''Dasara Bullodu'' is a 1971 Indian

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-language romance film, produced and directed by V. B. Rajendra Prasad. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vanisri and Chandrakala, with music composed by

K. V. Mahadevan Krishnankoil Venkadachalam Mahadevan (14 March 1918 – 21 June 2001) was an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician known for his works in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, and Kann ...

. It is the first film of Rajendra Prasad as a director. The film was a blockbuster at the box office and remained an all time superhit in Telugu film history. It is considered to be one of the biggest hits of ANR. It ran for 100 days at 25 theatres and went on to record a 200-day run at 4 centres. It was the first non-mythological film in Telugu to run for over 200 days. It had the unique distinction of celebrating 200 days run in all the three regions of the undivided Andhra Pradesh, first film to do so. It was remade in Hindi as ''

Raaste Pyar Ke ''Raaste Pyar Ke'' ( ''Route of Love'') is a 1982 Hindi-language romance film, produced and directed by V. B. Rajendra Prasad under his Jagapathi Art Productions banner. It stars Jeetendra, Rekha and Shabana Azmi with music composed by Laxmika ...

'' (1982) under the same banner and director.

Plot

The film begins in a village where Gopi, a breezy and jovial guy, well known as Dasara Bullodu was reared by his elder brother Vasu and sister-in-law Yashoda. President Bhushiah a wise person, is their paternal uncle who has been separated from his elder brother on the provocation of his shrewish wife Bullemma. Bullaiah a devious and materialistic person is the brother of Bullemma, who fixes his daughter Nirmala's alliance with Gopi to usurp his wealth and she also loves him a lot. But Gopi loves Radha, sister of Yashoda and close friend to Nirmala too. At present, Nirmala is diagnosed with cancer, simultaneously, she realizes the love affair of Gopi and Radha and decides to sacrifice her love. Now Bullaiah wants to immediately couple up Nirmala with Gopi in the hope that she may recover due to her deep affection for Gopi. At the same time, Bullaiah notices the closeness of Gopi and Radha, so he plots by splitting Gopi from Vasu and threatens Radha to keep him out of the way. Being cognizant of Nirmala's condition, Radha promises to do so and also convinces Gopi to marry Nirmala. Here Vasu engages Radha with Gopi's close friend Bodibabu. Meanwhile, Gopi and Nirmala's wedding arrangements are also made. During the time of the wedding, Bodibabu plans to unite Gopi and Radha, knowing it, Bullaiah ruses by setting fire to the venue when Gopi rescues all. At last, terminally ill Nirmala breathes her last happily, uniting Gopi & Radha.

Cast

* Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Gopi * Vanisri as Radha * Chandrakala as Nirmala *

S. V. Ranga Rao Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao (3 July 1918 – 18 July 1974), popularly known as SVR, was an Indian actor, producer, and director known for his works majorly in Telugu and Tamil films. He is regarded as one of the finest actors in the history of ...

as Bhushaiah *

Gummadi Gummadi (Telugu: గుమ్మడి) is an Indian given name and surname. It may refer to: * Gummadi (actor) (1927–2010), Telugu film actor * Gummadi Vittal Rao (born 1949), revolutionary Telugu balladeer and vocal Naxalite * Jaya Krishna Gumm ...

as Vasu *

Nagabhushanam Nagabhushanam may refer to: *Shiva, major Hindu deity, also known as Nagabhushana (adorned with snakes) * Nagabhushanam (actor), Indian actor in Telugu cinema * T. D. J. Nagabhushanam, Indian agriculturalist * Nagabhushan Rao Machiraju, Indian-A ...

as Bullaiah * Padmanabham as Bodi Babu * Raavi Kondala Rao as priest *

Anjali Devi Anjali Devi (; 24 August 1927 – 13 January 2014) was an Indian actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films. She was well known for her role as the Devi Sita in ''Lava Kusa'' as well as for the titular roles in movies like Chenchu ...

as Yashoda *

Suryakantham Suryakantam or Sooryakantam (pronounced sūryakāntam) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 17th ''melakarta'' rāgam (parent scale) in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. I ...

as Bullamma *Chhaya Devi as Aademma * Radha Kumari as Nirmala's mother *Jhansi as Kantamma *Baby Rani as Chitti

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by

. The lyrics were written by

Acharya Aatreya Acharya Aatreya (born Kilambi Venkata Narasimhacharyulu ) (7 May 1921 – 13 September 1989) was an Indian poet, lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He received the state Nandi Award fo ...

. Music released on SAREGAMA Audio Company.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0260842 Indian romantic drama films Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Telugu films remade in other languages 1970s Telugu-language films 1971 directorial debut films Films directed by V. B. Rajendra Prasad