| Gharana Mogudu | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | K. Raghavendra Rao |
| Produced by | K. Devi Vara Prasad |
| Written by | P. Vasu (story) Paruchuri Brothers (dialogue) |
| Starring | Chiranjeevi, Nagma, Rao Gopal Rao, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Vani Viswanath |
| Music by | M. M. Keeravani |
| Release date(s) | April 9, 1992 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Gharana Mogudu (Telugu: ఘరానా మొగుడు) is a very popular Telugu film which has Chiranjeevi, Nagma in the lead roles. The movie was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao and was a sensational hit. It was released on April 9, 1992. The movie was the first Telugu film to gross over 100 million rupees. It made Chiranjeevi the highest paid actor in India, prompting him to be catapulted to cover pages of all national weekly magazines and India Today had a caption, "Bigger Than Bachchan". This film was a remake of hit Kannada film Anuraaga Aralitu, acted by legendary Rajkumar based on a Kannada novel. This film was also remade as Mannan starring Rajini Kanth. There was a Hindi remake of this movie named Laadla in which Anil Kapoor and Sridevi played the lead roles. It was not as commercially successful as southern versions.
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Raju (Chiranjeevi) is a do-gooder who helps his co-workers in a Visakhapatnam shipyard, but when his mother suffers a paralytic stroke, he moves back to Hyderabad and looks for a job.
Uma Devi (Nagma) daughter of industrialist Bapineedu (Raogopal Rao) takes over the business from her father and helps it to reach new heights which also sees her head-strong ways reach new heights. In this scenario, she not only rejects Ranganayakulu's (Kaikala Satyanarayana) son's marriage proposal but insults them when the father-son duo show up at her house. To get their revenge, they send goons to kill Uma Devi. As fate would have it, Bapineedu shows up in the car instead of Uma Devi and is rescued by Raju who asks him for a job which Bapineedu readily agrees to. Raju wins over the employees in no time and takes on the high-handedness of Uma Devi and her management. This leads to constant conflict and Uma Devi decides to marry Raju so that he will not interfere anymore. To this end she plays an emotional blackmail game with Raju's mother and eventually makes Raju agrees to marry her. But Raju continues to trouble her even after marriage. Uma Devi's secretary, Bhavani (Vani Viswanath) is also a friend of Raju which leads to jealousy. In the meantime, Ranganayakulu with the help of Uma Devi's manager Sarangapani (Ahuthi Prasad) schemes against Uma Devi to sabotage her factory. The rest of film deals with how Raju thwarts the schemes of Ranganayakulu and teaches Uma Devi to be humble.
The music and the background score of the movie was composed by M. M. Keeravani, the lyrics for the songs were written by Bhuvanachandra and M. M. Keeravani[1]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Bangaru Kodi Petta" | Bhuvanachandra | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra | |
| 2. | "Kitukulu Thelisina" | Bhuvanachandra | Mano, K. S. Chitra | |
| 3. | "Hey Pilla Hello Pilla" | Bhuvanachandra | Mano, K. S. Chitra | |
| 4. | "Kappuko Duppati" | M. M. Keeravani | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra | |
| 5. | "Endibe Ettaga Undhi" | Bhuvanachandra | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra | |
| 6. | "Pandu Pandu Pandu" | Bhuvanachandra | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra |
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