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Donga Ramudu is a film directed by Kadiri Venkata Reddy with Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Donga Ramudu (1955)
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Add to a movie listDonga Ramudu (Telugu: దొంగ రాముడు) 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
By the turn of the 1950s Akkineni Nageswara Rao was a sought-after star. His friend-philosopher-guide and mentor from his stage days, Dukkipati Madhusudana Rao felt it was the right time to launch an own production house. Thus was born Annapurna Pictures (P) Ltd, named after Madhusudana Rao’s stepmother. Besides Madhusudana Rao and ANR, Katragadda Srinivasa Rao, Koratala Prakasa Rao and T.V.A. Subbarao were its partners. ‘Bharani’ P.S. Ramakrishna Rao who gave memorable hits with ANR was approached to direct their debut venture. Though he accepted the offer, for some reasons he backed out. P.Pullaiah who introduced ANR in films, too was busy with the Tamil version of Ardhangi and other commitments. ANR had a wish to work with K.V. Reddi and when they met him K.V. obliged on condition that they have to wait till he completed Peddamanushulu. The wait was worth its moolah as Donga Ramudu established Annapurna Pictures as a top banner.
D.V. Narasaraju, the writer of Peddamanushulu was chosen to pen the story and dialogues. Since he was directing ANR for the first time, K.V. thought it should be different from the actor’s earlier movies. He suggested that he pen a story on a brother-sister sentiment with the brother going to any extent, even committing a murder for the sake of his sister. Madhusudana Rao recollected a short story, ‘Loving Brothers’ that he had read in an anthology of American short stories. In the story, the elder brother commits robberies to educate his younger brother. Taking that point replacing the younger brother with a sister, Narasaraju, Madhusudana Rao and K.V. Reddi wrote the story of Donga Ramudu.
The film was remakec at the same time into Tamil and was released as Thiruttu Raman (Tamil: திருட்டு இராமன்).
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