriage between Sujatha & Rao. Lakshmi with consent from her husband also files a suit against Adiseshayya to surrender his son, Murali to her since she paid for him during her marriage to teach Adiseshayya a lesson. Seeing this notice, Adiseshayya along with his son and Laskhmi's parents come to Hyderabad just before the marriage of Sujatha. The climax deals with how Adiseshayya is taught a lesson and also ends with the marriage of Murthi & Sujatha as per the wishes of the latter. Adiseshayya returns to his home, only to find that his elder son, Mohan had married the widowed cousin of Murthi.

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KSHANA KSHANAM 1991

Banner: Durga Arts
Dialogues: Satyanand
Songs: Seeta Rama Sastry & Vennelakanti
Music: Keeravani
Photography: S Gopal Reddy
Editing: Shankar
Producers: KL Narayana, S Gopal Reddy and Y Lakshmana Chowdary
Story, Screenplay and Direction: Ram Gopal Varma Also Read
Cast:
Sridevi,
Venkatesh,
Paresh Rawal,
Horseman Babu,
Rami Reddy,
Brahmanandam,
Krishna Rao
Narsing Yadav

Story:
If SHIVA introduced Ram Gopal Varma as a promising director to Telugu screen, his second film KSHANA KSHANAM proves that Shiva is not a chance success. Young Ram Gopal Varma displays his mature mind in cinematography art, in framing every scene of Kshanakshanam in Hollywood texture, well helped by the photographer S Gopal Reddy and editor Shankar. This film is rich in visuals, audiography and then in content too that too totally absorbing despite of its meager volume of subject. For that matter, it is an experiment how a small subject can be expanded into an engrossing two-hour drama, keeping every character active. And Ram Gopal Varma achieved it. He gave the film more classic touch than just catering to the mass taste.The theme despite of its ghastly exterior has a core of lighter vein drama, which basically sustains audience interest. A group of thugs rob a bank and lock up in a canvas bag more than a crore rupees of cash stolen from the vaults of the bank. In the process a watchman is killed. The bag is hidden in a railway station cloakroom and the receipt is accidentally hurriedly drop by one of the rogues into the handbag of a working girl Satya (Sridevi), who chances to visit a photo studio where the thugs are present. Once the chief of these rowdies, by name Nayar (Paresh Rawal) comes to know of this, he and his men begin the chase for the girl Satya, unaware of what is in store for her she is surprised when one of these goons visit her house. In the ensuing struggle, a goon gets killed and Satya is framed for the murder.

She is on the run now. She falls in company of Chandu (Venkatesh), a small time thief and pickpocket, when the latter saves her from another bunch of rowdies. The police headed by Inspector Yadav (Rami Reddy) also chase the pair. Thus, the three groups set out and move into forests, where most of the drama occurs. The entire film, from then is nothing but chase and relevant adventures in the process. Analyzing the situation, Satya and Chandu realize that there is a chit in her bag for which the gang is chasing them. And they get back to Satya apartments, which is heavily guarded by the police. They manage to enter stealthily and to get hold of the receipt of the cloakroom. And at the same time the gang also is after them. Now the drama shifts to railway station and then on to a train, where the climax is set. A dramatic action finish is given to the film.

Sridevi corners histrionic glory. Paresh Rawal as Nayar who appears to have spoken his dialogues himself, with terribly affected accent, manages well to kick up humor in his eccentric appeal. Venkatesh is strong in action scenes of fight and chase. The music by Keeravani is another asset.