''President Gari Pellam'' () is a 1992 Indian

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

-language film directed by

A. Kodandarami Reddy A. Kodandarami Reddy (born 1 July 1950) is an Indian film director best known for his works in Telugu cinema. His association with Chiranjeevi created blockbusters in multiple genres such as ''Nyayam Kavali'' (1981), ''Khaidi (1983 film), Khaidi ...

and produced by

V. Doraswamy Raju V. Doraswamy Raju ( 1946 – 18 January 2021) was an Indian film producer, distributor, and politician. He produced and distributed several Telugu films under his banner VMC Productions. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from t ...

under VMC Productions. 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 ...

and

Meena Meena () is a sub-group of Bhils. They speak Meena language. They started adopting the Brahmin worship system. Its name is also transliterated as ''Meenanda'' or ''Mina''. Historians claim that they belong to the Matsya tribe. They got the sta ...

, with music composed by M. M. Keeravani. The movie was later dubbed into Tamil as ''Thalaivar Pondatti''. This film recorded as a super hit.

Plot

Raja's (

) brother Chandraiah ( Chandra Mohan) works as a servant under Devudu ( Satyanarayana), the president of the village. Meena is the daughter of Devudu and has arguments with Raja. To take revenge on him, Meena acts as she loves him and insults him in front of the villagers. Later Raja stands as president candidate opposite Devudu and challenges him that if he wins, Raja will marry his daughter to him, but if Raja loses, he should leave the village. Raja wins as president. The rest of the movie is about whether he will marry Meena and how he will teach Devudu a lesson.

Cast

as Raja *

as Swapna * Satyanarayana as Devudu * Srikanth as Narendra * Chandra Mohan as Chandraiah *

Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has s ...

as Nadamuni *

Bramhanandam Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956), known mononymously as Brahmanandam, is an Indian actor, comedian, impersonator, and voice actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is particularly known for his comic perform ...

as Vadatala Vundellu *

Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...

as Raja's friend *Raja as Rambabu *Chidatala Appa Rao as Sambrani * Chitti Babu as Raja's friend *

Gautam Raju Gautam Raju is an Indian actor from Andhra Pradesh predominantly acted in Telugu films. He acted in more than 200 films. He got two Nandi Awards as a Best Male Comedian. He also received Rajababu award. Early and personal life Gautam Raju was ...

as Nandan Rao *Garimalla Viswaswara Rao as Raja's friend *Gadiraju Subba Rao as Puvvulapalem President * Narsing Yadav as Bheemanna * Annapoorna as Janaki * Sudha as Lakshmi *Haritha as Seetha *

Disco Shanthi Santha Kumari (born 28 August 1965), famously known as Disco Shanti, is an Indian actress who was particularly famous in South India for her appearances in item numbers. She has appeared in more than 900 films in different languages of India, ...

as Chemki Puvvu (

item number In Indian cinema, an item number or item song is a musical number inserted into a film that may or may not have any relevance to the plot. The term is commonly used within Indian films (Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Punjabi, and Be ...

) *Baby Sunayana as Bujji

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani. Lyrics 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 AKASH Audio Company.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1579866 1992 films Films directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy Films scored by M. M. Keeravani 1990s Telugu-language films Indian drama films