Chilipi Krishnudu

Chilipi Krishnudu
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Directed by	Boina Subba Rao
Produced by	D. Ramanaidu
Written by	Acharya Aatreya (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Boina Subba Rao
Story by	V. C. Guhanathan
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Vanisri
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Cinematography	A. Venkat
Edited by	K. A. Marthand
Production company	Suresh Productions
Release date	11 January 1978 (1978-01-11)
Running time	162 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Chilipi Krishnudu is a 1978 Telugu, Romance film, produced by D. Ramanaidu on Suresh Productions banner and directed by Boina Subba Rao. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vanisri in the lead roles and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film was remade in Hindi as Bandish (1980).

Dr. Krishna (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) a medic, is the spoilt son of a rich businessman (Satyanarayana), for whom the life is all about playing pranks and troubling people around. Finally, he is taught a lesson in humility by a fellow student, Vani (Vanisri) and a dramatic change in outlook and falls in love with her. But his joy is short-lived as Raja (Prabhakar Reddy) and his gang try to rape Vani for which she commits suicide. On her death-bed, Krishna promises Vani that he will take care of her family settled in a remote village. Krishna reaches the village where he is astounding to see Vani's twin sister Rani (again Vanisri) who lives in the village with her mother Meenakshamma (Shantha Kumari). Then he starts practicing medicine in their small village as this was what Vani wanted to do. With time, both are drawn towards each other until one day Raja is in front of him and he comes to know that Raja is his elder brother who was separated when they were young.

Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Music released on Audio Company.