''Bahudoorapu Batasari'' () is a 1983 Indian

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

-language

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

, produced 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

Akkineni Nageswara Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1923 – 22 January 2014), widely known as ANR, was an Indian actor and producer, known for his works majorly in Telugu cinema. He starred in many landmark films in his seventy five-year career, and became on ...

and Sujatha, with music composed by

Ramesh Naidu Pasupuleti Ramesh Naidu (1933–1988) was an Indian music composer, multi instrumentalist, and singer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He garnered the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the film Megha Sandesam ...

. The film was recorded as a ''Super Hit'' at the box office. The film won two

Nandi Awards The Nandi Awards are the awards that recognise the excellence in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu television, and Lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. Presented annually by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the award is named after ...

Plot

The film begins with Prasad a sincere cop, who lives with his ideal wife Prabha, two sons Bhanu, and Raja, and a deaf & dumb daughter Suhasini. The couple sacrifices their requirements to provide the children with everything. As time passes, Prasad couple up with them with their love interests. Raja with his maternal uncle's daughter Geeta, Bhanu with a Christian girl Julie, and Suhasini with another deaf & dumb guy Narayana Rao, son of minted Madhusudhan Rao respectively. Meanwhile, Avataram a bestie of Prasad suffers his family Sahastrakoti Suryaprabha & 3 sons with his misery. Besides, he falsifies his extant father as dead for the property. Meanwhile, Prasad seizes on the illegal activities of Madhusudhan Rao despite his menacing. At that juncture, Madhusudhan Rao's elder one Eeswar is knocked out in a police encounter when awfully, Prasad is seriously injured in cross-firing and his leg is amputated. Right now, Prasad even loses his job and becomes dependent on his sons but they abandon him. On the double, Suhasini is thrown out by her in-laws, and things get worse when Prasad is completely submerged in debt and seeks help for the children. Here, the ungrateful children want to split the parents when angered Prasad boots them and decides to start a new life. During that plight, Prasad rescues a well-off person Satyanarayana from harm, so, to show the gratitude he invests for Prasad. Soon, with his hardship, Prasad becomes a multi-millionaire and also revives Suhasini's marital life. On the other side, Avataram's children find their grandfather and teach a lesson to him. At present, Prasad's sons try to retie with their father for his wealth but he turns them down. As a last attempt, they play a suicide drama, knowing it, Prabha rushes, gazing at their intention Prasad obstructs her when she chucks with him. After meeting them she realizes the truth and proclaims them to never show their faces. Immediately, she backs up, and by that time, distressed Prasad places the entire property in the name of Prabha and quits the house as a distant nomad. At last, Prabha too accompanies him when their children who are reformed by Avataram plead pardon. Finally, Prasad affirms them to return as self-reliant persons and continues his journey.

Cast

as Prasad * Sujatha as Prabha *

as Avataram * Gummadi as Prasad's father *

Prabhakar Reddy Mandadi Prabhakar Reddy (1935–1997) was an Indian film character actor and doctor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He acted in over 472 films over three decades. He wrote stories for several acclaimed films, including '' Karthika Deepa ...

as Madhusudhan Rao *

Jaggayya Kongara Jaggayya (31 December 1928 – 5 March 2004) was an Indian actor, littérateur, journalist, lyricist, dubbing artist and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was known as ''Kanchu Kantham J ...

as Prabha's father-in-law *

Allu Ramalingaiah Allu Ramalingaiah (1 October 1922 – 31 July 2004) was an Indian character actor, comedian, and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. In 1990, He was honoured with the Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema. In 1998, he rec ...

as Avataram's father *

Bhanu Chander Bhanu Chander (Madduri Venkatasatya Subramanyeswara Bhanuchander Prasad; born 2 July 1952) is an Indian actor, director and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil cinema. He is the son of veteran music composer Master Ven ...

as Bhanu *

Ramakrishna Ramakrishna Paramahansa ( bn, রামকৃষ্ণ পরমহংস, Ramôkṛṣṇo Pôromohôṅso; , 18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886),——— — also spelled Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, born Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya,, was an In ...

as Prabha's brother-in-law *

Peketi Sivaram Peketi Sivaram (Telugu: పేకేటి శివరాం) (8 October 1918 – 30 December 2006) was an Indian actor and director.http://www.cinegoer.com/archives/december2006/peketi.htm Life sketch He was born on 8 October 1918 in Pekeru ...

as Siva * Narayana Rao as Murali Krishna *Raja as Raja *Eeswar Rao as Eeswar Rao *Vanakayala Satyanarayana as Satyanarayana *

R. Narayana Murthy R. Narayana Murthy (born 31 December 1954), also known as People's Star, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, composer, singer, and producer. He works predominantly in Telugu Cinema. He received Nandi Special Jury Award for his film ''Dan ...

as Avataram's elder son * Chitti Babu as Avataram's younger son *

Sumalatha Sumalatha (born 27 August 1963) is an Indian actress, politician who is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Mandya, Karnataka. She has acted in more than 220 films in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi. She gained ...

as Julie *

Suhasini Suhasini Maniratnam (born 15 August 1961) known mononymously as Suhasini, is an Indian actress, director, producer and writer in the Tamil film industry. She has worked as an actress in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her ...

as Subhashini *

Rama Prabha Rama Prabha is an Indian actress who performs in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. She has acted in more than 1,400 films and is credited as a character artist who shared screen space with superstars across all generation of South Indian Cinema ...

as Sahastrakoti Suryaprabha *

Jayamalini Jayamalini (or Jaya Malini) is an Indian actress who has acted in more than 500 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies. Career She was introduced to Tollywood in 1975 by Vittalacharya in the movie he produced, ''Aadadani Adrustam ...

as Ananda Bhairavi *Pushpalata as Prasad's mother *Mamatha as Mangatayaru *Krishnaveni as Saraswathi

Crew

*Art: Bhaskar Raju *Choreography: Prakash, Surekha *Stills: Mohanji -Jagan *Playback:

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also referred to as SPB or SP Balu or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is wi ...

P. Susheela Pulapaka Susheela (born 13 November 1935), popularly known as P. Susheela, is an Indian playback singer associated with the South Indian cinema primarily from Andhra Pradesh for over six decades. She is one of the greatest and best-known playba ...

*Music:

*Story: Paalagummi Padma Raju, R. K. Dharma Raju *Editing: B. Krishnam Raju *Cinematography:

V. S. R. Swamy V S R Swamy is an Indian cinematographer. Filmography Camera and Electrical Department * Farz (1967 film), Farz (1967) (camera operator) ... aka Duty Awards *Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer - Viswanatha Nayakudu (1987) (in Telugu langua ...

*Dialogues - Lyrics - Screenplay - Producer - Director:

*Banner: Taraka Prabhu Films *Release Date: 16 May 1983

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Lyrics were written by Dasari Narayana Rao. Music released on ACE Audio Company.

Awards

;

- 1983 (in

) * Best Male Playback Singer -

* Best Story Writer -

Palagummi Padmaraju Palagummi Padmaraju, shortly P. Padmaraju (Telugu: పాలగుమ్మి పద్మరాజు) (24 June 1915 – 17 February 1983) is a Telugu writer and winner of Sahitya Akademi Award. He is known for his works in Telugu literature ...

& R.K. Dharma Raju

Other

* VCDs and DVDs on - SHALIMAR Video Company,

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

References

External links

{{Dasari Narayana Rao Indian drama films Films directed by Dasari Narayana Rao Films scored by Ramesh Naidu 1980s Telugu-language films 1983 drama films 1983 films