Pasivadi Pranam

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Pasivadi Pranam
File:Pasivadi Pranam poster.jpg
Theatrical poster
Directed byA. Kodandarami Reddy
Produced byAllu Aravind
Written byJandhyala (dialogues)
Screenplay byA. Kodandarami Reddy
Story byFazil
StarringChiranjeevi
Vijayashanti
Sumalatha
Raghuvaran
Babu Antony
Sujitha
Music byK. Chakravarthy
CinematographyLok Singh
Edited byM. Vellai Swamy
Production
company
Distributed byGeetha Arts
Release date
  • 23 July 1987 (1987-07-23)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Box officeest. ₹5 crore[1]

Pasivadi Pranam is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language thriller film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy, starring Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, Raghuvaran and Sujitha. A remake of the Malayalam film Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal,[2] it was produced by Chiranjeevi's brother-in-law Allu Aravind under Geetha Arts banner.

Released on 23 July 1987, the film was a commercial success became the highest-grossing Telugu film at the time, collecting over ₹5 crore.[2][1] The concept of a stranger helping a deaf-mute child was reported to be an inspiration for the 2015 Hindi film Bajrangi Bhaijaan.[3][4]

Plot[edit]

Madhu is presented as a painter who became a drunkard when his wife died in an accident immediately after their marriage. He leads a careless life until a deaf-mute child enters his life. He names him Raja and takes care of him. However, he continues to drink.

It is revealed that Raja's parents were murdered by Chakravarthy and his assistant Ranjith and Raja was a witness, and they are trying to get rid of him. Geeta meets them in a shopping centre and thinks Raja is Madhu's son. She fights with them when Raja accidentally breaks her just-purchased gift. She later realises her mistake and comes to Madhu's house to apologise. She befriends Raja and gradually falls for Madhu. Later she learns that Raja is her sister's son.

Chakravarthy and Ranjith keep trying to kill Raja and they are almost successful when Madhu is out drunk one night, but Madhu saves him in the last minute. This changes him and he gives up drinking. Madhu is accused of murder and kidnapping and is arrested by Inspector. Geeta and her father show Madhu is not the actual killer, but the police can't release him as another case was filed on him. The villains are slain and Madhu and Geetha marry and adopt Raja.

Cast[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

All songs were composed by K. Chakravarthy with lyrics written by Acharya Atreya and Veturi. Vocals by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela and S. Janaki.

Song Playback Singers Lyrics Length
"Satyam Shivam Sundaram" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Acharya Atreya 4:16
"Andam Sharanam" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & P. Susheela Acharya Atreya 4:15
"Idedo Golaga" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & S. Janaki Veturi 4:19
"Kashmiri Loyalo" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & S. Janaki Veturi 4:32
"Chakkani Chukkala" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & S. Janaki Veturi 4:32

Reception[edit]

The film collected over ₹5 crore in its theatrical run.[1][5]

This movie was Chiranjeevi's first silver-jubilee hit. It had a 175-day run in Prathap theatre on five daily shows (still the record), in Tirupathi. In those days, a Telugu movie running in for more than 100 days with four daily shows was difficult due to the introduction of the slab system by AP State govt. In 1984. This film also surpassed another record that a Telugu movie has a run of 100 days with five shows per day in three centres (Tirupati, Nellore, Anathapur). Previously another Telugu movie ran in two centres (Tirupati, Anathapur).[6] It became the first South Indian movie to be dubbed into Russian. It was released in more than 600 theatres in Russia. And there also it got tremendous success. After "Rajkapoor's movies" and Mithun Chakraborty's "Disco Dancer (1982)", it is the next Indian film and the first south Indian film to become a hit in Russia. Due to influence of this film, later Chiranjeevi and K.Viswanath's "Swayamkrushi" was also dubbed into Russian.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "మెగాస్టార్ చిరంజీవి @ 41 ఇయ‌ర్స్ ఇండ‌స్ట్రీ." News18 (in Telugu). 22 September 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Pasivadi Pranam – A Kodandarami Reddy-Chiranjeevi: 6 Blockbuster hit films of the ace director-actor duo". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. "Baahubali doesn't belong to any one industry: Vijayendra Prasad". Hindustan Times. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 May 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2020. Chiranjeevi's 1987 Telugu film Pasivadi Pranam moved me a lot. I wanted to rehash it and give it a contemporary touch.
  4. Nathan, Archana. "'Baahubali' writer KV Vijayendra Prasad has had a great year, and 2018 promises to be better". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020. The plot is a rehash of Telugu star Chiranjeevi's 1987 film Pasivadi Pranam, Prasad admitted.
  5. "'Pasivadi Pranam' Industry Hit Story". Cine Josh. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  6. "Box-Office Records And Collections – Chiranjeevi's 175-Day Centres List". CineGoer. 14 August 2012. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

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