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Maa Bhoomi
Maa Bhoomi
	File:Maa Bhoomi.jpg Poster
Directed by	Goutam Ghose
Produced by	B. Narsing Rao; G. Ravindranath
Screenplay by	B. Narsing Rao; Goutam Ghose
Dialogue by	Partho Banerjee; Praan Rao;
Based on	Jab Khet Jage; by Krishan Chander
Starring	Sai Chand; Rami Reddy; Telangana Shakuntala
Narrated by	Jaggayya
Music by	Vinjamuri Seetha Devi; Goutam Ghose
Cinematography	Kamal Naik
Edited by	D. Raja Gopal
Production; company	Saradhi Studios
Distributed by	Chaithanya Chithra International
Release date	23 March 1979;
Running time	158 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Latest revision as of 16:06, 11 October 2022

Maa Bhoomi (transl. Our land) is a 1979 Indian Telugu-language social problem film directed by Goutam Ghose in his debut. The film is produced by B. Narsing Rao, who also wrote the film with Goutam Ghose. The film is based on the novel Jab Khet Jage by Krishan Chander on the Telangana Rebellion in Hyderabad State.^[1] It depicts a typical life of villagers under feudalistic society in the Telangana region. The features Sai Chand, Rami Reddy and Telangana Shakuntala in pivotal roles. The plot follows Ramayya, a landless peasant who joins the Telangana Rebellion of 1948.

Released on 23 March 1979, the film was a commercial success and had a theatrical run of over a year.^[2] Maa Bhoomi was India's official entry in the "Opera Primo" section at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival of June–July 1980, and the Cork Film Festival, October 1980,^[3] the Cairo and Sidney Film Festivals 1980.^[4] The film was showcased at the Indian Panorama of the 7th International Film Festival of India.^[5] Maa Bhoomi won the state Nandi Award for Best Feature Film, and the Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu).^[6] It is featured among CNN-IBN's list of "hundred greatest Indian films of all time".^[7]

Plot[edit]

The film follows the story of a young landless Telangana peasant named Ramayya (Sai Chand) from Siripuram, Nalgonda, a region under foreign rule. The British have appointed the Nizam as the region's governor. The Nizam, in turn, has appointed the Reddys and the Patils as the Zamindars (known locally as Doras) of the region who collect taxes among various other things for the Nizam. Further, the Nizam has granted them with titles, Jagirs and judicial rights enabling them to seize thousands of acres of land from the peasants, turning them into tenants.

Ramayya rebels against the corrupt Nizam leadership in Hyderabad. When his wife has to submit to sexual coercion by the officials, he befriends the Communists and participates in the independence struggle. The peasants formed various paramilitary groups and launch guerilla warfare attacks across the region with country-made weapons. They raid and take over regional Dora bases across rural Telangana at night and burn all the land documents found in the bases in the open yard symbolising their triumph. Eventually, they take over the village after the Indian Independence.

The Doras manage to escape to Hyderabad reporting the events to the Nizam leadership. The Nizam commands the Razakars, a private Islamist militia, which perpetrates a massacre of the Telangana peasants. After months of burning, looting, rapes and killings, the Indian army marches into Hyderabad and suppresses the Razakars and the Nizam with Operation Polo in September 1948 and annexes the Telangana region back into the Indian Union. In independent India, the Zamindars (Doras) are returned to power by joining the Congress government. The Doras have abandoned the Nizam and pledged allegiance to the Congress Party.

Cast[edit]

Sai Chand as Ramayya
Rami Reddy^[8]
Telangana Shakuntala^[8]
Pradeep Shakthi as Pratapa Reddy
Gaddar
Kakarala

Soundtrack[edit]

"Bandenaka Bandi Katti Padahaaru Bandlu Katti" written by Bandi Yadagiri
"Palletoori Pillagaada Pasalagaase Monagaada" (with titles) written by Suddala Hanumanthu
"Podala Podala Gatla Naduma, Podicinadhira Chandamama"

Awards[edit]

Nandi Awards^[9]

Second Best Feature Film - B. Narsing Rao and G. Ravindranath
Best Screenplay Writer - B. Narsing Rao and Pran Rao

Filmfare Awards South

Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) - B. Narsing Rao

References[edit]

