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Genre
  
Drama

Language
  
Telugu

Director
  
Adurthi Subba Rao

Country
  
India


Release date
  
24-11-1967

Based on
  
Beyond This Place  by A.J. Cronin

Writer
  
A.J. Cronin, Venkata Ramana Mullapoodi

Poola Rangadu is a 1967 Telugu, drama film, produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao on Annapurna Pictures banner and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jamuna, Shobhan Babu, Vijaya Nirmala in the lead roles and music composed by Saluri Rajeswara Rao. The film is based on loosely based on A. J. Cronin's Beyond This Place (Novel). The film was remade as Tamil movie En Annan and as Hindi movie Jeet. The film recorded as Super Hit at the box office.

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Plot

Ranga Rao (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) is called 'Poolarangadu', because of his purity of life. His father Veerayya (Chittor V. Nagaiah) is a manager at a mill, and is framed for the murder of one of the partners, Purushotham. He is sent to jail for a crime he didn't commit. Rangadu works hard to get his sister Padma (Vijaya Nirmala) educated. She marries a Dr. Prasad (Shobhan Babu), who happens to be Purushotham's son. When he finds out she is Veerayya's daughter, he leaves her. Rangadu is enraged and beats the guy Narasimhulu (Chalam) who informs Prasad. Rangadu is sent to jail. There he meets his father, learns about his innocence and vows to get him out. Once Rangadu is released, he takes the help of Narasimhulu, who works at their house, and his lover Venkata Lakshmi to earn the goodwill of the other two partners and finally exposes them. They put fights between the partners which makes them reveal the past that they are the ones who killed Purushotham, while recording all that on a tape recorder. Veerayya is released, Rangadu marries his lover Venkata Lakshmi (Jamuna) and Prasad takes Padma back.

Cast

  • Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Ranga Rao
  • Jamuna as Venkata Lakshmi
  • Shobhan Babu as Dr. Prasad
  • Vijaya Nirmala as Padma
  • Chittor V. Nagaiah as Veeraiah
  • Gummadi as Dharma Rao
  • Allu Ramalingaiah as Police Mama
  • Padmanabham as Bujji
  • Chalam as Narasimhulu
  • Bhanu Prakash as Chalapathi
  • Suryakantham as Baby
  • Maalathi as Prasad's mother
  • Gitanjali as Lilly
  • Radha Kumari

    • Crew

  • Art: G.V.Subba Rao
  • Choreography: Tangappa, KS Reddy
  • Dialogues: Muppala Ranganayakamma
  • Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy, Dasaradhi, Kosaraju
  • Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, Madhavapeddi Satyam, Vasantha, Mohan Raju
  • Music: Saluri Rajeshwara Rao
  • Story: Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
  • Editing: T. Krishna
  • Cinematography: P. S. Selvaraj
  • Assistant Director: P. Chandra Shekar Reddy
  • Producer: D. Madhusudhana Rao
  • Screenplay - Director: Adurthi Subba Rao
  • Banner: Annapurna Pictures
  • Release Date: 24 November 1967

    • Soundtrack

    1. Chigurulu vesina kalalannee (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddi; Singers: P. Susheela and K.B.K. Mohan Raju)
    2. Chillara rallaku mokkutu vunte (Lyrics: Kosaraju Raghavaiah; Singers: Ghantasala and Ch. Nagaiah)
    3. Misamisalade chinadana (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singers: Ghantasala and P. Susheela)
    4. Nee nadumupaina cheyi vesi (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singers: Ghantasala and P. Susheela)
    5. Neetiki nilabadi nijayiteega (Lyrics: Kosaraju; Singer: Ghantasala)
    6. Neevu raavu nidura raadu (Lyrics: Dasarathi Krishnamacharya; Singer: P. Susheela)

    Box-office

  • The film ran for more than 100 days in 11 centers in Andhra Pradesh.The film was remade in Tamil as En Annan with MGR and became a super hit there also

    • Others

  • VCDs and DVDs on - VOLGA Videos, Hyderabad

    • References

    Poola Rangadu Wikipedia
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    Poola Rangadu IMDb