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{{Infobox film
| name = Ramudu Bheemudu
| image = Ramudu Bheemudu.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Tapi Chanakya]]
| producer = [[D. Rama Naidu]]
| writer = [[D. V. Narasa Raju]]<br />{{small|(story / dialogues)}}
| starring = [[N. T. Rama Rao]]<br />[[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]]<br />[[L. Vijayalakshmi]]
| music = [[Pendyala Nageswara Rao]]
| cinematography = Annayya
| editing = K. A. Marthand
| studio = [[Suresh Productions]]
| released = 21 May 1964
| country = India
| gross = {{INR}}2 Lakhs
| language = Telugu
}}

'''''Ramudu Bheemudu''''' is a 1964 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[masala film]], produced by [[D. Ramanaidu]] under the [[Suresh Productions]] banner and directed by [[Tapi Chanakya]]. It stars [[N. T. Rama Rao]], [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]], [[L. Vijayalakshmi]] and music composed by [[Pendyala Nageswara Rao]]. The film was super-hit at the box office.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/node/2062108+&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us | title=Legendary film producer D Rama Naidu passes away | work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] | date=18 February 2015 | accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>

The film was the debut of D. Rama Naidu's Suresh Productions banner into the film industry and it is N. T. Rama Rao's first dual role movie.<ref name="SITARA">{{Cite news |last=ఆచారం |first=షణ్ముఖాచారి |url=https://www.sitara.net/animuthyalu/ntr-double-action-ramudu-bheemudu-suresh-productio/11977 |title= ఎన్టీఆర్‌ తొలి ద్విపాత్రాభినయ చిత్రం 'రాముడు-భీముడు' |work=Sitara |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906122044/https://www.sitara.net/animuthyalu/ntr-double-action-ramudu-bheemudu-suresh-productio/11977 |access-date=19 September 2020|archive-date=6 September 2020 }}</ref> [[Kaikala Satyanarayana|Satyanarayana]] was [[Body double]] for N. T. Rama Rao in [[Climax (narrative)|climax]] scenes.<ref name="SITARA" /> The film is considered a trendsetting venture and became an inspiration for later films with similar storyline.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Krishnamoorthy |first=Suresh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/fifty-years-of-a-trendsetting-blockbuster-ramudu-bheemudu/article6034133.ece |title= Fifty years of a trendsetting blockbuster Ramudu Bheemudu |date=21 May 2014 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=6 September 2020}}</ref> It was remade by the same director into [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Enga Veettu Pillai]]'' (1965) and into [[Hindi]] as ''[[Ram Aur Shyam]]'' (1967). It was also remade in [[Malayalam]] as ''[[Ajayanum Vijayanum]]'' (1976) and into [[Kannada]] as ''[[Mojugara Sogasugara]]'' (1995). Among all its versions Hindi film ''Ram Aur Shyam (1967)'' starring [[Dilip Kumar]] was the most successful at box-office.

==Plot==
Ramudu ([[N. T. Rama Rao]]) is an innocent rich young man who has been in the guardianship of his uncle Panakala Rao ([[Rajanala Kaleswara Rao|Rajanala]]) since his childhood. This uncle of his is both crooked and wicked and simply wants to usurp Ramudu's property, and is just waiting for an appropriate opportunity. Ramudu is made to attend to all the domestic chores and is often beaten by his uncle at the slightest opportunity and is generally treated like a slave even though he is the sole heir to large amounts of money and property. His uncle is just a guardian of Ramudu's property...and since his uncle wants to usurp Ramudu's property...the uncle raises Ramudu as a coward and puts fear in the heart of Ramudu. One day Ramudu thinks he has had enough of this torture and runs away from home.

Bheemudu (again [[N. T. Rama Rao]]) is a villager who is interested in loafing around and staging plays, which his mother strongly disapproves of. After he comes back home from one such stage play, he is taken to task by his mother. In order to escape the wrath of his mother, Bheemudu also flees his home and lands in the nearby city.

