''Buchi Babu'' is a 1980 Indian

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-language

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, produced by Venkat Akkineni,

Nagarjuna Akkineni Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao (born 29 August 1959), known mononymously as Nagarjuna, is an Indian actor, film producer, television presenter, and entrepreneur. Nagarjuna has acted predominantly in Telugu, along with a few Hindi and Tamil language fil ...

under the Annapurna Studios 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

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 Jaya Prada, with music composed by Chakravarthy.

Plot

The film begins with Buchi Babu who marries his maternal uncle Varahala Rao's daughter Buchi in their childhood. At that time, Buchi Babu's parents are needy in their in-law’s house. Gundabathula Achchamma maternal aunt to Buchi Babu, a shrew opposes this match, insults them badly, and throws out the wedding chain from Buchi's neck. So, Buchi Babu has to leave their house along with his parents and safeguard the wedding chain. Years roll by, and Buchi Babu's family becomes wealthy thereupon Varahala Rao arrives and explains to them the present situation that Achchamma has destroyed the happiness in the family, made the children spoilt brats, and also suffers her in-laws. Now to reform them Buchi Babu enters their house in disguise as a cook as Maryada Ramanna. The rest of the story is a comic tale that how Buchi Babu teaches them a lesson, acquires Buchi's love, and unites the entire family.

Cast

as Buchi Babu / Maryada Ramanna * Jaya Prada as Buchi * Mohan Babu as V. P. Rao *

as Buthula Bapaiah * Gummadi as Buchi Babu's grandfather * Prabhakar Reddy as Buchi Babu's father *

Murali Mohan Maganti Murali Mohan (born 24 June 1940) is an Indian actor, producer, politician, and business executive from Telugu cinema. In 1973, Murali Mohan debuted in ''Jagame Maya'', produced by Atluri Poornachandra Rao. He gained recognition with the ...

in a

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* Raja Babu as Buthula Bapaiah's son * Chalam as Driver Seetapati *

Raavi Kondala Rao Raavi Kondala Rao (11 February 1932 – 28 July 2020) was an Indian actor, screenwriter, playwright, and journalist who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acted in over 400 films. He won Nandi Award for Best Story Writer for '' ...

as Varahala Rao *K. V. Chalam as Jayapapa's husband * Chalapathi Rao as Geetha's father *Raja as Rambabu * Suryakantam as Gundabathula Achchamma *Pushpalata as Santha * Sujatha in a

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as Hema * Geetha as Geetha *Athili Lakshmi as Jayapapa *Dubbing Janaki as Geetha's mother * Nirmalamma as Buchi Babu's grandmother * Master Harish as young Buchi Babu * Baby Tulasi as young Buchi

Crew

*Art: Bhaskar Raju *Choreography: Saleem *Stills: Mohanji - Jaganji *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 ...

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, S. P. Sailaja, Madhavapeddi Ramesh, Ramana, Pushpalata *Music: Chakravarthy *Editing: K. Balu *Cinematography: P. S. Selvaraj *Producer: Venkat Akkineni,

*Story - Screenplay - Dialogues - Lyrics - Director:

*Banner: Annapurna Studios *Release Date: 19 March 1980

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by Dasari Narayana Rao. Music released on SEA Records Audio Company.

Others

* VCDs and DVDs on — VOLGA Videos,

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References

External links

* {{Nagarjuna (actor) Indian comedy films Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Films directed by Dasari Narayana Rao 1980s Telugu-language films 1980 comedy films 1980 films