''Rowdy Ramudu Konte Krishnudu'' is a 1980 Indian

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produced by

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under his Ramakrishna Cine Studios banner and directed by

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. It stars

Nandamuri Balakrishna Nandamuri Balakrishna (born 10 June 1960), simply known as Balakrishna or Balayya or NBK, is an Indian actor, producer and politician. He appeared in more than 100 Telugu films over forty years in a variety of roles and established himself as ...

, Sridevi and music composed by Chakravarthy.

Plot

The film begins with Bhaji Prasad a dreadful gangster who poses as rectitude. One of his

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Giri is a tricker and always attempts to swindle him. The two maintain double agents, Satyam & Narayana the twins. Ramu is valiant & benevolent and inclines any risk for money. Once, he gets acquainted with a pickpocket Mutyam and falls for her. Parallelly, a young charm Krishna who works as a clerk in a bank resides with his mother and loves Bhaji Prasad's niece Lakshmi. Ramu & Krishna twice meet in crazy situations and comes nearer. Meanwhile, Bhaji Prasad gets disclosure an ancient treasure secluded in the Himalayas and also that an archaeologist Haragopal aimed its route map. Upon it, Giri too gains the key and plots. Just before they hit Haragopal, he safeguards the map in a locker of Krishna's bank. During this, Bhaji Prasad gets knowledge of Lakshmi's love affair. So, he bids Krishna for the cover as a mutual exchange which he denies. Then, Bhaji Prasad endangers his mother, and as inevitable, he heists the map. Simultaneously, Giri also onslaughts on him. Nevertheless, Krishna absconds and shields the map at his friend Ranga. Spotting it, the blackguards slaughter Ranga, but in vain to detect the map. Right now, Krishna is incriminated and sentenced. Yet, Bhaji Prasad wants to win him back. Hence, he empowers the task to Ramu. Here, Ramu feels something dubious. However, he triumphs in acquitting Krishna. Afterward, they are enlightened as siblings through their mother who has been split in childhood while a mishap. Eventually, they acquire the map, realizing, that Bhaji Prasad reverts it, by imperiling Lakshmi. At present, the evils start their journey, when as a flabbergast, Satyam & Narayana appear as a single entity Satyanarayana, the one that falsified for his expediency. Before long, Ramu & Krishna chase them in disguise as guides. After making an adventurous tour they find the treasure. At last, Ramu & Krishna cease the baddies and hand over the treasure to the government. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriages of Ramu & Mutyam and Krishna & Lakshmi.

Cast

as Ramu *

as Balakrishna * Sridevi as Mutyalu * Rajyalakshmi as Lakshmi *

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as Bhaji Prasad * Satyanarayana as Satyanayana *

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as I.G. *

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as Hero's father * Mukkamala as Baba *

Nutan Prasad Tadinada Varaprasad popularly known as Nutan Prasad (12 December 1945 – 30 March 2011) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was a native of Kaikaluru, Andhra Pradesh, India. He started his film ...

as Giri *

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as Jailor * Chalapathi Rao as Hargopal *Prasad Babu as Madhav *Lakshmi Kanth as Ranga *

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* Chitti Babu *Chidatala Appa Rao as Kotigadu *

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*Jagga Rao * Jayasudha as

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* Latha as Special appearance * Pushpalatha as Heroes mother *

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Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics written by

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Reception

On 22 August 1980, Griddaluru Gopalrao of ''

Zamin Ryot ''Zamin Ryot'' ( te, జమీన్ రైతు, Jamīn Raitu) is an Indian Telugu-language weekly newspaper published from Nellore. It was started by N. Venkatrama Naidu in . It has been called the longest continuously running Telugu newspa ...

'' criticised director Raghavendra Rao for making a "shoddy film". Sridhara of ''Sitara'' in his review dated 31 August 1980 gave a more mixed review for the film.

References

External links

* {{K. Raghavendra Rao 1980 action films 1980s action drama films 1980s Telugu-language films Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Indian action drama films