Shrimantudu
Movie Poster
Directed byK. Pratyagatma
Written byMullapudi Venkata Ramana (story / dialogues)
Screenplay byK. Pratyagatma
Produced byG. Radhakrishna Murthy
A. Ramachandra Rao
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Jamuna
CinematographyK. S. Ramakrishna Rao
Edited byP. Srihari Rao
Music byT. Chalapathi Rao
Production
company
Viswa Bharathi Productions[1]
Release date
  • 18 May 1971 (1971-05-18)
Running time
151 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Shrimantudu (English: Millioner) is a 1971 Telugu, drama film, produced by G. Radhakrishna Murthy, A. Ramachandra Rao on Viswa Bharathi Productions banner[2] and directed by K. Pratyagatma.[3] Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jamuna in the lead roles[4] and music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao.[5]

Plot

Chalapathi (J.L.Narasimha Rao) and Sekharam (Gummadi) are good friends. Sekharam invests a lot of money in Chalapathi's business to help him and in the being itself alcoholic Chalapathi dies suddenly in an accident. Chalapathi's sister Kaasulamma (Suryakantham) and her husband Hanumanthu (Ramana Reddy) takes advantage of his death and throws Sekharam in financial crisis along with their Manager Kishtappa (Raavi Kondala Rao). Due to which Sekharam looses everything and had to leave his home. They also hold are the legal caretakers of the property until Raja attains his majority, Chalapathi's son Raja (Akkineni Nageshwar Rao) becomes the legal hire of all the property. Kaasulamma forcefully drags Raja into alcoholic clubs and he also gets involved in a bad company. Taking advantage of Raja's unconsiousness Kaasulamma starts controlling the property and earns lakhs of money. After many years, Sekharam and his daughter Radha (Jamuna) comes back to their native village to meet Raja. Radha has always believed Raja to be her husband. But when she sees him in as an alcoholic she can't bear it and tries to bring him back to his senses. Raja also quits drinking and understands how his uncle aunt along with the manager are looting the poor workers of their factory. Rest of the story is how did Raja eradicate all this injustice happening to his workers and how did he teach a lesson to his uncle and aunt.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack

Untitled

Music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. All songs are hit tracks. Music released on Audio Company.

S.No Song Title Lyrics Singers length
1 Modati Peggulo C. Narayana Reddy Ghantasala 3:36
2 Bulli Bulli Dasaradhi Ghantasala 3:46
3 Challani Vennelalo Aarudhra P. Susheela 2:59
4 Entho Chinnadi Jeevitham Kosaraju Ghantasala 3:13
5 Chitti Potti Bommalu Dasaradhi Jikki,P. Susheela 3:45
6 Harilo Ranga Hari Kosaraju L. R. Eswari,Jayadev 4:26
7 Aha Emandamu Dasaradhi Ghantasala 3:03
8 Konte Chooplu C. Narayana Reddy P. Susheela 4:35

References

  1. ^ "Shrimantudu (Overview)". IMDb.
  2. ^ "Shrimantudu (Banner)". Filmiclub.
  3. ^ "Shrimantudu (Direction)". Know Your Films.
  4. ^ "Shrimantudu (Cast & Crew)". gomolo.com.
  5. ^ "Shrimantudu (Review)". The Cine Bay.