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Driver Ramudu is a film of genre Drama directed by K. Raghavendra Rao with Jayasudha Kapoor

Driver Ramudu (1979)

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Driver Ramudu (Telugu: డ్రైవర్ రాముడు) is a 1979 Telugu action-drama film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao and Jayasudha in the lead roles, with Kaikala Satyanarayana, Mohan Babu, Roja Ramani and Sridhar playing other important roles. The music was composed by Chakravarthi. The film was shot extensively in the Araku Valley.

This was the first film produced by NTR's son Nandamuri Harikrishna. The film was released in 35 centres across Andhra Pradesh on 2 February 1979 and was eventually declared a box-office blockbuster.

The film was remade in Tamil as Lorry Driver Rajakannu starring Sivaji Ganesan.

Synopsis

Ramu (NTR) is a lorry driver who personally does not tolerate injustice anywhere. With his hard work, he soon becomes a lorry owner. He has a blind sister Meena (Roja Ramani) to whom he is very affectionate. A police inspector by the name of Raja Reddy (Sridhar), admiring Ramu's sincerity and truthfulness, comes forward to marry the blind girl. Meanwhile, Chukkamma (Jayasudha), who runs a small hotel on the highway, and Ramu fall in love with each other. Ramu renders help to one of Chukkamma’s relatives, another lorry driver named Vasu (Kaikala Satyanarayana). They become good friends. Kamal Babu (Mohan Babu) soon enters the scene, implicates Ramu in a smuggling case and succeeds in sending him to jail. How Ramu manages to prove his innocence and brings the story to its logical, happy end constitutes the rest of the narrative.

Actors

Jayasudha Kapoor

(Chukkamma)Roja Ramani

(Meena)Kaikala Satyanarayana

(Vasu)Mohan Babu

(Kamal Babu)Jayamalini

(Kalavati)
And :
Kanchana
Chalapathi Rao
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