Raithu Bidda (1939 film)

Raithu Bidda
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	Saradhi Studios
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.