''Kattula Kondaiah'' is a 1985

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action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

, produced by Kella Rama Swamy in the banner of Prasanna Arts and directed by S. B. Chakravarthy. 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 cinema, Telugu films over forty years in a variety of roles and establis ...

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, and music is scored by

K. Chakravarthy K. Chakravarthi (born Kommineni Appa Rao; 8 September 1936 – 3 February 2002) was an Indian music director who primarily worked in Telugu cinema. He made his debut with in 1971 with ''Mooga Prema'' and went on compose music for over 949 films ...

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wrote the dialogues and screenplay for the story by S. B. Chakravarthy.

Plot

The film begins with frightful ruffian Kattula Kondaiah one that is employed by two direful, MLA Madhava Rao and his brother-in-law Prasad Rao who conspires against one another. Exploiting it, Kattula Kondaiah seeks his vengeance when he is rearwards. In reality, he is Kiran a virtuous scaredy-cat journalist but he strives to elicit the unjust in society. He loves a plucky girl Jyoti daughter of Madhava Rao. Inspector Vijay brother of Jyoti promises to knit them. In tandem, Madhava Rao & Prasad Rao undertakes an indictable offense as justness which is triggered by Kiran. Hence, they strike him when he is saved by a stranger Narayana a convict acquitted from jail. Narayana realizes Kiran is the son of his friend Dharma Rao and turns him into a valorous. Just then, his mother Annapurna divulges Narayana as the homicide of her husband. Thus, Kiran onslaughts on him, when Narayana reveals the fact. Dharma Rao is the rectitude and the two share beyond the relationship of friends. Once, Dharma wins a lottery for which their common friend Madhava Rao complots with Prasad Rao and slaughtered him. Further, they penalized Narayana. Hearing it, Kiran burns for avenge. Meanwhile, Vijay seals the illegal activities of Prasad Rao even though Madhava Rao also backstabs him. So, begrudged Prasad Rao poisons, Vijay. Besides, Kiran pulls the car break to kill Madhava Rao. Tragically, Vijay takes up the vehicle and dies due to poison making an accident. Now Kiran repents considering himself as the culprit, confesses his sin to Jyoti, and surrenders to Police. During this plight, Narayana breaks out the truth when Kiran absconds from prison and is transformed into Kattula Kondaiah. At last, with the support of Narayana and Jyoti Kiran proves as guiltless and sentences the knaves. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Kiran & Jyoti.

Cast

as Kiran *

as Jyothi * Satyanarayana as Narayana *

Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist, journalist & scholar who served as the first president of Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian Nationa ...

as Inspector Vijay *

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as Dharma Rao *

Gollapudi Maruti Rao Gollapudi Maruti Rao (14 April 1939 – 12 December 2019) was an Indian actor, screenwriter, dramatist, playwright, columnist and dialogue writer known for his works in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu Literature. Rao acted in over 250 ...

as MLA Madhava Rao *

Nutan Prasad Tadinada Varaprasad popularly known as Nutan Prasad (12 December 1945 – 30 March 2011) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was a native of Kaikaluru, Andhra Pradesh, India. He started his film ...

as Prasad Rao *Bhima Raju as Bheemudu *

Narra Venkateswara Rao Narra Venkateswara Rao was an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He hailed from Agraharam village (Ramachandrapuram) in Zarugumalli Mandal, Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Career He acted in over 500 films spanning ...

as Doctor *Hema Chandra as Jailor *KK Sarma as Editor *Chidatala Appa Rao as Chemcha *

Silk Smitha Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati (2 December 1960 – 23 September 1996), better known by her stage name Silk Smitha, was an Indian actress and dancer who worked predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. Smitha was part of seve ...

as Item Number *Subha as Annapurna *Jaya Vijaya as Madhava Rao's wife *Lalitha Mani

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. 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 ...

. Music released on AVM Audio Company.

References

1985 films Films scored by K. Chakravarthy 1980s Telugu-language films {{1980s-Telugu-film-stub