Challenge Ramudu
| Challenge Ramudu | |
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 Movie Poster | |
| Directed by | T. L. V. Prasad |
| Written by | Jandhyala (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | T. L. V. Prasad |
| Story by | J. Mahendran |
| Produced by | Tatineni Prakash Rao |
| Starring | N. T. Rama Rao Jaya Prada |
| Cinematography | P. Devaraj |
| Edited by | M. Kannan |
| Music by | Chakravarthy |
Production company | Anil Productions[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 149 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Box office | ₹1 crore(equivalent to ₹18 crores in 2019) |
Challenge Ramudu is a 1980 Telugu-language action film, produced by Tatineni Prakash Rao under the Anil Productions banner[2] and directed by T. L. V. Prasad.[3] It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Jaya Prada in the lead roles[4] and music composed by Chakravarthy.[5]
Plot
Vijayaram (N. T. Rama Rao) is a captain of a ship who has a habit of making challenges and succeeding them. Once on a journey from Singapore to India, he meets a beautiful girl, Aruna (Jaya Prada), daughter of Justice Rajashekaram (Gummadi) when Raju (Nutan Prasad) friend of Vijay challenges him to make her fall in his love and over time they really like each other. After reaching India, one day, Vijay takes Aruna and her younger brother Madhu / Bunty (Master Purushotham) to the picnic where Bunty is mislaid. Next day a video film was found in front of their house, in which an unknown person threatening Rajashekaram kidnapping Bunty to acquit his gangster who is presently prosecuting in the court, but Rajashekaram refuses to do so. Meanwhile, Vijay gets a clue by spotting a painting in the video film and finds out that Bunty is located at Cochin and decides to go there. At the same time, Vijay's guardian Gopalam (Mikkilineni) reveals the past that his entire family has been slaughtered by a hardcore criminal James (Satyanarayana) and the tragic incident happened at the same place Cochin itself. Now Vijay takes up both the tasks as the challenge, lands at Cochin along with Raju & Aruna and learns that James himself is a kidnapper who changed his name into Raghuram. At last, Vijay safeguards Bunty and takes his revenge against James. Finally, the movie ends with the marriage of Vijayram & Aruna.
Cast
- N. T. Rama Rao as Vijayaram
- Jaya Prada as Aruna
- Satyanarayana as Raghuram / James
- Gummadi as Justice Raja Shekaram
- Nutan Prasad as Raju
- Mikkilineni as Gopalam
- Kanta Rao as Dr. Ranga Rao
- Rallapalli as Thantha
- Narra Venkateswara Rao as Gangulu
- Chalapathi Rao as Police Officer
- Geetha as Prema
- Jayamalini as item number
- Pushpalata as Subhadra
- Tatineni Rajeswari as Lakshmi
- Satyakala as Suguna
- Master Ravi Shankar as Young Raju
- Master Ramu as Young Vijay Ram
- Master Purushotham as Madhu / Bunty
Crew
- Art: Thota Hemachander
- Choreography: Srinivas
- Stills: Radha Krishna Murthy
- Fights: Sivamraj
- Dialogues: Jandhyala
- Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Acharya Aatreya
- Playback: SP Balu, P. Susheela
- Music: Chakravarthy
- Story: J. Mahendran
- Editing: M. Kannan
- Cinematography: P. Devaraj
- Producer: Tatineni Prakash Rao
- Screenplay - Director: T. L. V. Prasad
- Banner: Anil Productions
- Release Date: 12 January 1980
Soundtrack
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 18:50 | |||
| Producer | Chakravarthy | |||
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The music for the film was composed by Chakravarthy. The song Pattuko Pattuko is a hit track which was remixed in Nandamuri Balakrishna's Okka Magadu (2008). Music released by SAREGAMA Audio Company.[6]
| S. No. | Song Title | Lyrics | Singers | length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Challagalestondi" | Acharya Aatreya | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 3:09 |
| 2 | "Pattuko Pattuko" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 3:16 |
| 3 | "Dora Dora Jampandu" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 2:57 |
| 4 | "Pedata Pedata" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 3:09 |
| 5 | "Ekkado Eppudo" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 3:13 |
| 6 | "Koopadake Komalangi" | Acharya Aatreya | SP Balu | 3:06 |
References
- ^ "Challenge Ramudu (Overview)". Youtube.
- ^ "Challenge Ramudu (Banner)". Chitr.com.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Challenge Ramudu (Director)". Filmiclub.
- ^ "Challenge Ramudu (Cast & Crew)". gomolo.com.
- ^ "Challenge Ramudu (Review)". Filmibeat.
- ^ "Challenge Ramudu (Songs)". Cineradham.