Sri Rama Raksha

Sri Rama Raksha (transl. Lord Rama's Protection) is a 1978 Telugu-language supernatural drama film, produced Mana Satyam on Ajay Art Pictures banner and directed by Tatineni Rama Rao.[2] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vanisri, Jayasudha and music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao.[3]

Sri Rama Raksha
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTatineni Rama Rao
Produced byMana Satyam
Written byAcharya Aatreya (dialogues)
Screenplay byTatineni Rama Rao
Story byBalamurugan
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Vanisri
Jayasudha
Music byT. Chalapathi Rao
CinematographyP. S. Selvaraj
Edited byJ. Krishna Swamy
Balu
Production
company
Ajay Art Pictures[1]
Release date
  • 24 August 1978 (1978-08-24)
Running time
138 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

The film begins at an estate, owned by an innocent cowardly guy Gopi (Akkineni Nageswara Rao), raised by his maternal uncle Chakrapani (Nagabhushanam) a vicious person, who oppresses and torments him along with his son Seshu (Giri Babu). The only one who shows concern on Gopi is his father Zamindar Jagapathi's (Jaggayya) trustworthy servant Veeraiah (Allu Ramalingaiah) and his daughter Radha (Vanisri). Meanwhile, Chakrapani's daughter Kamala (Kamala) studies in the city where she gets acquainted with a smart guy Ramu (again Akkineni Nageswara Rao), and they fall for each other. Meanwhile, Gopi loves Radha, on her provocation, he confronts Chakrapani when he is smacked and Radha is humiliated. There, angered Veeraiah reaches Ramu, unveils Ramu and Gopi as twins and narrates the past. Jagapati's wife passed away giving birth to these twins when Ramu was adopted by his grandfather Raja Venkatadri (Satyanarayana). Exploiting the situation, Chakrapani cleverly murdered Jagapati and framed it as suicide, but Veeraiah has witnessed the crime. After knowing the truth, Ramu decides to teach Chakrapani a lesson, so he moves to the estate when Chakrapani slaughters him and buries him silently. Thereafter, Chakrapani finds out the love affair of Ramu and Kamala and also realizes she is pregnant. Now Chakrapani ploys to couple Kamala with Gopi, to which both of them object, but Chakrapani forcibly makes the arrangements. Here, flabbergasted, Gopi views the unfreed Ramu's soul which unfolds the fact and ensures to safeguard him. Thereon, Ramu possesses Gopi's body becomes a marvel, gives a counter-attack to foes and implement their retribution. At present, Kamala mistakes Gopi as Ramu and affirms herself as pregnant. So, to provide legitimacy to her child Ramu marries her with Gopi's body when Radha misconstrues as Gopi. After conceiving a baby boy, Kamala discerns the fact and she too expires. At last, Ramu stops the baddies, performs the marriage of Gopi and Radha and hands over his child to them. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note on Ramu soul uniting with Kamala in heaven.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack
Sri Rama Raksha
Film score by
Tatineni Chalapathi Rao
Released1978
GenreSoundtrack
Length24:01
ProducerTatineni Chalapathi Rao

Music composed by Tatineni Chalapathi Rao. Music released on Audio Company.[4]

S. NoSong TitleLyricsSingerslength
1 "Siva Siva Shankara" Veturi Sundararama Murthy SP Balu, P. Susheela 4:26
2 "Bhama Sathyabhama" C. Narayana Reddy SP Balu, P. Susheela 3:17
3 "Prema Puttinda" Veturi Sundararama Murthy SP Balu, P. Susheela 4:18
4 "Entha Sukham" C. Narayana Reddy SP Balu, S. Janaki 4:05
5 "Siggendukinka" C. Narayana Reddy SP Balu, S. Janaki 4:10
6 "Vayasu Kode Vayasu" C. Narayana Reddy SP Balu, S. Janaki 3:45

References
  1. "Sri Rama Raksha (Overview)". IMDb.
  2. "Sri Rama Raksha (Cast & Crew)". Know Your Films.
  3. "Sri Rama Raksha (Review)". The Cine Bay.
  4. "Sri Rama Raksha (Songs)". Cineradham.
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