Gharana Mogudu
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Directed by | K. Raghavendra Rao |
Written by | P. Vasu (story) Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues) |
Produced by | K. Devi Vara Prasad |
Starring | Chiranjeevi Nagma Vani Viswanath Rao Gopal Rao Kaikala Satyanarayana |
Cinematography | A. Vincent |
Music by | M. M. Keeravani |
Distributed by | saiprasad Deshpande |
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Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Budget | 3 crores |
Box office | ₹10.8 crore (equivalent to ₹83 crore or US$10 million in 2023)[1] |
Gharana Mogudu (transl. Intelligent Husband) is a 1992 Telugu-language film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It is a remake of 1986 Kannada film Anuraga Aralithu.[2] The film starred Chiranjeevi and Nagma in the lead roles. The film was recorded as an All Time Indian industry Hit at the box office.[3] It became the first Telugu film to collect over ₹10 crore share at the box office.[4] The film was screened at the 1993 International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section.[5]
Plot
Raju (Chiranjeevi) is a do-gooder who helps his co-workers in a Visakhapatnam shipyard, but when his mother suffers a paralytic stroke, he moves back to Hyderabad and looks for a job. Uma Devi (Nagma), daughter of industrialist Bapineedu (Raogopal Rao) takes over the business from her father and helps it to reach new heights, which also sees her head-strong ways reach new heights. In this scenario, she not only rejects Ranganayakulu's (Kaikala Satyanarayana) son's marriage proposal, but insults them when the father-son duo show up at her house. To get their revenge, they send goons to kill Uma Devi. As fate would have it, Bapineedu shows up in the car instead of Uma Devi and is rescued by Raju, who asks him for a job, which Bapineedu readily agrees to.
Raju wins over the employees in no time and takes on the high-handedness of Uma Devi and her management. This leads to constant conflict and Uma Devi decides to marry Raju, so that he will not interfere anymore. To this end, she emotionally blackmails Raju's mother and eventually makes Raju agree to marry her. But Raju continues to trouble her even after marriage. Uma Devi's secretary, Bhavani (Vani Viswanath), is also a friend of Raju, which leads to jealousy. In the meantime, Ranganayakulu, with the help of Uma Devi's manager Sarangapani (Ahuti Prasad) schemes against Uma Devi to sabotage her factory. The rest of film deals with how Raju thwarts the schemes of Ranganayakulu and teaches Uma Devi to be humble.
Cast
- Chiranjeevi ... Raju
- Nagma ... Uma Devi
- Vani Viswanath ... Bhavani
- Raogopal Rao ... Bapineedu
- Kaikala Satyanarayana ... Ranganayakulu
- Brahmanandam ... Appanna
- Sharat Saxena ... Ranganayakulu's son
- Ramaprabha ... Uma Devi's servant
- Shubha ... Raju's mother
- Ahuti Prasad ... Sarangapani
- Ponnambalam ... Veeraiah
- Sakshi Ranga Rao ... Bhawani's father
- Chalapathi Rao ... Chalapathi
- P. L. Narayana ... Narayana
- Disco Shanti ... item number in the song "Bangaru Kodi Petta"
- Gautam Raju
Soundtrack
Gharana Mogudu | ||||
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Released | 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 30:13 | |||
Label | Lahari Music | |||
Producer | M. M. Keeravani | |||
M. M. Keeravani chronology | ||||
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The music and the background score of the movie were composed by M. M. Keeravani, the lyrics for the songs are by Bhuvanachandra and M. M. Keeravani.[6] The song "Bangaru Kodi Petta" was later remixed by M. M. Keeravani in the 2009 Telugu blockbuster Magadheera.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Performer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Bangaru Kodi Petta" | Bhuvanachandra | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra | 6:14 |
2. | "Kitukulu Thelisina" | Bhuvanachandra | K.S. Chitra, Mano | 5:00 |
3. | "Hey Pilla Hello Pilla" | Bhuvanachandra | K.S. Chitra, Mano | 4:30 |
4. | "Kappuko Duppati" | M. M. Keeravani | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra | 4:51 |
5. | "Endibe Ettaga Undhi" | Bhuvanachandra | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra | 4:37 |
6. | "Pandu Pandu Pandu" | Bhuvanachandra | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra | 5:01 |
Total length: | 30:13 |
Box office
The movie was received very well at the box office collecting a share of over ₹10.8 crore and becoming the first South Indian movie to collect a share of ₹10 crore.
Awards
Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu - K. Devi Vara Prasad
Box-office
- Gharana Mogudu collected a distributors' share of ₹1.35 crore in its opening week.[7]
- The film had a 100-day run in 56 centres[8] and a 175-day run in three centres[9] including a 183-day run in Sandhya 70mm, Hyderabad.[10]
- Gharana Mogudu collected a share of Rs.6 crore in 50 days and became the first Telugu movie to collect a distributors' share of Rs.12 crore.
- It was dubbed into Malayalam as Hey Hero. It was successful in Kerala and it had run 175 days in the same theatre in Trivandrum.Its dubbing version in Kannada also had run of 50 days in some towns in Karnataka.In, too.[11]
References
- ^ First Telugu film to gross Rs. 100 million – Times Of India
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/photo-features/top-ten-kannada-films-to-have-been-remade/photostory/27975343.cms
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/list/ls063895902/
- ^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-17/did-you-know-/33248018_1_film-box-office-caption First South Indian film to gross 100 million
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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