Donga Ramudu

Donga Ramudu Telugu is a 1955 Telugu Drama film directed by Kadiri Venkata Reddy and produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao. Lyrics are penned by Samudrala Raghavacharya including the Bhale Tatha Mana Bapuji song on Mahatma Gandhi. The film was archived in the curriculum of the Film and Television Institute of India

Ramudu Akkineni Nageshwara Rao after serving a jail sentence for a theft he had committed during childhood to buy medicines for his mother Hemalatha lands in a job as a servant at moneylender Veerabhadraiahs Relangi Venkata Ramaiah house. He finds his sister Lakshmi Jamuna in an orphanage and promises to pay her college fee. To raise the money, he steals at Bhadraiahs house but is caught and jailed. Lakshmi escapes an attack by Babulu Rajanala Nageswara Rao a local thug, with the help of Seetha Savitri the vegetable vendor with whom Ramudu is in love. Seetha gets shelter for her at Dr. Mohans Jaggaiah house. Impressed by her virtues, the doctor decides to marry Lakshmi. Ramudu joins as a driver with Mohan. He warns his sister not to reveal that they are siblings. But Veerabhadraiah who is angry that the doctor has not married his daughter Swarajyalakshmi, reveals their identity and that Ramudu is a thief. Veerabhadraiah is murdered by Babulu but the blame falls on Ramudu. Seetha helps prove Ramudus innocence by bringing Babulu to book. The story ends on a happy note.A simple story well told. The movie gives a feeling of many climaxes but K.V.s acumen never made the audience feel bored or tired. Besides subtle humour in dialogue, Narasaraju created such catch words as gas for telling a lie which is popular even today. R. Nageswara Raos famous dialogue, Babulu gaadi debba ante Golconda abba anali, became popular too. The school master Vangaras usage of Jambukarandhrapura Agraharam for his village name, Nakkabokkalapadu is one such. Adi M. Irani cranked the camera. ........

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