Ramu (1968 film)

Ramu (Master Rajkumar) is a proactive boy, who leads a happy life with father Raja (N. T. Rama Rao) and mother Seeta (Pushpalata). Raja works as a soldier, once he gets an emergency call, hence he rushes to the war field. During that time, dacoits attack their village and put fire to Ramu's house in his mother being burnt alive, looking at it, Ramu becomes dumb. After that, their neighbor Chinnaiah (Perumallu) takes care of Ramu and waiting for Raja's arrival. Raja returns go into the shock knowing the facts, takes an oath to get back his son's voice and they leave the village. Parallelly, in another village, Lakshmi (Jamuna) daughter of Sipayi Singanna (S. V. Raghavan), a wealthy woman whose property is under the guardianship of her maternal uncle Ganganna (Relangi). Ganganna has two sons Ranganna (Rajanala) as crooked as his father and Venkanna (Padmanabham) a kind-hearted person. Ganganna wants to grab the Lakshmi's property by performing her marriage with Ranganna. But Lakshmi gets back her property through the court. Due to which, Ganganna develops a grudge against her. On their way back, Ramu & Raja are passing through the village where Ranganna beats Ramu for obstructing when the quarrel arises between Raja & Ranganna. Ranganna back-stabs Raja and he faint, Lakshmi spots them, takes them along with her and requests Raja to stay in her house until he recovers. Days pass on, Ramu gets closer to Lakshmi, she also takes care of him as her own son and loves Raja. Meanwhile, Ganganna makes no one to work in Lakshmi's fields when Raja comes forward and completes the farming. Eventually, Once Ramu visits a burial ground where he meets a madman Gopalam (S. V. Ranga Rao), whose daughter has been cheated by Ganganna. Both Gopalam & Ramu become good friends. Frustrated, Ranganna kidnaps Ramu and keeps him in his custody. Lakshmi, in search of Ramu, reaches there when Ranganna tries to molest her, Venkanna informs it to Raja and he too lands. In that quarrel, fire erupts and Lakshmi is stuck in it. Due to this incident, Ramu gets back his voice and saves her. Gopalam recognizes Ganganna, kills him and gets arrested. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Raja & Lakshmi.

• N. T. Rama Rao as Raja
• Jamuna as Lakshmi
• S. V. Ranga Rao as Gopalam
• Chittor V. Nagaiah as Swamyji
• Relangi as Ganganna
• Ramana Reddy as Rmugam
• Rajanala as Ranganna
• Satyanarayana as Puli
• Padmanabham as Venkanna
• Allu Ramalingaiah as Lawyer
• S. V. Raghavan as Sipayi Singanna
• Perumallu as Chinnaiah
• Suryakantham as Manikyam
• Geetanjali as Ratnam
• Pushpalatha as Seeta
• Master Rajkumar as Ramu

• Art: A. K. Shekar
• Choreography: Vempati, A.K.Chopra
• Stills: R. P. Raja Manikhyam, E. V. K. Nayar
• Fights: Shyamsunder
• Dialogues: D. V. Narasa Raju
• Lyrics: Dasaradhi, Aarudhra, Kosaraju
• Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, Pithapuram, Madhavapeddi Satyam L. R. Eswari, R. Tilakam
• Music: R. Goverdhanam
• Story - Screenplay: Javar Seetharaman
• Editing: R. G. Gopu
• Cinematography: D. Rajagopal
• Producer: M. Murugan, M. Saravanan, M. Kumaran
• Director: A. C. Tirulokchandar
• Banner: AVM Productions
• Release Date: 4 May 1968

Music composed by R. Goverdhanam. All songs are blockbusters. Music released on SAREGAMA Audio Company.

Ramu was released on 4 May 1968.[2] The film was Super Hit, it had a 100-day run 15 centers. running for 181 days at Durga Kala Mandir, Vijayawada, and becoming a silver jubilee film.[3]

• Saravanan, M. (2013). AVM 60 Cinema (in Tamil). Chennai: Rajarajan Publications.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)