Buddhimantudu
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Buddhimantudu | |
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Directed by | Bapu |
Screenplay by | Bapu |
Story by | Mullapudi Venkata Ramana |
Produced by | N. S. Murthy |
Starring | Akkineni Nageswara Rao Vijaya Nirmala Sobhan Babu Krishnam Raju |
Cinematography | S. Venkataratnam |
Edited by | A. Sanjeevi |
Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
Production company | Chitra Kalpana |
Release date |
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Running time | 176 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Buddhimantudu (transl. Good Boy) is a 1969 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Bapu. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vijaya Nirmala, Sobhan Babu and Krishnam Raju, with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film was remade in Tamil as Manidhanum Dheivamagalam (1975) and in Hindi by the same director as Paramaatma (1994).[1]
Plot
The film begins in a village where Madhavacharya, a temple priest, is an ardent devotee of Krishna and is admired by everyone. Madhavaiah, too, gets mystic experiences whenever he views the Lord's statue. Meanwhile, his younger one, Gopi Riffraff, spends life as the frolic. Nevertheless, he is kind at heart and struggles for the welfare of the villagers. Seshadri, the village head, is a basal person who creates many atrocities, to which Gopi stands as a barrier, while Madhavaiah believes he is wise and respects him. Meanwhile, Gopi falls in love with a charming girl named Radha, the daughter of Seshadri's sister Kaveramma; in her acquaintance, Gopi reforms and turns into a straight arrow. Eventually, Krishna, son of Seshadri, walks in his father's footsteps and traps the village School Teacher's daughter, Kasturi. Now, Gopi & Radha decide to pair up, but they are afraid of their elders' casteism yet stand firm.
At that time, Gopi's old friends forcibly took him to the carouse. Exploiting it, Seshadri poses Gopi as debauchery before Radha when she loathes him. Even Madhavaiah also necks out to him on the provocation of Seshadri and gives their ruined building his share. Ahead, malevolent Seshadri scatters bad propaganda against Radha and denounces Gopi, leading to Kaveramma's death. Currently, Seshadri plans to perform Radha's marriage with Krishna to grab her property. Parallelly, Gopi renovates his building and transforms it into a school building to service the villagers. Due to this, Seshadri removed Madhavaiah as the priest and handed over the keys. Distressed, Madhavaiah goes into illusion and feels Lord Krishna accompanying him. Knowing it, furious Gopi revolts against Seshadri to get back the keys when Seshadri intrigues him by stealing the temple ornaments and orders his henchmen Ramalingam to bury them in Gopi's premises. But cunning Ramalingam double-crosses and snatches the jewelry. The next day, Gopi is indicted, and when they are in search, a treasure of Madhavaiah & Gopi's ancestors is dug out where both the brothers argue to utilize it, one for the temple and another for the school.
At that moment, Seshadri again ployed to capture the treasure, so he decided to conduct the elections, and both parties vigorously campaigned. Here, Gopi breaks out the secret of temple robbery through Ramalingam when Radha learns the virtue of Gopi. During that time, Krishna flees with the treasure & Radha forcibly when Gopi rescues her and reforms Krishna. Then, without his knowledge, Gopi's group challenges Madhavaiah to show a miracle by lifting the temple dome into the air if God exists, which Madhavaiah accepts, and Seshadri accuses him of the act. Disturbed, Madhavaiah locks himself in the temple where Lord Krishna also preaches that God will not respond to evildoers when Madhavaiah protests the Lord. At that juncture, Gopi understands his brother will not survive until the miracle happens, so he lifts the dome from the backside of the temple. Immediately, Madhavaiah cools down, and when he spots Gopi, he enlightens that the Lord performed the miracle through his brother and realizes that serving people is equivalent to offering God. At last, they utilize the treasure for the welfare of the people, and Seshadri gets arrested. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Gopi & Radha.
Cast
- Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Madhavacharya & Gopi (Dual role)
- Vijaya Nirmala as Radha
- Sobhan Babu as Lord Krishna
- Krishnam Raju as Krishna
- Gummadi as D.E.O.
- Nagabhushanam as Sheshadri
- Allu Ramalingaiah as Ramalingam
- Sakshi Ranga Rao as Achary
- Bhanu Prakash as Master
- Vijayachander as Gopi's friend
- Devadas Kanakala as Gopi's friend
- Suryakantham as Kanthamma
- Santha Kumari as Shantamma
- Rukmini as Kaveramma
- Meena Kumari as Meena
- Sandhya Rani as Kasthuri
- A. Sakunthala
Soundtrack
Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan.[2] The song "Badilo Emundhi" was considered by M. L. Narasimham of The Hindu to sum up the essence of the film.[3]
Song Title | Lyrics | Singers | length |
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"Bhoommeeda Sukhapadite" | Aarudhra | Ghantasala | 4:20 |
"Havvare Havva" | Aarudhra | Ghantasala | 4:41 |
"Tata Veedukolu" | Aarudhra | Ghantasala | 4:20 |
"Guttameeda Guvva Koosindi" | Aarudhra | Ghantasala, P. Susheela | 4:39 |
"Allari Pedatare Pilla" | Kosaraju | Pithapuram, Swarnalata | 3:00 |
"Thotaloki Raakura" | Dasaradhi | P. Susheela | 3:42 |
"Nanu Palimpagaa" | Dasaradhi | Ghantasala | 4:03 |
"Badilo Emundhi" | Kosaraju | Ghantasala | 3:20 |
References
- ^ Arunachalam, Param. BollySwar: 1991–2000. Mavrix Infotech. p. 517. ISBN 978-81-938482-1-0.
- ^ "Buddhimanthudu (1969)-Song_Booklet". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Narasimham, M L (3 April 2018). "An uphill task". The Hindu.