Both of them enter the same hotel and unexpectedly exchange their respective places. Thus Ramudu goes to the other's village, enters the house of Bheemudu, is taken care of lovingly by Bheemudu's mom and falls in love with the village girl Santhi (L. Vijayalakshmi); On the other hand, Bheemudu [the villager], takes the place of the rich Ramudu in the later's bungalow and falls in love with the cultured and city-bred Leela ([[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]]). Bheemudu, who is in the place of Ramudu, now understands that he has to bring Ramudu's uncle Panakala Rao to his senses so that the property that really belongs to Ramudu, should be restored to Ramudu. Ramudu, now in the role of Bheemudu, starts enjoying the love and affection of the new family members. However, Panakala Rao comes to know of this change of places and attempts to take advantage of this situation. At the end, Ramudu and Bheemudu turn out to be twins who got separated during the Godavari [[Pushkaram]]s. All ends well in the film with Ramudu marrying Santhi and Bheemudu marrying Leela.

==Cast==
*[[N. T. Rama Rao]] as Ramudu & Bheemudu (dual role)
*[[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]] as Leela
*[[S. V. Ranga Rao]] as Ranganatham
*[[Rajanala Kaleswara Rao|Rajanala]] as Panakala Rao
*[[Relangi Venkataramaiah|Relangi]] as Jayaram
*[[Ramana Reddy]] as Sarabhaiah
*[[Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy|Mikkilineni]] as Director Somaiah
*[[Raavi Kondala Rao]] as Registrar
*[[D. Ramanaidu]] as Lawyer ([[Cameo appearance|cameo]])
*[[Santha Kumari]] as Susheela
*[[Rushyendramani]] as Venkamma
*[[Suryakantham (actress)|Suryakantham]] as Sundaramma
*[[Hemalatha (Telugu actress)|Hemalata]] as Nainamma
*[[L. Vijayalakshmi]] as Shanta
*[[Girija (actress)|Girija]] as Kamala
*[[Kusalakumari|Kuchala Kumari]] as Dancer (Song ''Undile Manchi Kalam'')

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Ramudu Bheemudu
| type = film
| artist = [[Pendyala Nageswara Rao]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1964
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length = 31:45
| label = SAREGAMA Audio
| producer = [[Pendyala Nageswara Rao]]
| prev_title = [[Paruvu Prathishta (1963 film)|Paruvu Prathishta]]
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = [[Sabhash Suri]]
| next_year = 1964
}}

Music was composed by [[Pendyala Nageswara Rao]]. All songs are evergreen blockbusters. Music released on SAREGAMA Audio Company.
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!S. No!!Song Title !!Lyrics !!Singers !!length
|-
|1
|"Undile Manchi Kalam"
|[[Sri Sri (writer)|Sri Sri]]
|[[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]], [[P. Susheela]]
|4:59
|-
|2
|"Saradaa Saradaa Cigarette"
|[[Kosaraju Raghavaiah|Kosaraju]]
|[[Madhavapeddi Satyam]], [[Jamuna Rani]]
|3:36
|-
|3
|"Telisindile Telisindile"
|[[C. Narayana Reddy]]
|Ghantasala, P. Susheela
|3:37
|-
|4
|"Thaguna Idi Mama"
|Kosaraju
|Ghantasala, Madhavapeddi Satyam
|3:54
|-
|5
|"Ade Ade"
|C. Narayana Reddy
|Ghantasala, P. Susheela
|4:18
|-
|6
|"Desammu Maarindoy"
|Kosaraju
|Ghantasala, P. Susheela
|4:28
|-
|7
|"Po Mama Pommikan"
|Kosaraju
|Ghantasala
|3:26
|-
|8
|"Thaluku Thaluku"
|C. Narayana Reddy
|Ghantasala, P. Susheela
|3:27
|}

== Remakes ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! Year
! Film
! Language
! Ref
|-

|1965

|''[[Enga Veettu Pillai]]''

| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]

|
|-

|1967

|''[[Ram Aur Shyam]]''

| [[Hindi]]
|
|-
| 1976

|''[[Ajayanum Vijayanum]]''

| [[Malayalam]]
|
|-
|1996

|''[[Mojugara Sogasugara]]''

|[[Kannada]]
|
|}

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0158142}}
{{Tapi Chanakya}}

[[Category:1964 films]]
[[Category:Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Twins in Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Pendyala Nageswara Rao]]
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:1960s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Suresh Productions films]]

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