Alluri Seetarama Raju (film)

Alluri Seetarama Raju is a 1974 Indian Telugu-language biographical action film based on the life of Alluri Sitarama Raju, an Indian revolutionary who is known for his role in the Rampa Rebellion of 1922–24, and tribal leader Gam Malludora during the Indian independence movement in the Madras Presidency. Raju with a band of farmers, tribal leaders and other sympathizers fought an armed rebellion against the British Raj who violated their land rights and used them for forced labor. The film is produced by Padmalaya Studios, as the 100th film of Ghattamaneni Krishna. By its collections this film recorded as Industry Hit at the box-office.

Alluri Seetarama Raju
Directed byV. Ramachandra Rao
Produced byG. Hanumantha Rao
G. Adiseshagiri Rao
Written byTripuraneni Maharadhi
StarringGhattamaneni Krishna
Vijaya Nirmala
Sreedhar Surapaneni
Music byP. Adinarayana Rao
Production
company
Release date
  • 1 May 1974 (1974-05-01)
Running time
187 min.
LanguageTelugu

Scripted by Maharadhi Tripuraneni, the film was directed by V. Ramachandra Rao, as South India's first Cinemascope film.[1] The film won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics for revolutionary compositions rendered by Telugu Marxist poet and composer Srirangam Srinivasa Rao. The film won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film, and was screened at the International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section, and Tashkent Film Festival. The film was the highest grossing Telugu film for that year.[1]

The film was screened retrospective on August 16, 2016 at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defense, commemorating 70th Indian Independence Day.

Cast

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by P. Adinarayana Rao.[2]

Reception

The movie was a blockbuster becoming the first Telugu movie to collect a share of 2 crore rupees. Without any romantic song in between hero and heroine, it was the only Telugu film that became an industry hit in those days. After three years it surpassed the collections record of ANR's "Dasara Bullodu". No other Telugu film till NTR "Adavi Ramudu" in 1977 this film's collection record was not surpassed. This was the first and only Telugu film till today which had a run of more than 50 days in a theatre in London.

Awards
National Film Awards
Nandi Awards

References
  1. "CineGoer.com - Box-Office Records And Collections - Krishna's 100th Film Alluri Seetarama Raju". Cinegoer. 8 June 2007. Archived from the original on 8 June 2007.
  2. https://www.hungama.com/album/alluri-seetharama-raju/1930430/
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