Chikkadu Dorakadu (1967 film)

Once upon a time, there were three kingdoms; Malawa, Pushpapuri, Panchalapuram, which have together hidden a secret treasure for the welfare of the people at Bhuvaseswari Peetam and hid its route map in 3 different necklaces. Generations pass, at present, the Malawa King, Dharmapala (Mikkilineni) does not have children. Taking this as an advantage, his brother-in-law Simhabala (Tyagaraju), wants to grab the throne and forces Dharmapala to adopt his son Prachanda Sena. But God's wish is different; Dharmapala and his wife are blessed with twin boys. Simhabala secretly steals the children, orders his henchmen to kill them. Due to the loyalty towards the King, the soldiers separate them by keeping a letter, which tells their identity. One child was taken care of by a burglar as Chikkadu and another by a village lady Amaravati (Chayadevi) as Dilipa. Years roll by, Chikkadu (N. T. Rama Rao) is a kind-hearted robber whose goal is to rob the rich and feed the poor. Dilipa (Kanta Rao) with his intelligent attitude, acquires the riches from his subordinate kings and utilises it to the welfare of the people. Once Dilipa meets the Panchalapuram Princess Padmavathi (Krishna Kumari) and both fall in love. But the Panchalapuram King says that whoever finds the way to the Bhuvaneshwari treasure will win his daughter's hand. So, Dilipa moves to Pushpapuri for one of the necklaces. Meanwhile, Chikkadu also reaches Pushpapuri, makes a blow to blow to a dancer Manjuvani (Vijayalalitha), who cheats the public through her beauty. The case is presented in the court of Queen Priyamvada (Jayalalithaa), where she notices the talent of Chikkadu. Now Priyamvada wants to want to acquire remaining two necklaces using him. So, She makes acquaintance with Chikkadu in disguise but unfortunately, she falls for him. Here Chikkadu too takes an oath to acquire the necklaces. Dilipa in the name of "Dorakadu" starts searching for it. At the same time, Simhabala sends his son Prachanda (Satyanarayana) to bring the necklace from Dharmapala. Prachanda steals the necklace tries to kill the King when Chikkadu arrives and saves him. Chikkadu & Dorakadu scheme one above the other with many plans and tricks. Ultimately, they get the three necklaces, they decide to move together and share the treasure. Simhabala & Prachanda also follows them. On the way, they learn their birth secret. At last, after a lot of adventures, they reach the treasure, acquire it and eliminate the baddies. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Chikkadu with Priyamvada and Dorakadu with Padmavathi.

• N. T. Rama Rao as Chikkadu
• Kanta Rao as Dorakadu / Dilipa Chakravarthy
• Jayalalithaa as Priyamvada Devi
• Krishna Kumari as Padmavathi Devi
• Mikkilineni as Dharmapala Maharaju
• Satyanarayana as Prachanda Sena
• Thyagaraju as Simhabala
• Balakrishna as Gangulu
• K. V. Chalam
• Jagga Rao
• Vijaya Lalitha as Manjuvani
• Chaya Devi as Amaravathi
• Meena Kumari as Madanam
• Rajeswari

• Art: B. Nagarajan
• Choreography: Chinni-Sampath
• Stills: D. Radhakrishna Murthy
• Fights: Sivaiah
• Dialogues: Veeturi
• Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy, Veeturi
• Playback:Ghantasala, P. Susheela, P. B. Srinivas, Vasantha, Raghuram
• Music: T. V. Raju
• Editing: K. Govinda Swamy
• Cinematography: H. S. Venu
• Producer: Potluri Venkatanarayana, Kuduruvalli Seetarama Swamy
• Screenplay - Director: B. Vittalacharya
• Banner: Sri Lakshmi Narayana Productions
• Release Date: 21 December 1967

Music composed by T. V. Raju. Music released on Audio Company.

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