Bhale Ramudu

Bhale Ramudu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vedantam Raghavaiah
Produced by	V. L. Narasu
Written by	Vempati Sadasivabrahmam (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Vedantam Raghavaiah
Story by	Gyan Mukherjee
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Savitri
Music by	S. Rajeswara Rao
Cinematography	M. Masthan
Edited by	R. Raja Gopal
Production company	Narasu Studios
Release date	6 April 1956 (1956-04-06)
Running time	178 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Bhale Ramudu (Telugu: భలే రాముడు) is a 1956 Telugu drama film, produced by V. L. Narasu under the Narasu Studios banner and directed by Vedantam Raghavaiah. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri in the lead roles, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.^[1] The film was simultaneously made as the Tamil movie Prema Pasam, starring Gemini Ganesan and Savitri in pivotal roles.^[2]

Plot

Zamindar Narayana Rao (Jandhyala) has two daughters Roopa and Tara. He taught them to dance. Ramu is the son of Gumasta Nagabhushanam, working in the Zamindari. Ramu gives a flower to Roopa. While receiving the flower, she falls down from the building and becomes handicapped. The Zamindar is very angry and shoots Ramu with a revolver. Injured, Ramu jumps into a river. The Zamindar is guilty of his criminal action, goes into hiding and hands over his property and guardianship to the Gumasta (CSR).

After many years, Ramu returns to the city under the name of Krishna. During this period, the Nagabhushanam gradually takes over the Zamindari and leaves Roopa and Tara to poverty. Krishna becomes the friend of Appanna (Relangi). Roopa gives shelter to Krishna and their relationship turns into love. He helps for the treatment of her physical disability, with money stolen from the Zamindari. Nagabhushanam's second son Gopi (Chalam) loves Tara. Krishna arranges to marry them. Knowing that Krishna is a thief, Roopa becomes broken-hearted. To catch Narayana Rao, the present Nagabhushanam arranges a dance demonstration of Roopa Devi (Saroja). Police come into action and find out that Krishna and Ramu are one and the same on the basis of a tattoo on his arm. Finally, Rama Krishna and Roopa get married.

Cast

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Rama Krishna
• Savitri as Roopa
• Relangi as Appanna
• C.S.R as Nagabhushanam
• Gummadi as Inspector
• Chalam as Gopal
• Peketi Sivaram as Manager
• Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah as Doctor
• Jandhyala Gaurinatha Sastry as Zamindar Narayana Babu
• M.S.Raghavan as Ramadasu
• Gadiraju Keshava Rao as Bansilal Seth
• Girija as Taara
• E. V. Saroja as dancer in the song "Nanyamaina"
• Hemalata as Parvathi
• Seeta as Bangari

Crew

• Art: Ch. E. Prasad Rao
• Choreography: Pasumarthi
• Dialogues - Lyrics: Vempati Sadasivabrahmam
• Playback: Ghantasala, Jikki, P. B. Srinivas, P. Leela, K. Rani
• Music: S. Rajeswara Rao
• Story: Gyan Mukherjee
• Editing: R. Raja Gopal
• Cinematography: M. Masthan
• Producer: V. L. Narasu
• Screenplay - Director: Vedantam Raghavaiah
• Banner: Narasu Studios
• Release Date: 6th April 1956

Soundtrack

Music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. Lyrics were written by Vempati Sadasivabrahmam. Music released on HMV Audio Company.^[3]

Box office

The film released for a second time on 12 December 1956. This time film ran for more than 100 days in 16 centers in Andhra Pradesh, and celebrated 100 days function in Vijayawada on 14 March 1957.^[4]

References

External links

• Bhale Ramudu film at IMDb.