''Ramudu Kadu Krishnudu'' ( ''Not

Rama Rama (; ), Ram, Raman or Ramar, also known as Ramachandra (; , ), is a major deity in Hinduism. He is the seventh and one of the most popular '' avatars'' of Vishnu. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Bein ...

Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...

'') is a 1983 Telugu-language

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 ...

, produced by N. R. Anuradha Devi under the Lakshmi Films Combines banner and directed by

Dasari Narayana Rao Dasari Narayana Rao (4 May 1947 – 30 May 2017) was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, lyricist, and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, in addition to Hindi cinema. He has directed more than 150 ...

. The film stars

Akkineni Nageswara Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1923 – 22 January 2014), widely known as ANR, was an Indian actor and producer, known for his works majorly in Telugu cinema. He starred in many landmark films in his seventy five-year career, and became on ...

, Jayasudha,

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and music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was recorded as a ''Super Hit'' at the box office.

Plot

Ramu, an introvert, is the son of a millionaire, Bahadoor Appa Rao, who adheres to family prestige. He is surrounded by his sly maternal uncle Gopal Rao & his family to usurp his wealth. The only one who showers motherly affection on him is his sister-in-law Varalamma, the deceased older brother's wife. Here, Ramu falls for a destitute Sarada, but as he obeys his father's command, he abandons her and prepares to marry Gopal Rao's daughter, Jayamma. Indeed, Jayamma has an affair with her second cousin Giri and conceives, too, which Varalamma discerns. Whereat, Gopal Rao ploys by attributing taint to Ramu & Varalamma's relationship, which makes her quit with the infants. Following this, Ramu also moves, relinquishing the property. Next, Gopal Rao ruses by bankrupting Appa Rao and prisons him forging as the insane. Parallelly, Krishna, a sagacious younger of Ramu, lives with his mother Lakshmi and crushes on a girl named Satya. Once, he is acquainted with Ramu when Lakshmi spins rearward. Due to the wiles of Gopal Rao & his family, Appa Rao has ostracized her while carrying. Meanwhile, Krishna segregates the fragmented family and retrieves Sarada & Varalamma, including Appa Rao, who absconded lands therein. Now, Krishna, with his tactics, ceases the cunnies. At last, he proclaims that ''the smartness of Krishna is more essential today than Rama's righteousness.'' Finally, the movie ends happily with the marriages of Ramu & Sarada and Krishna & Satya.

Cast

as Ramu & Krishna (Dual role) * Jayasudha as Satya *

as Sarada *

Rao Gopal Rao Raavu Gopala Rao (14 January 1937 – 13 August 1994) was an Indian actor and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. In a film career spanning more than twenty five years, Rao starred in over four hundred feature film ...

as Gopal Rao * Satyanarayana as Bahadoor Appa Rao *

Allu Ramalingaiah Allu Ramalingaiah (1 October 1922 – 31 July 2004) was an Indian character actor, comedian, and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. In 1990, He was honoured with the Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema. In 1998, he r ...

as Lingam * Prabhakar Reddy *

Giri Babu Yerra Seshagiri Rao, popularly known as Giri Babu, is an Indian actor, producer, and director who primarily woks in Telugu films. His son, Raghu Babu, is a notable actor-director. Career Giri Babu hails from a middle class agricultural fami ...

as Giri Babu * Suryakantam as Kanthamma *

Rajasulochana Chittajallu Rajeevalochana (15 August 1935 – 5 March 2013), better known as Rajasulochana, was an Indian classical dancer and actress. She has acted in more than 300 Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi language films. Early life She w ...

as Radhamma * Jayanthi as Varalamma * Sukumari as Lakshmi *

Jayamalini Jayamalini (or Jaya Malini) is an Indian actress who has acted in more than 500 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies. Career She was introduced to Tollywood in 1975 by Vittalacharya in the movie he produced, ''Aadadani Adrustam ...

as Jayamma *Mamatha as Mamatha

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by

. The song Oka Laila Kosam in the movie is a blockbuster and it was remixed in its 2014 self-titled film starring Nageswara Rao's grandson Naga Chaitanya. Music released on AVM Audio Company.

References

External links

* {{Dasari Narayana Rao Indian drama films Films directed by Dasari Narayana Rao Films scored by K. Chakravarthy