Adavi Ramudu (1977 film)
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| Directed by | K. Raghavendra Rao |
| Produced by | Satyanarayana Suryanarayana (Satya Chitra) |
| Written by |
Jandhyala (Dialogues ) Veturi Sundararama Murthy (Lyrics) |
| Starring |
N. T. Rama Rao Jayaprada Jayasudha Sreedhar Surapaneni |
| Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
| Cinematography | A. Vincent |
| Edited by |
Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Kotagiri Gopala Rao |
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Release date
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28 April 1977 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Adavi Ramudu is a Telugu blockbuster action Drama film which released on 28 April 1977 and was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. N. T. Rama Rao, Jayaprada, and Jayasudha played important roles and this film won Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu). The movie was a remake of 1973 Kannada blockbuster film Gandhada Gudi.
Nagabhushanam and his son Nagaraju (Satyanarayana) run a smuggling and Illegal transport racket of forest produce in the Forest. Ramu (NTR) opposes and raises the villagers to fight against him. Padma (Jayaprada) who is the Daughter of Forest officer (Jaggayya) loves him. One tribal lady Chilakamma (Jayasudha) also loves Ramu as a brother. Nagabhushanam takes the help of one Jaggu (Sridhar) to send Ramu away from the forest. Later half of the film reveals that Ramu is in fact a Forest officer .. in a secret mission to investigate the case of Forest affairs. The story finally leads to the arrest of all criminals..
Producer Suryanarayana speaks:"After a disastrous Prema Bandham, we planned Adavi Ramudu with Ramarao gaaru, and a two-films old Raghavendra Rao. His much-celebrated Jyothi didn't start by that time. But Ramarao gaaru knew KRR well enough from the time Raghavendra Rao assisted ' pouraaNika brahma' Kamalakara Kameswara Rao in Pandava Vanavasamu and agreed readily to do the film. After completing the shooting, he just complemented us saying that shooting of this film shall remain as one of the best memories in his life. The film was such a big success that people of that generation speak volumes of it and feel nostalgic even today, wherever I go. I am really happy that I made such a film with my cousin Satyanarayana".
Satya Chitra banner (of producers Nekkanti Veera Venkata Satyanarayana and Arumilli Suryanarayana) started their first film with Sobhan Babu's Tahsildar Gaari Ammaayi (12 November 1971), which was based on a serial by Kavilipati Vijayalakshmi in Andhra Prabha titled Vidhi Vinyaasaalu. The film was directed by K.S. Prakasha Rao, father of K. Raghavendra Rao; Raghavendra Rao was an assistant director for that film. The film was one of the big hits in Sobhan Babu's career in which he played a dual role. After that film, they made Prema Bandham (12 March 1976 - the same day as NTR's Aaradhana) with Sobhan Babu and Vanisree under the direction of K. Viswanath. It garnered good openings, thanks to Sobhan-Vanisree-Viswanath combo movies ( Chelleli Kaapuram, Chinnanaati Snehitulu, etc.), but it was soon declared a flop as it could not sustain the craze. (The film was released on the same day or NTR's Aaradhana.)
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