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Govula Gopanna
Theatrical release poster
Directed byC. S. Rao
Written byBhamidipati Radhakrishna (dialogues)
Screenplay byC. S. Rao
Story byA. K. Velan
Based onEmme Thammanna (1966)
Produced byLakshmi Rajyam
Sridhar Rao
Sundarlal Nehata (Presents)
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Rajasree
Bharathi
CinematographyKamal Ghosh
Edited byS. P. S. Veerappa
Music byGhantasala
Production
company
Rajyam Productions[2]
Release date
  • 19 April 1968 (1968-04-19)
[1]
Running time
160 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Govula Gopanna is a 1968 Indian Telugu-language comedy-drama film, produced by Lakshmi Rajyam and Sridhar Rao under the Rajyam Productions banner and directed by C. S. Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Rajasree and Bharathi, with music composed by Ghantasala. The film is a remake of the 1966 Kannada film Emme Thammanna.[3]

Plot

Gopanna (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) is an innocent cowherd who adores God. Nagaraju (Gummadi), the Municipal Chairman is a vicious person, undertakes a lot of atrocities and performs anti-social illegal activities in the town. He has two children, an arrogant daughter Tara (Rajasree) and a good-nurtured son Kasthuri (Chalam). Kasthuri always teases and revolts against his father. Once Tara whips Gopanna's cows, in turn, furious Gopanna strikes her. On that night, Nagaraju sends his men to eliminate Gopanna when Kasthuri rescues him, changes his attire and advises him to meet Advocate Narasimham (Relangi), who always supports justice and gives a tough fight to Nagaraju. Narasimham leads a happy family life with his ideal wife Mahalakshmi (Suryakantham) and daughter Radha (Bharathi). He fixes Radha's alliance with his childhood friend Sripathi's son Shekar (again Akkineni Nageswara Rao), who resembles Gopanna, when Gopanna reaches Narasimham's house they mistake him as Shekar and honor him. Meanwhile, Gopanna and Radha fall in love. Shekar arrives to apprentice Narasimham and goes into the clutches of Nagaraju. He escapes and reaches Narasimham's house where he gets shocked to see Gopanna, who explains him the facts. At that moment, Shekar understands Gopanna is in love with Radha, so, he stops him. Now they play a confused drama without revealing their identity. Eventually, Sekhar gets acquaintance with Tara which begins with petty quarrel which later turns into love. Unfortunately, Radha witnesses Sekhar & Tara and misunderstands Gopanna when Shekar turns up and affirms the entire story. Hearing it, Narasimham throws Gopanna out and decides to make Radha's marriage with Shekar. But Shekar refuses and explains regarding his love affair. Here Narasimham loses his cool and claims Nagaraju as the killer of his father. Listening to it, Shekar breaks down and he also learns, his father gathered pieces of evidence against Nagaraju in a diary and safeguarded it in a secret place. In anger, Shekar burst out on Nagaraju, knowing his identity, Nagaraju captivates him and threatens Narasimham for the diary. Immediately, Narasimham rushes to Nagaraju's house where he seeks to slay Narasimham, at that point in time, Gopanna lands and rescues Narasimham by a play when everyone understands the virtue of Gopanna. Simultaneously, Shekar is shifted to Nagaraju's den, anyway, Gopanna breaks out the diary, finds the route map to the den, sees the end of Nagaraju and protects Shekar. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriages of Gopanna & Radha and Shekar & Tara.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack

Govula Gopanna
Film score by
Released1968
GenreSoundtrack
Length30:18
ProducerGhantasala
Ghantasala chronology
Rahasyam
(1967)
Govula Gopanna
(1968)
Jarigina Katha
(1969)

Music composed by Ghantasala. Music released on Audio Company.[5]

S. No. Song Title Lyrics Singers length
1 "Hello Mr. Govula Gopanna" Kosaraju S. Janaki 4:15
2 "Ee Virithotala" Sri Sri Ghantasala, P. Susheela,Raghavulu, Bangalore Latha 3:34
3 "Akasamlo" Dasaradhi Ghantasala, P. Susheela 3:40
4 "Kannela Valapula" Aarudhra Ghantasala, P. Susheela 5:29
5 "Vinara Vinara" Kosarju Ghantasala 3:59
6 "Dum Dum Dry Cleaning" Dasaradhi Ghantasala, Bangalore Latha 3:06
7 "Hadapettakoi Bava" Kosarju S. Janaki 3:52
6 "Vinara Vinara" Kosarju Ghantasala, P. Susheela 2:23

References

  1. ^ "Govula Gopanna (Release Date)". Spicy Onion.
  2. ^ "Govula Gopanna (Overview)". IMDb.
  3. ^ National Film Archive of India [@nfaiofficial] (26 April 2018). "A moment from the dream song sequence 'Kolalanoodhi Kuniva' from the film #EmmeThammanna, starring #FaceOfTheWeek Rajkumar and Bharathi. The film was later remade in Telugu (Govula Gopanna), Tamil (Mattukkara Velan) and Hindi (Jigri Dost)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (19 August 2019). "Remembering 'Dharma Daata' (1970)". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Govula Gopanna (Songs)". Cineradham.