Ooruki Monagadu

Ooruki Monagadu (transl. Village Chieftain; lit. 'chieftain of the native place') is a 1981 Indian Telugu-language comedy-drama film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Krishna and Jaya Prada in the lead roles.[1] It was remade in Hindi as Himmatwala (1983).[2] It marked the third collaboration of actor Krishna with K. Raghavendra Rao after Bhale Krishnudu and the highly successful Gharana Donga. The film was a Blockbuster at the box office becoming the second highest grossing Telugu film of the year 1981.

Ooruki Monagadu
Film poster
Directed byK. Raghavendra Rao
Produced byA. Gopala Krishna
Written bySatyanand
(dialogue)
StarringKrishna
Jaya Prada
Music byChakravarthy
CinematographyK. S. Prakash
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Production
company
Gopi Movies
Release date
  • 11 January 1981 (1981-01-11)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Box office₹1.5 crores(equivalent to ₹25 crores in 2019)

Plot

Master Dharma Murti witnesses a murder of a man at the hands of Sher Singh Bandookwala. But Sher Singh with his might, terror and money sets free. In revenge he places Dharam Murti in an awkward position with a lady teacher, Menaka. Dharam Murti ashamed of this vacates his village and abandons his wife & children. His wife Savitri helps her son Ravi (Krishna) become an engineer who then resolves to fight against Bandookwala and get his father's spoilt reputation back. Bandookwala has terrorised all the villagers. His daughter Rekha (Jaya Prada) follows his footsteps and grows into an insensitive woman who tries to harass people. Ravi's sister Padma has to marry munimji's son Shakti as she is pregnant with his child. After marriage, Shakti and Bandookwala together start harassing Padma. Rekha falls in love with Ravi and decides to play same trick against the Bandookwala by pretending to be pregnant with Ravi's child. Ravi finds his father as a worker on a dam construction site. Ravi then presents Bandookwala guilty before the panchayat but is freed by Dharam Murti on condition that he should show affection to the poor and treat them well. Finally Bandookwala becomes a good man and then Ravi marries Rekha.

Cast

Music
Ooruki Monagadu
Soundtrack album by
K. Chakravarthy
Released1981
Recorded1981
GenreSoundtrack
LanguageTelugu
LabelSaregama
ProducerK. Chakravarthy

All lyrics are written by Aarudhra.

Track-List
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Kadilirandi Manushulaithey"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 
2."Andhaala Javvan"P. Susheela, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 
3."Moggapindhe"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela 
4."Idigo Tella Cheera"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela 
5."Buzzam Banthi"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela 
6."Erra Tholu"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela 

References
  1. "Ooriki Monagadu Songs – Listen Ooriki Monagadu Telugu Movie Songs". Telugufm.com. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  2. "Ooriki Monagadu to be remade in Hindi". Sify.com. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
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