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Ooruki Monagadu
| Ooruki Monagadu | |
|---|---|
| File:Ooruki Monagadu.jpg Film poster | |
| Directed by | K. Raghavendra Rao |
| Produced by | A. Gopala Krishna |
| Written by | Satyanand (dialogue) |
| Starring | Krishna Jaya Prada |
| Music by | Chakravarthy |
| Cinematography | K. S. Prakash |
| Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
Production company | Gopi Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Box office | est. ₹2.5 crores(equivalent to ₹50 crores in 2019) |
Ooruki Monagadu (transl. Village chieftain) is a 1981 Indian Telugu-language comedy-drama film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Krishna and Jayaprada.[1] It was remade in Hindi as Himmatwala (1983).[2] 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.
Plot[edit]
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.
Cast[edit]
- Krishna as Ravi
- Jayaprada as Rekha
- Chandra Mohan as Sher Singh Bandookwala
- Kanta Rao
- Rao Gopal Rao
- Geetha
- Prasad Babu
Music[edit]
| Ooruki Monagadu | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by K. Chakravarthy | |
| Released | 1981 |
| Recorded | 1981 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Language | Telugu |
| Label | Saregama |
| Producer | K. Chakravarthy |
All lyrics written by Aarudhra.
| Track-List | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Kadilirandi Manushulaithey" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |||||||
| 2. | "Andhaala Javvan" | P. Susheela, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |||||||
| 3. | "Moggapindhe" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela | |||||||
| 4. | "Idigo Tella Cheera" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela | |||||||
| 5. | "Buzzam Banthi" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela | |||||||
| 6. | "Erra Tholu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela | |||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ooriki Monagadu Songs – Listen Ooriki Monagadu Telugu Movie Songs". Telugufm.com. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ↑ "Ooriki Monagadu to be remade in Hindi". Sify.com. 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.