Palletoori Monagadu is a 1983

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-language film directed by

S. A. Chandrasekhar S. A. Chandrasekar (born 2 July 1945) is an Indian film director, producer, writer, and actor who primarily works within Kollywood. He made his directorial debut with ''Aval Oru Pachai Kuzhanthai'' (1978), He got his breakthrough with ''Sattam ...

and produced by

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. The film stars

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and

Raadhika Raadhika Sarathkumar is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, producer and politician who works predominantly in Tamil cinema along with Telugu cinema as well as a few Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. She is the founder and CP of the Radaan Media ...

. The film, had musical score 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 ...

. The film was a remake of director's own Tamil film ''

Nenjile Thunivirunthal ''Nenjile Thunivirunthaal'' () is a 1981 Tamil-language action drama film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar, starring Vijayakanth and Swapna. It was released on 29 August 1981. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Palletoori Monagadu'' and in Kan ...

''.

Plot

The movie opens with the murder of a Doctor who tries to set up his medical practice in a village. Everyone knows that the Zamindar of that village is behind that murder. He doesn't like the villagers to get exposed to better things, as he fears they might get out of his control. Enters Dr Santhi (Radhika), who is determined to complete her father's incomplete dream. She meets Rajanna, who will be very helpful and cooperative to her. But, zamindar has his cruel intentions. He plans to kill Dr Santhi also, but Rajanna saves her. Rajanna foils every attempt on her life and in the end, Rajanna manages to help Dr.santhi to run her practice smoothly by bringing zamindar to justice.

Cast

as Raja/Rajanna *

as Rani/Dr. Santhi * Maruthirao Gollapudi *

R. Narayana Murthy R. Narayana Murthy (born 31 December 1954), also known as People's Star, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, composer, singer, and producer. He works predominantly in Telugu Cinema. He received Nandi Special Jury Award for his film ''Dan ...

Suthivelu Kurumaddali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (7 August 1947 – 16 September 2012), better known by his stage name Suthi Velu, was an Indian actor and comedian known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has acted in more than 200 films, and won four state ...

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Soundtrack

*"Paluke Bangarama" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela *"Akkum Bakkum" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela *"Jadaloni Banthi Puvvu" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela *"Evvaroi Peddhollu" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam *"Gundegadhi Khaali" - S. P. Sailaja, N. Raja

References

1983 films 1980s Telugu-language films Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Telugu remakes of Tamil films {{1980s-Telugu-film-stub