''Naa Desam'' () is a 1982 Indian

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-language film, produced by K. Devi Vara Prasad and S. Venkataratnam and directed by

K. Bapayya Kovelamudi Bapayya is an Indian film director. He has directed about 80 films in Telugu and Hindi languages. He is the cousin of noted director K. Raghavendra Rao and nephew of director and producer K. S. Prakash Rao. Early life Kovelamudi ...

. It stars

N. T. Rama Rao Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who served as List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh fo ...

and Jayasudha, with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film is a remake of the

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film '' Laawaris'' (1981).

Plot

Left in the care of an alcoholic Kailasam ( Prabhakar Reddy), a young orphan named Bharath wrestles with life at his young age. Years later, now a young man (

), Bharath works for Prathap Rao ( Satyanarayana) and is in love with Mohini ( Jayasudha), who will not have anything to do with him due to his lack of ancestry. Bharath is determined to find out who his parents are, and the only one who can help him is the elusive, alcohol-induced and incoherent Kailasam.

Cast

as Bharath * Jayasudha as Mohini * Satyanarayana as Prathap Rao *

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as Kumar * Prabhakar Reddy as Kailasam *

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*Siva Krishna * P. L. Narayana * P. J. Sarma * Suthi Velu * Chalapathi Rao * Jamuna * Kanchana * Rajyalakshmi * Rohini *

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*Krishnaveni *Kakinada Shymala * Master Harish *

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Production

Principal photography began 22 July 1982 at Ramakrishna Studios,

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. The song sequences were filmed at

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within the span of five days. The shooting of the entire film was completed in 19 days, which was a record. Rama Rao was paid 24 lakh for the film, which was a huge remuneration at the time. This film has a few scenes where Rama Rao did not dub in his own voice which had become hoarse due to addressing a large number of political gatherings; instead Paruchuri Gopalakrishna dubbed for Rama Rao in those scenes.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Chakravarthy, with lyrics by

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. It consists of six songs, all of which were written within two days.

References

External links

Naa Desam at the Internet Movie Database
{{Kovelamudi Bapayya Telugu remakes of Hindi films 1980s Telugu-language films 1982 films Films directed by K. Bapayya Films scored by K. Chakravarthy