''Murali Krishnudu '' is a 1988

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drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

produced by

S. Gopal Reddy S. Gopal Reddy is an Indian cinematographer, turned screenwriter, director and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema and Bollywood. In 1990, he co-produced the blockbuster Kshana Kshanam, under his production house ''Durga Arts''. He h ...

under the Bhargav Art Productions banner and directed by

Kodi Ramakrishna Kodi Ramakrishna (23 July 1949 – 22 February 2019) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. One of the most prolific film directors of Telugu film industry, Kodi Ramakrishna has ...

. It stars

Nagarjuna Nāgārjuna . 150 – c. 250 CE (disputed)was an Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist thinker, scholar-saint and philosopher. He is widely considered one of the most important Buddhist philosophers.Garfield, Jay L. (1995), ''The Fundamental Wisdom of ...

, Rajani and 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 ...

Plot

Murali Krishna, a multimillionaire, is an easy-going guy who spends most of his time with girlfriends. Krishnaveni is a middle-class girl who lives with her widowed mother. She works as a dance teacher in a drama company for a living. One day, Murali Krishna's car driver helps her by dropping Krishnaveni at her office. Everyone in the drama company misinterprets her as Murali Krishna's girlfriend. The drama company owner encourages her by providing additional benefits, given getting off a possible lucrative donation and other benefits from Murali Krishna. Krishnaveni thinks of this as an innocent prank that may fetch her better work and decides to play out the charade as Murali's girlfriend. Once they send their company bills to Murali Krishna's company; as soon as Murali knows of this matter, he decides to confront Krishnaveni but falls in love with her at first sight. Thus, he introduces himself as a bill collector of Murali Krishna's company. Eventually, both of them hang around together and gradually develop a liking for each other. After some time, he reveals the truth and expresses his love for her and she also accepts it. But suddenly a cruel person Parasuram (Mohan Babu) enters into their life, claiming to be Krishnaveni's husband. The remaining story is; What was the relation between Parasuram and Krishnaveni? What happens to the love story of Murali Krishna and Krishnaveni?

Cast

as Murali Krishna * Rajani as Krishnaveni *

Mohan Babu Manchu Bhakthavatsalam, credited and also known as Mohan Babu, is an Indian actor and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. An alumnus of the Madras Film Institute, Mohan Babu has acted in more than 500 films in lead, sup ...

as Parasuram *

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 Murali Krishna's grandfather *

Sowcar Janaki Sankaramanchi Janaki (born T. Janaki; 12 December 1931), popularly known as Sowcar Janaki (Tamil) or Shavukaru Janaki (Telugu) or Sahukar Janaki (Kannada), is an Indian actress who has appeared in over 300, films, predominantly in Tamil, Telug ...

as Murali Krishna's grandmother *

Raavi Kondala Rao Raavi Kondala Rao (11 February 1932 – 28 July 2020) was an Indian actor, screenwriter, playwright, and journalist who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acted in over 400 films. He won Nandi Award for Best Story Writer for '' Pe ...

as Drama company Owner *Gokina Rama Rao as Krishnaveni's father *Chidatala Appa Rao * Chitti Babu as Driver *K. K. Sarma as Manager *Juttu Narasimham *Dham *Kueli as Item Number *Chandrika as Parimala *Anitha as Krishnaveni's mother *Y.Vijaya as Kanyakumari

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Lyrics was written by

C. Narayana Reddy Cingireddi Narayana Reddy (29 July 1931 – 12 June 2017), popularly known as CiNaRe, was an Indian Telugu-language poet and writer. Reddy had produced over eighty literary works including poems, prose-plays, lyrical plays, translations, a ...

and Vennelakanti. Music released on SAPTASWAR Audio Company.

References

External links

* {{Kodi Ramakrishna Films directed by Kodi Ramakrishna Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan