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Director
  
Dasari Narayana Rao

Language
  
Telugu

8.2/10
IMDb

Country
  
India

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Release date
  
1987

Viswanatha Nayakudu is a Telugu historical film of 1987 directed by Dasari Narayana Rao.

Contents

Plot

The story is based on the Indian historical event during 16th century. It narrates the victory of Viswanatha Nayak on his father to express his devotion towards Srikrishnadevaraya.

Viswanatha Nayak (Krishna) is the son of Nagama Nayak (Sivaji Ganesan), a successful General of Srikrishnadevaraya (Krishnam Raju) of the Vijayanagara Empire. Chola King Veerasekhara Chola invades the Madurai Kingdom and deposed the Pandya King Chandrasekhara Pandyan who was under the protection of Srikrishnadevaraya. Due to this, an enraged Srikrishnadevaraya sends Nagama Nayak to aid Chandrasekhara Pandyan. Nagama Nayak suppresses Veerasekhara Chola and takes Madurai, but then suddenly he threw off his allegiance and declining to help Chandrasekhara Pandyan usurped the throne.

So, Viswanatha Nayak volunteers to face his father in the battle ground. Nagama Nayak is defeated and the loyalty of Viswanatha Nayak is proven. Chivalry of both father and son is admired by Srikrishnadevaraya who makes Viswanatha Nayak the Governor of Madurai and other regions.

Cast

  • Krishna as Viswanatha Nayak
  • Krishnam Raju as Sri Krishnadevaraya
  • Sivaji Ganesan as Nagama Nayak, Viswanatha Nayak's father
  • Kanta Rao
  • M. Prabhakar Reddy as Timmarusu, Krishnadevaraya's minister
  • Mohan Babu
  • K. R. Vijaya as Viswanatha Nayak's mother
  • Jayaprada as Kalavati, court dancer
  • Ramakrishna as Natyacharya
  • Nirmalamma as Kalavati's mother
  • Dhulipala
  • B. Padmanabham
  • Prabha
  • Rajasulochana
  • Ranganath as Rajaraja Chola
  • Sarath Babu
  • J. V. Somayajulu
  • Sumalata

    • Crew

  • Screenplay, Dialogues, Director : Dasari Narayana Rao
  • Producer : Vadde Ramesh
  • Studios : Padmalaya studios and Annapurna studios
  • Story : Kondamudi Srirama Murthy and Yamini Saraswathi
  • Dialogues : Kondaveeti Venkatakavi and Yamini Saraswathi
  • Director of Photography : V. S. R. Swamy
  • Editing : G. G. Krishna Rao
  • Art Director : Bhaskara Raju
  • Choreography : Sreenu
  • Voice double for Sivaji Ganesan : Kongara Jaggaiah
  • Playback singers : P. Susheela, Vani Jayaram, Raj Seetaram, V. Ramakrishna, Ramesh, Prakash Rao

    • Soundtrack

    All lyrics written by Arudra, Dr. C. Narayana Reddy; all music composed by J. V. Raghavulu.

    References

    Viswanatha Nayakudu Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Viswanatha Nayakudu IMDb