Sardar Papa Rayudu

Sardar Papa Rayudu is a 1980 Telugu historical fiction film produced by Kranthi Kumar in the banner of Sri Annapoorna International and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Sri Devi, Sharada in the lead roles and has music composed by Chakravarthy.[1][2] The film remade in Hindi as Sarfarosh (1985).[3][4]

Sardar Papa Rayudu
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDasari Narayana Rao
Produced byKranthi Kumar
Written byDasari Narayana Rao
(story / screenplay / dialogues)
StarringN. T. Rama Rao
Sri Devi
Sharada
Music byChakravarthy
CinematographyS. Venkataratnam
Edited byG. G. Krishna Rao
Production
company
Sri Annapoorna International
Distributed byShayikrishna
Release date
  • 30 October 1980 (1980-10-30)
Running time
151 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹30-35 lakhs
(equivalent to ₹7-8.4 crores in 2019)
Box office₹2.5 crores
(equivalent to ₹60 crores in 2019)

The film was declared a Blockbuster at the box office and was the highest grossing Telugu film of the year 1980 with an approximate theatrical run of 300 days in a few centres.

Plot

A sincere police officer Ramu (N. T. Rama Rao) and Vijaya (Sridevi) are in love. Vijaya's father Dharmaraju (Rao Gopala Rao) is a corrupt politician who fakes the good gentleman image outside. He, along with two more guys named Satya Murthy (Satyanarayana) and Nyayapathi (Allu Ramalingaiah) exploited the poor by joining hands with the British. When Dharmaraju meets Ramu with his daughter, he immediately goes back to his past. Dharmaraju, Satya Murthy and Nyayapathi kill a king, Vijayaraghavaraju (Prabhakar Reddy) in the Andaman islands and throw the crime over a sincere gentleman and a great freedom fighter, Sardar Paparayudu (again N. T. Rama Rao). Sardar Paparayudu gets a life sentence. The reason why Dharmaraju is shocked seeing Ramu is that the latter exactly resembles Sardar Paparayudu in facial features. In fact, Ramu is the son of Sardar Paparayudu. Ramu's mother Seeta (Sharada) is the wife of Sardar Paparayudu. Right from then, Dharmaraju gets terrified and to make things worse for him, Sardar Paparayudu gets released from jail as a result of reducing the imprisonment. He decides to take revenge on Dharmaraju for wrongly imprisoning him and a rift starts between him and his son Ramu. The film ends on a happy note with justice eventually winning.

Cast
Actor Character
N. T. Rama Rao Sardar Paparayudu & Ram Mohan"Ramu" (dual role)
Sri Devi Vijaya
Sharada Seeta
Rao Gopal Rao Dharma Rao
Satyanarayana Satya Murthy
Allu Ramalingaiah Nyayapathi
Mohan Babu Britisher
Gummadi Baba
Prabhakar Reddy Vijaya Raghava Raju
Tyagaraju British Inspector
K. V. Chalam Raju
P. J. Sarma I.G.
Chalapathi Rao Sardar Paparayudu's henchmen
Pandari Bai Sardar Paparayudu's mother
S. Varalakshmi Urmila Devi
Athili Lakshmi Vijaya's mother
Jyothi Lakshmi item number

Soundtrack
Sardar Papa Rayudu
Soundtrack album by
Chakravarthy
Released1980
GenreFilmi
Length30:14
LabelAVM Audio
ProducerChakravarthy
Chakravarthy chronology
Rowdy Ramudu Konte Krishnudu
(1980)		 Sardar Papa Rayudu
(1980)		 Sarada Ramudu
(1981)

The film has musical score by Chakravarthy. Sri Sri , Rajashri and Dasari Narayana Rao penned the lyrics. The song Jyothilakshmi was added to the film after the 50 days of its release. [5]

Tracks
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Hello Temper"RajashriSP Balu3:48
2."Thella Cheera Kallakatuka"Dasari Narayana RaoSP Balu, P. Susheela4:38
3."Pandommidhi Vandhala"RajashriSP Balu, P. Susheela4:41
4."Jyothilakshmi"Dasari Narayana RaoS. Janaki5:59
5."Uyyalaku Vayasochchindhi"RajashriSP Balu, P. Susheela4:19
6."Burrakatha"Sri SriSP Balu, Benerjee6:49
Total length:30:14

References
  1. "The Hindu : Stalwart's death". www.thehindu.com.
  2. Krishnamoorthy, Suresh; Krishnamoorthy, Suresh (31 May 2017). "Hot-shot director Dasari dead" – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. "Sardar Papa Rayudu Movie: Showtimes, Review, Songs, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. "Sardar Paparaidu (1981) | Sardar Paparaidu Telugu Movie | Sardar Paparaidu Review, Cast & Crew, Release Date, Photos, Videos – Filmibeat". Filmibeat.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  5. Telugucineblitz.blogspot.com (5 August 2019). "Sardar Paparayudu filminfo". Retrieved 22 October 2019.

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