↑ "Award-winning B. Narasinga Rao brings quality to Telugu cinema". India Today.
↑ Kishore, E Sai (15 March 2015). "35years on, still a benchmark". The Hans India.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "Filmtsav' 80 Pg 17" (PDF). DFF.
↑ "8th IFFI Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
↑ "Indian Panorama 1979–80" (PDF). DFF.
↑ "Narsing Rao's films regale Delhi" (Press release). webindia123.com. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
↑ "100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time". Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Krishnamoorthy, Suresh (24 March 2015). "Maa Bhoomi will forever be alive in people's minds". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
↑ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2022.(in Telugu)

External links[edit]

Maa Bhoomi on IMDb

Template:B. Narsing Rao

[1] "Award-winning B. Narasinga Rao brings quality to Telugu cinema". India Today.

[2] Kishore, E Sai (15 March 2015). "35years on, still a benchmark". The Hans India.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "Filmtsav' 80 Pg 17" (PDF). DFF.

[4] "8th IFFI Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

[5] "Indian Panorama 1979–80" (PDF). DFF.

[6] "Narsing Rao's films regale Delhi" (Press release). webindia123.com. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

[7] "100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time". Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

[:0-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Krishnamoorthy, Suresh (24 March 2015). "Maa Bhoomi will forever be alive in people's minds". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[9] "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2022.(in Telugu)

