''Bangaru Gaajulu'' () is a 1968 Indian

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-language

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directed by

C. S. Rao Chittajallu Srinivasa Rao (1924 – 8 December 2004) was an Indian actor, writer and director. He was the son of film director Chittajallu Pullayya. He directed around 65 films in the Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Oriya languages. He garnered ...

from a story written by

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. Produced by

Tammareddy Krishna Murthy Tammareddy Krishna Murthy (1920 – 16 September 2013) was an Indian film producer who worked in Telugu cinema. He received the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2007. Krishna Murthy started his career in the fi ...

, 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 ...

, Bharathi, and

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with the music composed by

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. Released on 22 August 1968, the film won

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from the

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, including Third Best Feature Film and Best Story Writer (Rajasri).

Plot

The film begins with Ramu and Radha who are loving, adoring, and inseparable. Ramu works as a lorry driver in a company owned by Raoji malicious, feigning as honorable. He has an evil eye on Radha and tries to molest her when Avataram, a guy allied to Ramu, rescues her. Thereafter, Ramu fixes an alliance for Radha and aspires to gift her golden bangles. Meanwhile, Raoji falsifies Radha, and makes her land at his residence, while escaping from him, she jumps into a river. Being cognizant of it, enraged Ramu moves to slay him. At the same time, Raoji's illegal racket is caught by Police, so, he slaughters his partner Paul, counterfeits his body as his own, and indicts Ramu in the crime. Terror-stricken Ramu flees and becomes a wanderer in search of Radha. Thereupon, he rescues a charming girl Sarada unknowingly, the sister of Avataram. Now Ramu accommodates them as Ravi, turns into a taxi driver, and falls for Sarada. Just after, a woman falls under his taxi, one that resembles Radha. Here, Ramu saves her by donating his blood when he learns from a samaritan Raja Rao that she is his daughter and wife of Inspector Chandra Shekar, whose name is Radha too. Anguished, Ramu repudiates it when commiserate Radha enacts as his sister. Right now, Ramu determines to reacquire the golden bangles for which he strives. Since Ramu becomes a frequent visitor and his closeness towards Radha makes Chandra Shekar suspect their relationship. During this plight, Raja Rao leaves for pilgrimage. Meanwhile, Raoji alters his identity as Prakash a friend of Chandra Shekar, and gets shocked by seeing Ramu and Radha. Eventually, Chandra Shekar realizes Ramu is an absconded criminal and seizes him. At this juncture, Raoji kidnaps Radha when Ramu absconds, extricates Radha, and proves his innocence with the help of Sarada and Avataram. At last, a flabbergasted Raja Rao arrives with Radha, one, and affirms them as twins. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with Ramu bestowing the golden bangles to his sisters.

Cast

Production

scripted the film from the original story by

. The film has editing by Akkineni Sanjeev and cinematography by

Kamal Ghosh Kamal Ghosh (1910–1983; often misspelled in film credits as Kamaal) was an Indian cinematographer and film director. Although a native of Kolkata, he was active primarily in Tamil and Telugu cinema. Early life Kamal Ghosh was the nephew of f ...

. Art was handled by G. V. Subba Rao and choreography was by K. S. Reddy.

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. The lyrics were written by Dasarathi, C. Narayana Reddy, Kosaraju, and Arudra with vocals by Ghantasala, P. Susheela, L. R. Eswari, Madhavapeddi Satyam, and Vasantha.

Awards

;

* Third Best Feature Film - Bronze - T. G. Krishnamurthy * Second Best Story Writer -

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt0260726, Bangaru Gaajulu 1960s Telugu-language films 1968 films Films scored by T. Chalapathi Rao Films directed by C. S. Rao Nandi Award winners