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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Ooruki Monagadu<br />
| image = Ooruki Monagadu.jpg<br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| director = [[Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao|K. Raghavendra Rao]]<br />
| producer = A. Gopala Krishna<br />
| writer = [[Satyanand]]<br />(''dialogue'')<br />
| screenplay =<br />
| starring = [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]]<br />[[Jaya Prada]]<br />
| music = [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]]<br />
| cinematography = K. S. Prakash<br />
| editing = Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao<br />
| studio = Gopi Movies<br />
| distributor =<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1981|01|11}}<br />
| runtime = 140 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| budget =<br />
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR|2.5 crores}}(equivalent to {{INR|50 crores}} in 2019)<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Ooruki Monagadu''''' ({{translation|Village chieftain}}) is a 1981 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu-language]] [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[K. Raghavendra Rao]]. The film stars [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]] and [[Jayaprada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telugufm.com/modules/music/moviedetail.aspx?mid=10867 |title=Ooriki Monagadu Songs – Listen Ooriki Monagadu Telugu Movie Songs |publisher=Telugufm.com |access-date=2012-09-27}}</ref> It was remade in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Himmatwala (1983 film)|Himmatwala]]'' (1983).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/ooriki-monagadu-to-be-remade-in-hindi-news-news-ljplUadeigf.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013001922/http://www.sify.com/movies/ooriki-monagadu-to-be-remade-in-hindi-news-news-ljplUadeigf.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-13 |title=Ooriki Monagadu to be remade in Hindi |publisher=Sify.com |date=2011-09-15 |access-date=2012-09-27}}</ref> It marked the third collaboration of actor Krishna with K. Raghavendra Rao after [[Bhale Krishnudu]] and the highly successful [[Gharana Donga]]. The film was an Industry hit at the box office becoming the second highest grossing Telugu film of the year 1981.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Master Dharma Murti witnesses a murder of a man at the hands of Sher Singh Bandookwala. But Sher Singh with his might, terror and money sets free. In revenge, he places Dharam Murti in an awkward position with a lady teacher, Menaka. Dharam Murti ashamed of this vacates his village and abandons his wife & children. His wife Savitri helps her son Ravi become an engineer who then resolves to fight against Bandookwala and get his father's spoilt reputation back. Bandookwala has terrorised all the villagers. His daughter Rekha follows his footsteps and grows into an insensitive woman who tries to harass people. Ravi's sister Padma has to marry munimji's son Shakti as she is pregnant with his child. After marriage, Shakti and Bandookwala together start harassing Padma. Rekha falls in love with Ravi and decides to play the same trick against the Bandookwala by pretending to be pregnant with Ravi's child. Ravi finds his father as a worker on a dam construction site. Ravi then presents Bandookwala guilty before the panchayat but is freed by Dharam Murti on the condition that he should show affection to the poor and treat them well. Finally, Bandookwala becomes a good man and then Ravi marries Rekha.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
* [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]] as Ravi<br />
* [[Jayaprada]] as Rekha<br />
* [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]] as Sher Singh Bandookwala<br />
* [[Kanta Rao]]<br />
* [[Rao Gopal Rao]]<br />
* [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]]<br />
* [[Prasad Babu]]<br />
}}<br />
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==Music==<br />
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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Ooruki Monagadu<br />
| type = Soundtrack<br />
| artist = K. Chakravarthy<br />
| cover = <br />
| caption = <br />
| released = 1981<br />
| recorded = 1981<br />
| venue = <br />
| studio = <br />
| genre = [[Soundtrack]]<br />
| language = [[Telugu (language)|Telugu]]<br />
| length = <br />
| label = [[Saregama]] <br />
| producer = [[K. Chakravarthy]]<br />
| prev_title = <br />
| prev_year = <br />
| next_title = <br />
| next_year = <br />
}}<br />
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{{tracklist|<br />
|extra_column=Singer(s)<br />
|headline = Track-List<br />
|total_length=<br />
|all_lyrics = [[Aarudhra]]<br />
|title1=Kadilirandi Manushulaithey|extra1=[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]| |length1= <br />
|title2=Andhaala Javvan|extra2=[[P. Susheela]], S. P. Balasubrahmanyam| |length2=<br />
|title3=Moggapindhe|extra3=S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela| |length3=<br />
|title4=Idigo Tella Cheera|extra4= S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela||length4=<br />
|title5=Buzzam Banthi|extra5=S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela|length5=<br />
|title6=Erra Tholu|extra6=S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela|length6=<br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0258274|Ooriki Monagadu}}<br />
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{{K. Raghavendra Rao}}<br />
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[[Category:1981 films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by K. Chakravarthy]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:1980s action comedy-drama films]]<br />
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