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+| editing        = D. Raja Gopal
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+| music          = [[Vinjamuri Seetha Devi]]<br>Goutam Ghose
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-'''''Maa Bhoomi''''' ({{trans|Our land}}) is a 1980 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[social problem]] film written and produced by [[B. Narsing Rao]], based on the novel ''Jab Khet Jage'' by [[Krishan Chander]] on the [[Telangana Rebellion]] in [[Hyderabad State]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19890615-award-winning-b.-narasinga-rao-brings-quality-to-telugu-cinema-816201-1989-06-15 |title=Award-winning B. Narasinga Rao brings quality to Telugu cinema |work=India Today}}</ref> The directorial debut of [[Goutam Ghose]], depicts a typical life of villagers under feudalistic society in the Telangana region. The features [[Sai Chand]], [[Rami Reddy (actor)|Rami Reddy]] and [[Telangana Shakuntala]] in pivotal roles. The plot follows Ramaiah, a landless peasant who joins the [[Telangana Rebellion]] of 1948.
+'''''Maa Bhoomi''''' ({{trans|Our land}}) is a 1979 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[social problem]] film directed by [[Goutam Ghose]] in his debut. The film is produced by [[B. Narsing Rao]], who also wrote the film with Goutam Ghose. The film is based on the novel ''Jab Khet Jage'' by [[Krishan Chander]] on the [[Telangana Rebellion]] in [[Hyderabad State]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19890615-award-winning-b.-narasinga-rao-brings-quality-to-telugu-cinema-816201-1989-06-15 |title=Award-winning B. Narasinga Rao brings quality to Telugu cinema |work=India Today}}</ref> It depicts a typical life of villagers under feudalistic society in the Telangana region. The features [[Sai Chand]], [[Rami Reddy (actor)|Rami Reddy]] and [[Telangana Shakuntala]] in pivotal roles. The plot follows Ramayya, a landless peasant who joins the [[Telangana Rebellion]] of 1948.
-Released on 23 March 1980, the film was a commercial success and had a theatrical run of over a year.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kishore|first=E Sai|date=15 March 2015|title=35years on, still a benchmark|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hyderabad-Tab/2015-03-15/35years-on-still-a-benchmark/137481|url-status=live|website=[[The Hans India]]}}</ref>  Maa Bhoomi was India's official entry in the "Opera Primo" section at the ''[[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]]'' of June–July 1980, and the ''[[Cork Film Festival]]'', October 1980,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/141_IPCatalogue1980-81.pdf |title=Filmtsav' 80 Pg 17 |publisher=DFF}}</ref> the ''Cairo and Sidney Film Festivals'' 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=8IIFA.pdf |title=8th IFFI Archived copy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101233112/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=8IIFA.pdf |archive-date=2018-01-01 |access-date=2018-01-11}}</ref> The film was showcased at the ''Indian Panorama'' of the 1980 [[International Film Festival of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/142_IPCatalogue1979-80.pdf |title=Indian Panorama 1979–80 |publisher=DFF}}</ref> ''Maa Bhoomi'' won the state [[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film]], and the [[Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu)]].<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Narsing Rao's films regale Delhi |date=21 December 2008 |publisher=webindia123.com |url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20081221/1134082.html |access-date=2012-08-25}}</ref> It is featured among [[CNN-IBN]]'s list of hundred greatest Indian films of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424003536/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 April 2013 |title=100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time |access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>
+Released on 23 March 1979, the film was a commercial success and had a theatrical run of over a year.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kishore|first=E Sai|date=15 March 2015|title=35years on, still a benchmark|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hyderabad-Tab/2015-03-15/35years-on-still-a-benchmark/137481|url-status=live|website=[[The Hans India]]}}</ref>  Maa Bhoomi was India's official entry in the "Opera Primo" section at the ''[[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]]'' of June–July 1980, and the ''[[Cork International Film Festival|Cork Film Festival]]'', October 1980,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/141_IPCatalogue1980-81.pdf |title=Filmtsav' 80 Pg 17 |publisher=DFF}}</ref> the ''Cairo and Sidney Film Festivals'' 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=8IIFA.pdf |title=8th IFFI Archived copy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101233112/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=8IIFA.pdf |archive-date=2018-01-01 |access-date=2018-01-11}}</ref> The film was showcased at the ''Indian Panorama'' of the [[7th International Film Festival of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/142_IPCatalogue1979-80.pdf |title=Indian Panorama 1979–80 |publisher=DFF}}</ref> ''Maa Bhoomi'' won the state [[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film]], and the [[Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu)]].<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Narsing Rao's films regale Delhi |date=21 December 2008 |publisher=webindia123.com |url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20081221/1134082.html |access-date=2012-08-25}}</ref> It is featured among ''[[CNN-IBN]]''<nowiki/>'s list of "hundred greatest Indian films of all time".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424003536/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 April 2013 |title=100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time |access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref>
 == Plot ==
