Yamagola
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| Directed by | Tatineni Rama Rao |
| Written by | D. V. Narasa Raju |
| Produced by | S. Venkataratnam |
| Starring | N. T. Rama Rao Jayaprada Kaikala Satyanarayana Allu Ramalingayya Rao Gopal Rao Jhansi Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao Nirmalamma Prabhakar Reddy Suryakantham |
| Cinematography | S. Venkataratnam |
| Edited by | Sanjeevi |
| Music by | K. Chakravarthy |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Yamagola or Yama Gola is a 1977 Silver Jubilee Telugu film directed by Tatineni Rama Rao and produced by cinematographer S. Venkataratnam. It is a fantasy and comedy film starring N.T. Rama Rao and Jayaprada in lead roles.
Plot
Satyam (N.T. Rama Rao) is a youth leader and Panchayati Board President. He interferes with the ex-President of the board, Rudrayya (Rao Gopala Rao) from executing his corrupt practices. Satyam and Rudrayya's daughter, Savithri (Jayapradha) are in love and plan to get married. So Rudrayya gets Satyam killed with the help of a professional killer (Prabhakar Reddy). Satyam immediately goes to heaven. He angers the King of Heaven, Indra (Kanta Rao) while Indra is enjoying the dance by Rambha, Urvasi and Menaka. An angered Indra sends Satyam straight to hell headed by Yama (Satyanarayana) and ably assisted by Chitragupta (Allu Ramalingaiah). In hell, Satyam influences the soldiers of death, Yama's army using communist theories and rights of labor, and turns them against their leader-Yama, and Hell shuts down. Yama sends him back to Earth. Yama and Chitragupta visits Earth on a holiday trip and experiences the funny aspects of Humans. Satyam changes his name and teaches Rudrayya a lesson.
Cast
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao | Ramu/Satyam |
| Jayapradha | Savithri, daughter of Rudrayya |
| Rao Gopal Rao | Rudrayya |
| Kaikala Satyanarayana | Yamadharma raju |
| Allu Ramalingaiah | Chitraguptudu |
| M. Prabhakar Reddy | Ramana Murthy/Rama Sastry |
| Jhansi | Wife of Rudrayya |
| Nirmalamma | Shantamma |
| Manju Bhargavi | Menaka |
| Jayamalini | Dancer |
| Chalapathi Rao | Friend of Satyam |
| Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao | Indrudu |
| Suryakantham | Seetamma |
| P. J. Sharma | Police Inspector |
| Potti Prasad | Dentist |
| K. V. Chalam | Perayya |
Crew
- Story: D. V. Narasa Raju
- Direction: Tatineni Rama Rao
- Associate Director : K. V. Rao
- Producer: S. Venkata Ratnam
- Production company: Sri Pallavi Films
- Art direction: S. Krishna Rao
- Cinematography: S. Venkata Ratnam
- Operative Cameraman : O. Prabhakar
- Film Editing: Sanjeevi
- Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy, Srirangam Srinivasarao, Veturi Sundararama Murthy
- Music: K. Chakravarthi
- Playback singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela
Soundtrack
| Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|
| "Aadave Andaala Surabhaamini" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela |
| "Chilaka Kottudu Kodithe Chinnadaana" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela |
| "Gudivada Vellanu" | P. Susheela |
| "Ohlammi Tikkaregindaa Ollanta Timmirekkindaa" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela |
| "Samaraniki Nede Prarambham" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
| "Vayasu Musuru Kostunnadi" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela |
Box office
The film celebrated Silver Jubilee at 6 centres and ran for 40 weeks in Hyderabad and Vijayawada.This film became a cult classic with lot of remakes made with a similar theme later on by many directors like S V Krishna Reddy 'Yamaleela' and Chiranjeevi's Yamudiki Mogudu..[1] It is the fourth Telugu film to collect Rs. 2 crore at Box Office at that time.
Other films
- C. Pullaiah adapted a similar movie based on Bengali novel to make Devanthakudu in 1960, with N.T. Rama Rao as the protagonist and S. V. Ranga Rao playing Lord Yama.
- The film was remade into Hindi with Jeetendra as Lok Parlok in 1979, with Jayaprada reprising her role in the remake.
- In Tamil version film Yamanukku Yaman, Shivaji Ganesan played the roles of both Satyam and Lord Yama.