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Raithu Bidda

Raithu Bidda
Raitu Bidda 1939.JPG
Directed by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam
Produced by Challapalli Maharaja
Written by Tripuraneni Gopichand,
Malladi Viswanatha Kaviraju,
Gudavalli Ramabrahmam,
Tapi Dharma Rao
Starring Bellary Raghava
Gidugu Venkata Seethapathi Rao
Bhimavarapu Narasimha Rao
P. Suri Babu
Tanguturi Suryakumari
S. Varalakshmi
Vedantam Raghavaiah
M. C. Raghavan
Vangara
Music by Bhimavarapu Narasimha Rao
Cinematography Sailen Bose
Production
company
Release date
1939
Country India
Language Telugu

Raithu Bidda (English: Farmer of Common Origins) (Telugu: రైతు బిడ్డ, lit. Farmer-Son of the Soil) is a 1939 Telugu social problem film directed by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam. It is a social reformist film during the period of British India, at the time of battle against Zamindari system. The film was banned by the British Administration in the region. Ironically it was produced by one of the Zamindars of the time, Challapalli Maharaja. The film had a public re-release in 1948.

The film is a seminal reformist melodrama critiquing the Zamindari system from the viewpoint of the Kisan Sabha (Farmer's Union) agitations in Andhra Pradesh. Small-time landowner Narsi Reddy (Raghawan) borrows money from a shavukar (rich person) who represents the major zamindar (landlord) (Sitapathy) of the village. When Narsi Reddy votes for a peasant candidate (Kosaraju) rather than a candidate of the political party supported by the landlord, his son is attacked and he is publicly humiliated.


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