-The film follows the story of a young landless [[Telangana]] peasant named Ramaiah (Sai Chand) from Siripuram, Nalgonda, a region under foreign rule. The [[United Kingdom|British]] have appointed the [[Nizam]] as the region's governor. The Nizam, in turn, has appointed the [[Reddy]]s and the [[Patil (surname)|Patils]] as the Zamindars (Known locally as ''Doras'') of the region who collect taxes among various other things for the Nizam. Further, the Nizam has granted them with titles, [[Jagir]]s and judicial rights enabling them to seize thousands of acres of land from the peasants, turning them into tenants.
+The film follows the story of a young landless [[Telangana]] peasant named Ramayya (Sai Chand) from Siripuram, Nalgonda, a region under foreign rule. The [[United Kingdom|British]] have appointed the [[Nizam]] as the region's governor. The Nizam, in turn, has appointed the [[Reddy]]s and the [[Patil (surname)|Patils]] as the Zamindars (known locally as ''Doras'') of the region who collect taxes among various other things for the Nizam. Further, the Nizam has granted them with titles, [[Jagir]]s and judicial rights enabling them to seize thousands of acres of land from the peasants, turning them into tenants.
-Ramaiah rebels against the corrupt Nizam leadership in Hyderabad. When his wife has to submit to sexual coercion by the officials, he befriends the Communists and participates in the independence struggle. The peasants formed various paramilitary groups and launch guerilla warfare attacks across the region with country-made weapons. They raid and take over regional ''Dora'' bases across rural Telangana at night and burn all the land documents found in the bases in the open yard symbolising their triumph. Eventually, they take over the village after the Indian Independence.
+Ramayya rebels against the corrupt Nizam leadership in Hyderabad. When his wife has to submit to sexual coercion by the officials, he befriends the Communists and participates in the independence struggle. The peasants formed various paramilitary groups and launch [[Guerrilla warfare|guerilla warfare]] attacks across the region with country-made weapons. They raid and take over regional ''Dora'' bases across rural Telangana at night and burn all the land documents found in the bases in the open yard symbolising their triumph. Eventually, they take over the village after the Indian Independence.
-The ''Doras'' manage to escape to [[Hyderabad]] reporting the events to the Nizam leadership. The Nizam commands the [[Razakars (Hyderabad)|Razakars]], a private Islamist militia, which perpetrates a massacre of the Telangana peasants. After months of burning, looting, rapes and killings, the Indian army marches into Hyderabad and suppresses the Razakars and the Nizam with [[Operation Polo]] in September 1948 and annexes the Telangana region back into the Indian Union. In independent India, the Zamindars (''Doras'') are returned to power by joining the Congress government. The ''Doras'' have abandoned the Nizam and pledged allegiance to the Congress Party.
+The ''Doras'' manage to escape to [[Hyderabad]] reporting the events to the Nizam leadership. The Nizam commands the [[Razakars (Hyderabad)|Razakars]], a private [[Islamism|Islamist]] militia, which perpetrates a massacre of the Telangana peasants. After months of burning, looting, rapes and killings, the Indian army marches into Hyderabad and suppresses the Razakars and the Nizam with [[Operation Polo]] in September 1948 and annexes the Telangana region back into the Indian Union. In independent India, the Zamindars (''Doras'') are returned to power by joining the Congress government. The ''Doras'' have abandoned the Nizam and pledged allegiance to the Congress Party.
 == Cast ==
-* [[Sai Chand]] as Ramaiah
+* [[Sai Chand]] as Ramayya
 *[[Rami Reddy (actor)|Rami Reddy]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Krishnamoorthy|first=Suresh|date=2015-03-24|title=Maa Bhoomi will forever be alive in people's minds|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/maa-bhoomi-will-forever-be-alive-in-peoples-minds/article7025857.ece|access-date=2020-06-04|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
 *[[Telangana Shakuntala]]<ref name=":0" />
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 == Awards ==
-;[[Nandi Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]]|access-date=21 August 2020}}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref>
+;[[Nandi Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]]|access-date=21 August 2022}}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref>
-*[[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film|Second Best Feature Film]] - [[B. Narsing Rao]] & G. Ravindranath
+*[[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film|Second Best Feature Film]] - [[B. Narsing Rao]] and G. Ravindranath
-*[[Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer|Best Screenplay Writer]] - [[B. Narsing Rao]] & Pran Rao
+*[[Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer|Best Screenplay Writer]] - [[B. Narsing Rao]] and Pran Rao
 ;[[Filmfare Awards South]]
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-[[Category:Indian films]]
 [[Category:Indian nonlinear narrative films]]
 [[Category:Indian war drama films]]
 [[Category:Indian war films]]
-[[Category:Telugu-language films]]
+[[Category:1970s Telugu-language films]]
 [[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Film
1961–1980	Nartanasala (1963) Mooga Manasulu (1964) Antastulu (1965) Aastiparulu (1966) Chadarangam (1967) Sudigundalu (1968) Bangaru Panjaram (1969) Dharma Daata (1970) Tahsildar Gari Ammayi (1971) Pandanti Kapuram (1972) Jeevana Tarangalu (1973) O Seeta Katha (1974) Jeevana Jyothi (1975) Soggadu (1976) Adavi Ramudu (1977) Mana Voori Pandavulu (1978) Gorintaku (1979)
1981–2000	Maa Bhoomi (1980) Saptapadi (1981) Meghasandesam (1982) Neti Bharatam (1983) Swathi (1984) Pratighatana (1985) Repati Pourulu (1986) Padamati Sandhya Ragam (1987) Swarnakamalam (1988) Siva (1989) Kartavyam (1990) Seetharamayya Gari Manavaralu (1991) Gharana Mogudu (1992) Matru Devo Bhava (1993) Aame (1994) Subha Sankalpam (1995) Ninne Pelladata (1996) Annamayya (1997) Anthahpuram (1998) Raja (1999) Nuvve Kavali (2000)
2001–present	Nuvvu Nenu (2001) Santosham (2002) Okkadu (2003) Varsham (2004) Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005) Bommarillu (2006) Happy Days (2007) Gamyam (2008) Magadheera (2009) Vedam (2010) Dookudu (2011) Eega (2012) Attarintiki Daredi (2013) Manam (2014) Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) Pelli Choopulu (2016) Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) Mahanati (2018)