Sri Ramadasu

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Sri Ramadasu

Directed by	K. Raghavendra Rao
Produced by	Konda Krishnam Raju
Written by	J.K. Bharavi K. Raghavendra Rao
Starring	Akkineni Nagarjuna Sneha Akkineni Nageswara Rao Nassar Nagendra Babu
Music by	M. M. Keeravani
Cinematography	S. Gopal Reddy
Editing by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Release date(s)	March 30, 2006
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	12 crores
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Sri Ramadasu (Telugu: శ్రీ రామదాసు) is an epic Telugu film which released on March 30, 2006 and was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Akkineni Nagarjuna in the lead role and Sneha, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Nassar and Nagendra Babu in the supporting roles. Music was composed by M. M. Keeravani, who composed 19 songs for the film. Cinematography and editing were handled by S. Gopal Reddy and Sreekar Prasad respectively. Along with being critically acclaimed, the film became a major hit at box office.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Crew
4 Music
5 Release
6 Box-office performance
7 Awards
8 References
9 External links

[edit] Plot

The film starts with the penance of Bhadra (Sarath Babu) who becomes a hill with the blessings of Lord Rama. In later centuries, Dammakka, the tribal lady and worshipper of Lord Rama unearths and looks after the idols of Rama on the hill and awaits someone who can construct a temple there. On the other hand, Gopanna (Nagarjuna) and his niece Kamala (Sneha) fall in love and marry after a small conflict with their parents. After the marriage, Tanisha, the emperor of Golconda, with the recommendation of Akkanna and Madanna (the uncles of Gopanna), appoints Gopanna as Tehsildar of Husnabad. Thus, a Muslim (Jay Prakash Reddy) who had been the Tehsildar to the place is dethroned for the sake of Gopanna. That ignites disgust among a few groups who attempt to murder Gopanna. However, Dammakka saves him while he lies unconscious on the bank of Godavari. She shows him the place of Bhadragiri and Gopanna becomes an ardent devotee of Rama. After a series of incidents, he decides to construct the Rama Mandir on the hill. He collects funds from people with the help of Kabirdas, his guru, and completes the construction of temple. Lord Rama, Lakshmana, Seetha and Anjaneya live in invisible forms in the place during the construction of temple. They keep on guarding Gopanna until he accomplishes his mission. Thus with immense bhakthi on Lord Rama, Gopanna becomes Ramadasu.

The enemies of Ramadasu pass on negative message to Tanisha about him, stating that he constructed the temple with money taken from other people without the king's permission. Exasperated, Tanisha imprisons Ramadasu. After many ordeals faced by Ramadasu in prison, Lord Rama and Lakshmana appear to Tanisha in a dream and pay the required amount to him. Then Tanisha releases Ramadasu from prison and discovers that the two persons who cleared the debt were Lord Rama and Lakshmana.