''Aadi Dampatulu'' () is a 1986

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-language

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, produced by Nitin D. Kapoor under the JSK Combines banner and directed by

Dasari Narayana Rao Dasari Narayana Rao (4 May 1947 – 30 May 2017) was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, lyricist, and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, in addition to Hindi cinema. He has directed more than 150 ...

. It stars

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and music composed by Satyam. The film is a remake of the

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movie ''

Ghar Dwaar ''Ghar Dwaar'' is a 1985 Hindi family drama film starring Tanuja and Sachin Pilgaonkar in the lead roles. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Aadi Dampatulu'', in Kannada as ''Maneye Manthralaya'' and in Tamil as '' Kudumbam Oru Kovil''. Plot Dha ...

'' (1985).

Plot

The film begins with Shankar Rao & Parvathi being the perfect couple, Shankar Rao has two brothers Mohan & Sagar, and a sister Kamala to raise them the pair decides not to have children of their own. Shankar Rao wants his brothers should be well educated, so, he works hard day & night for their development. Looking at it, the younger one Sagar feigns illness and makes Mohan an engineer. Eventually, Mohan loves and marries Uma daughter of a multi-millionaire Sulochana Devi. Soon after, vainglory Uma, hostiles with the family members and swears to exact avenge by destroying their happiness. It works on each family member by separating them and spoiling the relationship. Right now, Uma departs to her mother's house along with Mohan where he is humiliated, so, he leaves the place and reaches Dubai to earn money. Sagar also leaves the house because of insults made by Uma. On the other side, Shankar Rao has to sacrifice his job and home to perform Kamala's marriage with her love interest Bujji. Parallelly, society criticizes Uma when she realizes her mistake and moves for Mohan. On the way, she is attacked by goons when Sagar rescues her. At the same time, Mohan returns, and all of them go in search of Shankar Rao & Parvathi. By that time, the couple is terminally-ill. In the climax, both die together showing they are immortal.

Cast

as Shankar Rao *

as Parvathi *

as Collector D. N. Rao * Chandra Mohan as Mohan * Naresh as Sagar *

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as Dharma Rao *

Suthi Velu Kurumaddali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (7 August 1947 – 16 September 2012), better known by his stage name Suthi Velu, was an Indian actor and comedian known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has acted in more than 200 films, and won four state ...

*Tilak as Bujji *

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as Uma *

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as Kamala *

Raja Sulochana Chittajallu Rajeevalochana (15 August 1935 – 5 March 2013), better known as Rajasulochana, was an Indian classical dancer and actress. She has acted in more than 300 Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi language films. Early life She w ...

as Sulochana Devi *

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* Master Harish as Young Shankar Rao

Crew

*Art: Chalam *Choreography: Raghu, Dhanush, Taara *Lyrics:

Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (born Chembolu Seetharama Sastry; 20 May 1955 – 30 November 2021) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acquired the stage name Sirivennela after writing the ...

, Appalacharya,

, Gurram Jashuva,

Kondaveeti Venkatakavi Kondaveeti Venkatakavi is an Indian poet, scholar, and film writer from Andhra Pradesh. He is well known for writing dialogues in the movie Daana Veera Soora Karna. Childhood Venkata Kavi was born as Venkatayya to ''Narayana'' and ''Seshamma'' ...

*Playback:

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, K. J. Yesudas,

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, Madhavpeddi Ramesh, Manjula *Music:

Chellapilla Satyam Chellapilla Satyanarayana Sastry (1933 - 12 January 1989), known mononymously as Satyam, was an Indian music composer. He was popular in the Telugu and Kannada film industries in the 1960s to 1980s. Sathyam is best remembered as "Andhra R. D. Bur ...

*Story: Keshav Rathod, Bhishetty Lakshmana Rao *Editing: B. Krishnam Raju *Cinematography: P. S. Selvaraj *Producer: Nitin D. Kapoor *Dialogues - Screenplay - Director:

*Banner: JSK Combines *Release Date: 20 June 1986

Soundtrack

Soundtrack composed by

was released through SEA Records music label.

References

External links

{{Dasari Narayana Rao Indian drama films Telugu remakes of Hindi films Films directed by Dasari Narayana Rao Films scored by Satyam (composer) 1980s Telugu-language films 1986 drama films 1986 films