Dharma Daata

Dharma Daata (Telugu: ధర్మదాత) is a 1970 Telugu, drama film, produced by Tammareddy Krishna Murthy under the Ravindra Art Pictures banner[2] and directed by A. Sanjeevi.[3] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Kanchana in the lead roles and music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao.[4] The film is a remake of the Tamil movie Enga Oor Raja (1968), with Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa in pivotal roles.[5] The film was recorded as a Super Hit at the box office.[6]

Dharma Daata
Theatrical release poster
Directed byA. Sanjeevi
Produced byTammareddy Krishnamurthy
Written byPinisetty (dialogues)
Screenplay byTammareddy Krishnamurthy
Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani
Story byBalamurugan
Based onEnga Oor Raja (1968)
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Kanchana
Music byT. Chalapathi Rao
CinematographyS. Venkataratnam
Edited byBalu
Production
company
Ravindra Art Pictures[1]
Release date
  • 7 May 1970 (1970-05-07)
Running time
189 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

Raja Raghupathi Rao (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) is a generous Zamindar of Sripuram, well-renowned for his charity & humanity who leads a happy family life with his wife Susheela (Sowkar Janaki), sister Lakshmi (Jhansi) and two sons Shekar (Master Aadinarayana Rao) & Chakravarthy (Master Visweswara Rao). Meanwhile, Bhageswaram Zamindar Bhujangam Rao (Nagabhushanam) envious of Raghupathi Rao, wants to grab his property by coupling up his son Raju with Lakshmi. During the time of wedding, Raja Raghupathi Rao unable to pay some part of dowry as he is bankrupt for the charities. Right now, Raghupathi Rao mortgages his palace Srinilayam which he adores as a temple. Knowing it, Bhujangam Rao contempts him by pulling his shoulder cloth. Here enraged Raghunatha Rao challenges to regain his Srinilayam and make Bhujangam Rao touch his feet. Thereafter, Susheela passes away after giving birth to a baby girl Jaya and Lakshmi even refuses to attend the funeral as bullying of Bhujangam when Raghupathi Rao & sons develop animosity towards her. Grief-stricken Raghupathi Rao reaches the city to make money and takes an oath from his children that they will get back Srinilayam. Years roll by, Shekar (again Akkineni Nageswara Rao), Chakravarthy (Padmanabham), Jaya (Anitha) grows up, they all work hard and makes three-quarters of money. On the other side, Lakshmi tries to get close to her brother's family, as it is her husband's last wish. So, Lakshmi's daughter Padma (Kanchana) makes acquaintance with Shekar and cleverly accommodates herself in their house, hiding her identity. Meanwhile, Lakshmi moves with the marriage proposal of her son Prasad (Eeswar Rao) with Jaya to which Shekar refuses. Parallelly, a glimpse love story of Chakravarthy with the princess of Vijayapur Rani (Geetanjali). At present, Shekar learns the truth regarding Padma and necks her out. Being cognizant to it, Lakshmi & Padma's intention Bhujangam Rao becomes furious when Padma makes him know that Raghupathi Rao is almost in an edge to win. So, he ploys to snatch Srinilayam, makes the money vendor Seth Dayaram (Venkateswara Rao) to threaten Raghupathi Rao and also steals their hard-earned money. There, Raghupathi Rao's sons accuse and leave him alone when he becomes mentally disturbed. Thereafter, through Padma, Shekar finds the evil design of Bhujangam Rao and retrieves their money. By the time, insane Raghupathi Rao reaches Sripuram to protect his Srinilayam when Bhujangam Rao intrigues to blast the building. At last, Raghupathi Rao teaches the lesson to Bhujangam Rao with the help of his sons and gets back his property. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriages of Shekar & Padma, Prasad & Jaya and Chakravarthy & Rani.

Cast
  • Akkineni Nageshwara Rao as Raja Raghupathi Rao & Shekar (Dual role)
  • Kanchana as Padma
  • Nagabhushanam as Zamindar Bhujangam Rao
  • Relangi as Bhushanam
  • Padmanabham as Chakravarthy
  • Allu Ramalingaiah as Yedukondalu
  • Sakshi Ranga Rao as Bhaja Govindam
  • Vallam Narasimha Rao as Satyam
  • Venkateswara Rao as Seth Dayaram
  • Eeswara Rao as Prasad
  • Sowcar Janaki as Susheela
  • Suryakantham as Vijayapur Rani
  • Geetanjali as Vijayapur Yuvarani
  • Anita as Jaya
  • Jhansi as Lakshmi
  • Master Aadinarayana Rao as Young Shekar
  • Master Visweswara Rao as Young Chakravarthy

Crew

Soundtrack
Dharma Daata
Film score by
T. Chalapathi Rao
Released1970
GenreSoundtrack
Length34:08
ProducerT. Chalapathi Rao

Music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. Music released on Audio Company.

S. NoSong TitleLyricsSingerslength
1 "Hello Engineer" C. Narayana Reddy Ghantasala 4:41
2 "Chinnaari Bullemma" C. Narayana Reddy Ghantasala, P. Susheela 3:48
3 "Om Parameswari" C. Narayana Reddy Ghantasala, P. Susheela 4:24
4 "Evarivi Neevevarivo" C. Narayana Reddy Jayadev, P. Susheela 3:43
5 "Jo Laali Jo Laali" C. Narayana Reddy Ghantasala 3:59
6 "Yevvarikosam Yeruntaru" Kosaraju Ghantasala 4:06
7 "O Naana Nee Manase Venna" C. Narayana Reddy Ghantasala, Jayadev, P. Susheela 5:01
8 "O Dharma Daata" C. Narayana Reddy Ghantasala 4:26

Box office

The film ran for 100 days in 12 centers in Andhra Pradesh.

Awards
  • Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) - TammaReddy Krishnamurthy (1970).

References
  1. "Dharma Daata (Overview)". IMDb.
  2. "Dharma Daata (Banner)". Filmiclub.
  3. "Dharma Daata (Direction)". Know Your Films.
  4. "Dharma Daata (Cast & Crew)". gomolo.com.
  5. "Dharma Daata (Remake)". Spicy Onion.
  6. "Dharma Daata (Review)". Bharat Movies. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
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