Buddhimantudu

Buddhimantudu (transl. Good Boy) is a 1969 Telugu-language drama film, produced by N. S. Murthy under the Chitra Kalpana banner[2] and directed by Bapu.[3] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vijaya Nirmala, Sobhan Babu, Krishnam Raju in the lead roles and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan.[4] The film was remade in Tamil as Manidhanum Dheivamagalam (1975) and in Hindi as Paramaatma (1994). The film was recorded as a Super Hit at the box office.[5]

Buddhimantudu
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBapu
Produced byN. S. Murthy
Written byMullapudi Venkata Ramana
(story / dialogues)
Screenplay byBapu
StarringAkkineni Nageswara Rao
Vijaya Nirmala
Sobhan Babu
Krishnam Raju
Music byK. V. Mahadevan
CinematographyS. Venkataratnam
Edited byA. Sanjeevi
Production
company
Chitra Kalpana[1]
Release date
  • 20 September 1969 (1969-09-20)
Running time
176 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

The film begins in a village, where Madhavacharya (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna (Sobhan Babu) works as a temple priest, everyone in the village admire as they believe that he encounters with the Lord. Madhavaiah too gets mystic experiences whenever he views Lord's statue whereas, his younger brother, Gopi (again Akkineni Nageswara Rao) a riff-raff who spends life as the frolic. Nevertheless, he is a kind at heart and struggles for the welfare of villagers. Seshadri (Nagabhushanam), the village head is a baseness person who creates a lot of atrocities to which Gopi stands as a barrier while Madhavaiah believes him as a wise person and respects. Meanwhile, Gopi falls in love with a charming girl Radha (Vijaya Nirmala) daughter of Seshadri's sister Kaveramma (Rukmini), in her acquaintance, Gopi reforms and turns into a straight arrow. Eventually, Krishna (Krishnam Raju) son of Seshadri walks in his father's footsteps and traps the village School Teacher's (Bhanu Prakash) daughter Kasturi (Sandhya Rani). Now Gopi & Radha decides to pair up but they are afraid of their elders' castism yet, stands strong.

At that time, Gopi's old friends' forcibly takes him to carouse. Exploiting it, Seshadri poses Gopi as debauchery before Radha when she loathes him. Even Madhavaiah also necks out him on the provocation of Seshadri and gives their old ruined building as his share. Ahead, malevolent Seshadri scatters bad propaganda against Radha and denounce Gopi which leads to Kaveramma's death. Right now, Seshadri plans to perform Radha's marriage with Krishna to grab her property. Parallelly, Gopi renovates his building and transforms it as a school building to service the villagers. Due to which Seshadri removes Madhavaiah as the priest and handovers the keys. Distressed Madhavaiah goes into illusion and feels as if Lord Krishna too accompanied him. Knowing it, furious Gopi revolts against Seshadri get back the keys when Seshadri intrigues by stealing the temple ornaments and orders his henchmen Ramalingam (Allu Ramalingaiah) to bury it in the Gopi's premises. But cunning Ramalingam double crosses and snatches the jewelry. Next day, Gopi is indicted and when they are in search, a treasure of Madhavaiah & Gopi's ancestors is dug out where both the brothers argue to utilize it one for the temple another for the school.

At that moment, Seshadri again ploys to capture the treasure, so, decides to conduct the elections and both the parties strongly campaign. Here Gopi breaks out the secret of temple robbery through Ramalingam when Radha learns the virtue of Gopi. During that time, Krishna runs away with the treasure and kidnaps Radha when Gopi rescues and makes Krishna aware of his mistake. At that point in time, Gopi's group without his knowledge challenges with Madhavaiah to show a miracle by lifting the dome of the temple into the air if God really exists which Madhavaiah accepts and Seshadri accuses him of the act. Disturbed Madhavaiah locks himself in the temple where Lord Krishna also preaches him that God will not respond for evildoers when Madhavaiah protests against Lord. At that juncture, Gopi understands his brother will not survive until the miracle happens, so, he lifts the dome from the backside of the temple. Immediately, Madhavaiah cools down and when he spots Gopi, enlightens that Lord performed the miracle through his brother and also realizes serving people is equivalent to offering God. At last, they utilize the treasure for the welfare of people and Seshadri gets arrested. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Gopi & Radha.

Cast

Soundtrack
Buddhimantudu
Film score by
K. V. Mahadevan
Released1969
GenreSoundtrack
Length31:56
ProducerK. V. Mahadevan
K. V. Mahadevan chronology
Adrushtavanthalu
(1969)		 Buddhimantudu
(1969)		 Bhale Rangadu
(1969)

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Music released on Audio Company.[6]

S. No.Song TitleLyricsSingerslength
1 "Bhoommeeda Sukhapadite" Aarudhra Ghantasala 4:20
2 "Havvare Havva" Aarudhra Ghantasala 4:41
3 "Tata Veedukolu" Aarudhra Ghantasala 4:20
4 "Guttameeda Guvva Koosindi" Aarudhra Ghantasala, P. Susheela 4:39
5 "Allari Pedatare Pilla" Kosaraju Pithapuram, Swarnalata 3:00
6 "Thotaloki Raakura" Dasaradhi P. Susheela 3:42
7 "Nanu Palimpagaa" Dasaradhi Ghantasala 4:03
8 "Badilo Emundhi" Kosaraju Ghantasala 3:20

Other
  • VCDs and DVDs on - VOLGA Videos, Hyderabad
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References
  1. "Buddhimantudu (Overview)". IMDb.
  2. "Buddhimantudu (Banner)". Chitr.com.
  3. "Buddhimantudu (Direction)". IQLIK.
  4. "Buddhimantudu (Cast & Crew)". Know Your Films.
  5. "Buddhimantudu (Review)". The Cine Bay.
  6. "Buddhimantudu (Songs)". Cineradham.
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