'' Muthyamantha Muddu'' () is a 1989

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-language

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

produced by K. Benarjee under the Pramoda Art Films banner, Presented by K. S. Rama Rao and directed by

Ravi Raja Pinisetty Ravi Raja Pinisetty is an Indian film director known for his works in the Telugu cinema with actors such as Chiranjeevi, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Mohan Babu, Rajasekhar and Daggubati Venkatesh. Some of his major hits include '' Yamudiki Mogudu ...

. It stars

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and

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, with music composed by

Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, di ...

. The film is based on

Yandamuri Veerendranath Yandamuri Veerendranath is an Indian novelist and screenwriter known for his works in the Telugu language. He influences younger generations with his socially relevant writings and youtube videos. In his writings he addresses many of social prob ...

novel ''Thiller''.

used the tune of two songs from two different Kannada movies in this movie.

Plot

Vidyadhari (Seeta) is an independent woman who likes to work hard and be sincere. She hates the likes of men because of a past incident in her life that scarred her emotionally. One day, her serpentine boss Chakradhar (Sudhakar), whose plan to bed her backfires when a strange man Anudeep (Rajendra Prasad) walks into her office and turns Chakradhar's plan against him and leaves her with a mystery shrouding his past. The story shows how Anudeep always shows up at the very moment Vidyadhari lands in trouble. This perplexes her, but the truth is far stranger than fiction. Who is Anudeep and what his true intentions?

Cast

as Anudeep *

as Vidyadhari *

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 Prof. Ranganatham *

Murali Mohan Maganti Murali Mohan (born 24 June 1940) is an Indian actor, producer, politician, and business executive from Telugu cinema. In 1973, Murali Mohan debuted in ''Jagame Maya'', produced by Atluri Poornachandra Rao. He gained recognition with the ...

as Ravi Sastry *

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as Chakradhar *

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as S. I. Viswanatham *

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as Rikshawala * Ranganath as Commissioner Dharma Rao *

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as Sampath *Narayana Rao as Rama Rao *

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as Anudeep's father *Dham as Priest *

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as Anudeep's mother *Divyavani as Vishali

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Lyrics were written by

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. Music released on Lahari Music Company.

used the tune of two songs from two different Kannada movies starring

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in this movie. The song ''Premalekha Raasa'' was the reused version of the song ''Aakaradalli Gulabi Rangide'' from the 1988 Kannada movie ''

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''. The song ''Ichcohuko'' was the reused version of the song ''Yaavudo Ee Bombe'' with a tune in between taken from the tune of the line ''Neenenayya Maayagaaranu'' from another song ''Sri Krishna Bandanu'' - both from the 1989 Kannada movie ''

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''.

Awards

won

Nandi Special Jury Award The Nandi Special Jury Award is given by the state government as part of its annual Nandi Awards for Telugu films Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the ...

References

External links

{{Ravi Raja Pinisetty 1980s Telugu-language films Indian thriller films Films scored by Hamsalekha Films based on Indian novels Films directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty Films based on novels by Yandamuri Veerendranath 1989 thriller films