''Gundamma Gari Krishnulu'' () is a 1987

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-language

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, produced by Midde Rama Rao under the Sri Rajalakshmi Art Pictures banner and directed by

Relangi Narasimha Rao Relangi Narasimha Rao (born 30 September 1951) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominently works in Telugu cinema. He is well known for his comedy films, especially his collaborations with actors Chandra Mohan and Rajendra Pras ...

. It stars

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, Rajani, Poornima, and

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. The music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was recorded as a ''Hit'' at the box office.

Plot

Gundamma is a bold, straightforward older woman with grandsons, Pedda Gopala Krishna / Peddodu () & Chinna Gopala Krishna / Chinnodu () respectively. Gundamma looks to marry off both, but Peddodu disagrees, for he wants a love marriage. The bride's father's close friend Gangadharam's daughter Saroja. Unknowingly, Saroja joins Peddodu's office and both of them start liking each other. Meanwhile, Chinnodu goes to fix up the match with a village girl, Lakshmi overseen by his grandmother. At first sight, he falls for her as luck would have it, she likes him as well. Eventually, Gangadharam moves to Peddodu to finalize the match, but he insults him and sends him out. Angered, Saroja reaches their house, but by mistake, she strikes Chinnodu. After that, Saroja finds out the truth and begins hating Peddodu. Both of them end up visiting a camp where they fall into the hands of a man called Gun Papa Rao), whose aim is to help lovers. He mistakes them as lovers and forcibly takes them along with him, but they somehow escape from him when they rekindle their love. Parallelly, Chinnodu's alliance with Lakshmi gets canceled, due to misunderstandings. So, Peddodu asks him to elope her. Chinnodu reaches their village and plans to run away. Unfortunately, Chinnodu is unable to catch the bus on time. Because of such impeccable timing, Lakshmi leaves the city alone, where she falls into the trap of Veeraraju, who runs a brothel house. Veeraraju's wife is good at nature and helps Lakshmi write a letter to Chinnodu which goes into the hands of Peddodu. Reading that letter, Saroja suspects and leaves him. Peddodu immediately rushes to protect Lakshmi. However, by that time, Veeraju finds that his wife is helping Lakshmi, so he beats her so badly that everyone believes that she is dead. Upon seeing this, Lakshmi escapes, and the blame falls upon Peddodu. At the same time, Chinnodu clears all the doubts about Saroja. Both of them go to meet Peddodu when they learn the entire story. Soon, all of them are in search of Lakshmi. At last, with the help of Gun Papa Rao, they prove their innocence. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriages of Peddodu with Saroja and Chinnodu with Lakshmi.

Cast

as Pedda Gopala Krishna * Rajani as Saroja *

as Chinna Gopala Krishna * Poornima as Lakshmi *

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as Gangadharam *

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as Seetapati *

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as Gun Papa Rao *Benerjee as Mohan *Bhemiswara Rao as Lakshmi's father *Chidatala Appa Rao as Rikshawala *Dham *

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as Gangadharam's second wife *

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as Parvathi *Dubbing Janaki as Janaki *

as Gundamma

Soundtrack

Music composed by

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was released on LEO Audio Company. Lyrics were written by

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and

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Other

* VCDs and DVDs on - SHALIMAR Video Company,

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References

{{Relangi Narasimha Rao Films scored by K. Chakravarthy 1980s Telugu-language films Films directed by Relangi Narasimha Rao