Naa Desam

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Naa Desam
File:Naa Desam.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byK. Bapayya
Produced byK. Devi Vara Prasad
S. Venkataratnam
Written byParuchuri Brothers (dialogues)
Screenplay byK. Bapayya
Story byDindayal Sharma
Based onLaawaris (1981)
StarringN. T. Rama Rao
Jayasudha
Music byChakravarthy
CinematographyS. Venkataratnam
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Production
company
Pallavi Devi Productions
Release date
  • 27 October 1982 (1982-10-27)
Running time
133 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Naa Desam (transl. My Country) is a 1982 Indian Telugu-language film, produced by K. Devi Vara Prasad and S. Venkataratnam and directed by K. Bapayya. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Jayasudha, with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film is a remake of the Hindi film Laawaris (1981).[1][2]

Plot[edit]

Left in the care of an alcoholic Kailasham (Prabhakar Reddy), a young orphan named Bharath wrestles with life at his young age. Years later, now a young man (N. T. Rama Rao), Bharath works for Prathap Rao (Satyanarayana) and is in love with Mohini (Jayasudha), who will not have anything to do with him due to his lack of ancestry. Bharath is determined to find out who his parents are, and the only one who can help him is the elusive, alcohol-induced and incoherent Kailasham.

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

Principal photography began 22 July 1982 at Ramakrishna Studios, Hyderabad. The song sequences were filmed at Ooty within the span of five days. The shooting of the entire film was completed in 19 days, which was a record. Rama Rao was paid 24 lakh for the film, which was a huge remuneration at the time. This film has a few scenes where Rama Rao did not dub in his own voice which had become hoarse due to addressing a large number of political gatherings; instead Paruchuri Gopalakrishna dubbed for Rama Rao in those scenes.[3]

Soundtrack[edit]

The soundtrack was composed by Chakravarthy, with lyrics by Veturi.[4] It consists of six songs, all of which were written within two days.[3]

S. No. Song Title Singers length
1 "Nenokka Nethru Dhepam" SP Balu 4:15
2 "Chalapalilo" SP Balu, P. Susheela 4:47
3 "Ee Chempa" SP Balu, P. Susheela 4:21
4 "Premaku Perantamu" SP Balu, P. Susheela 4:31
5 "Rojulanni Maare" SP Balu 4:02
6 "Uvnadura Devudu" Nandamuri Raja 4:24

References[edit]

  1. "'Naadesam' for Ntr, 'Ruler for Balayya?". Cinejosh. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. "సీనియర్ ఎన్టీఆర్ రీమేక్ చేసిన అమితాబ్ బచ్చన్ సూపర్ హిట్ సినిమాలు ఇవే." CNN-News18 (in Telugu). 8 May 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "30 years of Naa Desam". Kinema2cinema. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  4. "Naa Desam". Hungama. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

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