''Janani Janmabhoomi'' () is a 1984

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-language philosophical film produced by K. Kesava Rao under the Sri Bramharambika Films banner and directed by

K. Viswanath Kasinadhuni Viswanath (born 19 February 1930) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor, known for his works primarily in Telugu cinema. He is recipient of five National Film Awards, seven state Nandi Awards, ten Filmfare Awards South ...

. It stars

Nandamuri Balakrishna Nandamuri Balakrishna (born 10 June 1960), simply known as Balakrishna or Balayya or NBK, is an Indian actor, producer and politician. He appeared in more than 100 Telugu films over forty years in a variety of roles and established himself as ...

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 ...

, Satyanarayana, Sharada and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan.

Plot

The film begins with Dhanjaya Rao a millionaire who is toffee-nosed, high-handed, and an atheist. His absences of consent to prayers & worship at home repentants his benevolent wife Katyayani. Plus, she is distraught for her two sons Ramesh & Suresh who are indulged by their father and turned into turpitudes. Jagannatha Rao a government official who authorizes the hefty contracts and Dhanjaya Rao makes him dereliction of duty. Though he always wanna be candid but is retreated by his greedy wife as she aspires to knit their daughter Padmini/Pammy with Ramesh as they are in an infatuation state. Meanwhile, Ramesh moves abroad for his higher studies and returns after a few years. Suddenly, all are startled to view him as a true Indian when Katyayani is in jubilation. Then, he states that patriotism flourished in him after witnessing how foreigners worship their culture, customs & traditions and being conscious of the eminence of his country. Whereupon, Dhanjaya Rao rebukes, forasmuch what he learned is hardly stupidity & gullibility, and inquires him to comprehend the status quo. Parallelly, as an anecdote, Pammy breaks up with Ramesh by enforcement of her mother for his ongoing behavior. As of today, Ramesh proceeds to their village as a common man where he lookouts’ inequities, irregularities, and evils in society. At that point, he is acquainted with a local lass Satyavati who careers in saree weaving and endears her. Ramesh spots damn many in that profession going along thrall of mediator Abbaiah Naidu and attempts to hinder him. As a result, he has been thrashed and kicked out. Since the return, Ramesh mentions to his father that what he said is correct and concurrently he decided to watch over their cement factory at the very spot. Now Ramesh is back in the village Suresh also aids his brother in his style. They make meteoritic changes by forming an association to relieve the saree-weaving pros from the evil clutches of Abbaiah Naidu, bringing soul-searching in the youth manipulated by dirty politicians. All of them act together to transform the terrain by constructing roads, wells, toilets, etc. Presently, Dhanjaya Rao ploys to acquire a prestigious dam project mutually Ramesh designed it for the welfare of desperate prime by forming a land army for which Jagannatha Rao also strongholds. Moreover, Katyayani files a complaint against the barbarities of her husband to triumph aim of Ramesh when Govt appoints a special team. Here Dhanjaya Rao ruses to slaughter them and seeks Katyayani for withdrawing the complaint. At last, tragically, Suresh also dies with the team which reforms Dhanjaya Rao. Finally, the movie ends with a proclamation that ''Nevermind if you are not patriotic but not implant and screw up your children’s mindset. Do not scapegoat them in political chess. If the youth stems from disappointment and despondency they will only build the ideal society. Hail to the Mother & the Motherland''.

Cast

as Ramesh *

as Padmini / Pammy * Rajyalakshmi as Satyavathi * Satyanarayana as Dhanjaya Rao * Sharada as Katyayani * Subhalekha Sudhakar as Suresh *

P. J. Sarma Pudipeddi Jogeswara Sarma was an Indian film dubbing artist, turned actor and writer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has worked for over 500 films as an actor and dubbing artist. He is the father of actors Sai Kumar (Ka ...

as Jaganath Rao *

Sakshi Ranga Rao Sakshi Ranga Rao (born Rangavajhula Ranga Rao; 15 September 1942 – 27 June 2005) was an Indian character actor who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He appeared in about 450 films over a career spanning four decades, majority of ...

as Post Master Govindaiah *Gokina Rama Rao as Abbaiah Naidu *Bheemeswara Rao as Dhanjaya Rao's Partner *

Potti Prasad Potti Prasad (born Kavivarapu Prasada Rao) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He was introduced to the films by Jandhyala. His notable roles include Chantabbai and Sagara Sangamam. He made his screen debut with Appu ...

as Driver *Malladi as Musalaiah *Jit Mohan Mitra as Kallukottu Owner *Dham as Avataram *

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 Cinem ...

as Pammy's mother *Dubbing Janaki as Nurse

Soundtrack

Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan was released on AVM Audio Company. Lyrics were written by

Veturi Veturi Sundararama Murthy (29 January 1936 – 22 May 2010), known mononymously by his surname Veturi, was an Indian poet, lyricist and journalist who is popular for writing Telugu songs. His career in the Telugu cinema spanned more than four de ...

and Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry. Sastry was credited as CH. Seetharama Sastry (Bharani) in this film.

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* 1984 films Films directed by K. Viswanath Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan 1980s Telugu-language films {{1980s-Telugu-film-stub