''Mantri Gari Viyyankudu'' s a 1983

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-language film released directed by Bapu and stars Chiranjeevi in the lead role and Poornima Jayaram,

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and Allu Ramalingaiah in important roles.

Plot

Kobbarikayala Subba Rayudu ( Allu Ramalingaiah) is a self-made millionaire, who after attaining a high status, forgets the people who helped him initially and spends life counting his successes. A chance meeting several years later between his son, Siva (

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) and his former friend Ravulapalem Rambhadraiah's (

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) daughter ( Tulasi) leads to both of them falling in love. Subba Rao invites his friend and his wife Annapoornamma (

) to his mansion and insults them reminding of their lower status in society. The rest of the movie is about how Annapoornamma- who challenges Subba Rao that he would one day come to her house begging for their help - gets it done with the main lead taken by her son Babji ( Chiranjeevi) with help from others.

Cast

* Chiranjeevi .... Babji * Poornima Jayaram .... Anuradha * Allu Ramalingaiah .... Kobbarikayala SubbaRao *

.... Annapoornamma * Nutan Prasad *

.... Ravulapalem Rambhadraiah *

.... Siva * Tulasi .... Suseela * Kaikala Satyanarayana.... Kappala Appa Rao * Rallapalli * Srilakshmi * Potti Prasad * Vijayan ...special appearance

Crew

* Lyrics: Veturi * Playback Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,

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* Songs Recording: S. P. Ramanathan * Dialogue Recording: K. D. Sathisan * Re-recording: Pandu ( Prasad Studios) * Make-up: Mallikharjuna Rao & Siva * Costumes: T. Kondala Rao & Krishna * Hair Stylists: Adavi Subba Rao & Kalavathi * Stills : Syamala Rao * Publicity: Lanka Bhaskar * Press Relations: I. Arjuna Rao * Dance Directors: Siva-Subramaniam * Art Director:

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* Stunt Director: Vijayan * Production Manager: K. V. Narasaiah * Production Controller: M. Rama Rao & D. Yoganand * Operative Cameraman: Sarath * Assistant Directors: Ammineni Madhavi Rao & K. Mahesh Raju * Associate Director: K. V. Rao * Editor:

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* Cinematography: Lok Singh * Composer:

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* Screenplay & Dialogues: Mullapudi Venkata Ramana * Producer:

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* Director: Bapu

Production Companies

* Production company: Muddu Art Movies * Cassettes & Gramophone recording & Release: Echo recording Company * Studios: Prasad Studios &

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* Outdoor Units: Srikrishna Outdoor Unit & Sarada Enterprises * Printing & Processing: Prasad Film Labs * Special Effects: Prasad Studios * Film Lab:

* Press Publicity: L.A. Advertisers * Poster Printing: National Litho Printers * Radio Publicity: Sri Prabhakara Advertisers

Soundtrack

All songs were composed by Maestro

Production

The movie was a remake of a Malayalam film. Producer

, during an interview, stated that he bought the rights for 40,000 INR. While Bapu-Ramana wanted to have

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(who was their usual choice) as the composer, producer

insisted on having

as the composer, since

- Chiranjeevi's first combination, ''

Abhilasha (1983 film) ''Abhilasha'' () is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language thriller film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy and produced by K. S. Rama Rao. The film stars Chiranjeevi and Raadhika while Rao Gopal Rao and Gollapudi Maruti Rao play vital roles and the musi ...

'' was a major musical and commercial success. ''Mantri Gari Viyyankudu'' was the only movie with

-Bapu/Ramana combination. Heroine Poornima Jayaram was the top heroine in Malayalam and was introduced to Telugu movies through this movie. The budget was 22 lakh rupees .2 millionand Chiranjeevi's remuneration was 1.5 lakh rupees. Both

and Poornima Jayaram were given 60,000 Rupees. Cinematographer Lok Singh was paid 50,000 INR. The shooting was done mostly in and around Chennai except for a couple of songs mani Ne Cheli Padudunoand one fight, which were shot in Ooty. The shooting was completed in 40 days.

Reception

The movie was both a critical and commercial success and completed 50 days in most of the centers it was released. While the movie was the first foray for Bapu/Ramana combination into pure commercial cinema, it was praised for still having the Bapu/Ramana touch. The movie became a rage among youth, especially the college scenes and the songs endeared the youth of Andhra to the movie. The movie would have done even better had it not released a week after '' Khaidi'', which was breaking all kinds of industry records at that time.

External links

* {{Bapu (film director) 1983 films Films directed by Bapu Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja 1980s Telugu-language films