Chikkadu Dorakadu (1988 film)
| Chikkadu Dorakadu | |
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| Directed by | Relangi Narasimha Rao |
| Written by | Satyanand (story / dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Relangi Narasimha Rao |
| Produced by | S. P. Venkanna Babu |
| Starring | Rajendra Prasad Rajani |
| Cinematography | Sarath |
| Edited by | D. Raja Gopal |
| Music by | Raj-Koti |
Production company | Maheswari Movies[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 144 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Chikkadu Dorakadu is a 1988 Telugu-language action film, produced by S. P. Venkanna Babu for Maheswari Movies and directed by Relangi Narasimha Rao. It stars Rajendra Prasad, Rajani and music composed by Raj-Koti.[2][3]
Plot
Raja (Rajendra Prasad) & Rani (Rajani) are petty thieves, they are students of a thieves college headed by Principal Krishna Paramatma (Gollapudi Maruti Rao). In the beginning, their acquaintance starts with funny quarrels and later both of them fall in love. Parallelly, Gayatri Devi (Manjula) owner of Ratnagiri estate, she has two sons Pedababu Pradeep and Chinababu Dileep (again Rajendra Prasad). Pradeep died in a car accident, he has a wife Sumitra (Jyothi) and three children. Sumitra went into mental shock in that accident. Meanwhile, Dileep is studying at states. Therefore, Gayatri Devi's three brothers Satyam (Satyanarayana), Sivam (Giri Babu) & Sundaram (Brahmanandam) are looking after her property. All of them are criminals, who have murdered Pradeep, waiting for an opportunity to kill Dileep also to grab their property and most valuable the family heritage Suryakanthi diamond. Once in the city, the trio surprises to see Raja who resembles Dileep. So, they make a plan and replaces him instead of Dileep by telling him cock & bull story and luring with money. On the other side, Sundaram secretly gives a deal to Krishna Paramatma for the robbery of Suryakanthi diamond. He assigns the task to Rani and she too reaches the estate as a teacher to the children in the name of Seeta Devi. Both Raja & Rani meet there but they act like as if they don't know each other. After some time, the trio's kill Dileep keeps the blame on Raja and makes him arrested. But surprisingly Dileep comes back and Raja also escapes from jail to revenge against the trio. In this process, Rani detects that Raja is only playing the double game as Dileep too. When she questions about this, he reveals the depravity & evil plans of the trio and he is out with the help of S.I.Rama Rao (Ranganath) the wellwisher of the family to bring out the crimes of the trio. Rest of the story is a comic tale, that Raja protecting the family, teasing the trio and seeing their end.
Cast
- Rajendra Prasad as Raja & Chinnababu Dileep (Dual Role)
- Rajani as Rani / Seeta Devi
- Satyanarayana as Peddodu Satyam
- Gollapudi Maruti Rao as Principal Krishna Paramatma
- Giri Babu as Chinnodu Sivam
- Ranganath as S. I. Rama Rao
- Suthi Veerabhadra Rao as Head Constable
- Suthi Velu as Dumbu
- Allu Ramalingaiah as Teacher
- Brahmanandam as Bullodu Sundaram
- Chidatala Appa Rao as Thief
- Satti Babu as Thief
- Madan Mohan as Lawyer Tikamaka Rao
- Malladi as Judge
- Manjula as Gayatri Devi
- Jyothi as Sumitra
- Maya as Kasulamma
Soundtrack
| Chikkadu Dorakadu | ||||
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 21:08 | |||
| Label | LEO Audio | |||
| Producer | Raj-Koti | |||
| Raj-Koti chronology | ||||
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Music composed by Raj-Koti. Lyrics were written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy. All songs are hit tracks. Music released on LEO Audio Company.[4]
| S.No | Song Title | Singers | length |
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| 1 | "Chaline Nammukundama " | SP Balu, S. Janaki | 4:21 |
| 2 | "Sayankalam Andagathe" | SP Balu, S. Janaki | 4:04 |
| 3 | "O Rabbi Nee" | SP Balu, S. Janaki | 4:31 |
| 4 | "Yethu Yethuveyi" | SP Balu, S. Janaki | 3:49 |
| 5 | "Venavebala" | SP Balu | 4:23 |
Others
- VCDs and DVDs on - SHALIMAR Video Company, Hyderabad
References
- ^ "Chikkadu Dorakadu (Overview)". IMDb.
- ^ "Chikkadu Dorakadu (Cast & Crew)". Chitr.com.
- ^ "Chikkadu Dorakadu (Review)". The Cine Bay.
- ^ "Chikkadu Dorakadu (Music)". Cineradham.