Adavi Ramudu (1977 film)

For 2004 Telugu film, see Adavi Ramudu (2004 film).

Adavi Ramudu

Directed by	K. Raghavendra Rao
Produced by	Satyanarayana and Suryanarayana (Satya Chitra)
Written by	Jandhyala (dialogues) Veturi Sundararama Murthy (lyrics)
Starring	Dr. NTR, Jayaprada, Jayasudha
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Cinematography	A. Vincent
Editing by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Kotagiri Gopala Rao
Release date(s)	28 April 1977 (1977-04-28)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Adavi Ramudu (Telugu: అడవి రాముడు) is a Telugu Drama film which released on 28 April 1977 and was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. Dr. NTR, Jayaprada, and Jayasudha played important roles.

Some scenes in the film were taken from superhit Kannada movie Gandhada Gudi (1973); starring Rajkumar.^[1]

1 The Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Box-office
6 References
7 External links

The Plot

Nagabhushanam and his son Nagaraju (Satyanarayana) runs smuggling and Illegal transport of forest produce in the Forest. Ramu (NTR) opposes and raises the villagers to fight against him. Padma (Jayaprada) Daughter of Forest officer (Jaggayya) loves him. One tribal lady Chilakamma (Jayasudha) also loves him as a brother. Nagabhushanam takes the help of Jaggu (Sridhar) to sent Ramu away from the forest. Later half reveals that Ramu was in fact a Forest officer in secret mission to investigate the case of Forest affairs. The story finally leads to the arrest of criminals.

Cast

Actor / Actress	Character
N. T. Rama Rao	Ramu
Jayaprada	Padma, daughter of Forest officer
Jayasudha	Chilakamma
Nagabhushanam
Kaikala Satyanarayana	Nagaraju
Raja Babu	Bheemanna, the cook
Kongara Jaggayya	Forest Officer
Pandari Bai
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
Rama Prabha
Sridhar	Jaggu
Arja Janardhana Rao
Mada Venkateswara Rao

Production

Most of the forest scenes were shot in Mudumalai National Park, Tamil Nadu.
Three Elephants were used in many scenes. They were shown to perform Shiva puja, Thanking the Hero for saving them from trafficking, etc.

Soundtrack

Adavi Ramudu has many hit songs penned by Veturi Sundararama Murthy. The music score is provided by K. V. Mahadevan.

Aarasukoboyi Paaresukunnanu (Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki and P. Susheela)
Ammathodu Abbathodu Neethodu Naathodu (Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki and P. Susheela)
Choodara Choodara Oka Choopu (Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. Janaki
Ennallakennaallaku Ennellu Thirigoche Maa Kallaku (Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki and P. Susheela)
Kuku Kuku Kokilamma Pelliki Konantha Pandiri (Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and P. Susheela)
Manishai Puttinavadu Kaaradu Matti Bomma..Krushi Vunte Manushulu Rushulautaru (Singer: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam)

Box-office

The film was a huge blockbuster.It was the first Telugu film to collect Rs. 4 crore (Rs. 40 million).^[2]
It had a 100 day run in 32 centres [2], 175-day run in 16 centres [3], 200-day run in 8 centres [4] and a 365-day run in 4 centres (Hyderabad, Kurnool, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam).[5]
The film had run for 302 days in Alankar theatre, Vishakapatnam.^[3]

References

External links

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