Mosagallaku Mosagadu

Mosagallaku Mosagadu (transl. Cheater to the cheaters) is a 1971 Indian Telugu-language western action film directed by K. S. R. Das from a screenplay written by Arudra. Produced by G. Adiseshagiri Rao under the banner of Sri Padmalaya Films, the film features Krishna, Vijaya Nirmala, Nagabhushanam, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Gummadi, Dhulipala, M. Prabhakar Reddy, and Jyothi Lakshmi in prominent roles.[1]

For 2015 film of the same name, see Mosagallaku Mosagadu (2015 film).
Mosagallaku Mosagadu
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Directed byK. S. R. Das
Produced byG. Adiseshagiri Rao
Written byArudra
StarringKrishna
Vijaya Nirmala
Nagabhushanam
Gummadi
Kaikala Satyanarayana
M. Prabhakar Reddy
Dhulipala
Jyothi Lakshmi
Music byP. Adinarayana Rao
CinematographyV. S. R. Swamy
Edited byKotagiri Gopala Rao
Production
company
Distributed byPadmalaya Studios
Release date
  • 27 August 1971 (1971-08-27)
Running time
143 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Inspired from American western films such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and Mackenna's Gold (1969), the story is set in the eighteenth century, in the anarchy prevailing after the Battle of Bobbili (1757). It revolves around finding the lost treasure belonging to the Amaraveedu dynasty. Principal photography of the film took place in Rajasthan including a song shot in Himachal Pradesh.

Released on 27 August 1971, the film was a commercial success and run for 100 days. It was subsequently dubbed into Tamil as Mosakkaaranukku Mosakkaaran, Hindi as Gunfighter Johnny and a trimmed version in English titled Treasure Hunt.[2]

Plot

Amarvedu dynasty was attacked by Britishers at the time of the Bobbili war in South India. Before the Britishers are about to attack the dynasty, a couple of friends Daanaala Dharmayya (Gummadi) and Pagadaala Subbayya hide the treasure in a cave of five doors, very far away. They lock the treasure with five keys and the two friends separate, so as to make the key unavailable to the Britishers. Pagadala Subbayya escapes to Gadwal and Daanala Dharmayya escapes to the court of Kurnool. Krishna Prasad, who fights for equality of the poor with rich, against the new government, finds a highway robber Nakkajittula Naaganna (Naga Bhushanam) captured by a couple of men. The government announces that one who captures Nakkajittula Naaganna, will be awarded with 1000 varahas (gold coins). With a plan to earn money and help the poor people, Krishna Prasad secures him with ropes and submits him at the court. Nakkajittula Naaganna is made to sit on a horse and he is tied to a two-pole gibbet at the court. Krishna Prasad, hiding behind a tree little far away, shoots the ropes of the gibbet, making Nakkajittula Naaganna to escape along with him. They share the loot later. With the loot obtained from the government, Krishna helps the poor.

One blind man, a past servant of Amervedu court, who knows where the keys are, accidentally utters about the treasure at a highway liquor dhaba. By torturing the blind man, Sathyam (Kaikala Satyanarayana (one of the villains) knows the clue of Daanala Dharmayya in Kurnool. Satyanarayana), with his men goes to torture Daanaala Dharmayya, but kills him in haste. Radha (Vijaya Nirmala), on coming home with a pot of water from a pool nearby, finds her father Daanaala Dharmayya at the state of dying. Daanaala Dharmayya, who is unaware of the murderers, is about tell some thing, utters his friend's name Pagadaala Subbayya and dies. Radha thinks that her father was killed by Pagadaala Subbayya. In fact Pagadaala Subbayya, while dying because of old age, reveals the place of treasure to his son. He also reveals that he had given the keys to Komarayya, a retired constable in Kurnool.

Krishna Prasad, staying away from home, keeps on earning money by submitting Nakkajittula Naaganna to the court, and then releasing him by tricks for sharing the loot. One day Bijili (Jyothi Lakshmi), a nasty cowgirl meets Krishna and likes him. When Radha is being chased by a few men, Krishna Prasad saves her and promises to let her to take revenge on the killers. He falls in love with her and trains her in gun shooting, making her a cowgirl. Radha swears to take revenge on those who killed her father. Once again he saves Radha from the attack of Bijili, and knows that attacker happened to know a clue of the treasure.

Bijili loves Krishna Prasad and tries to get rid of Radha. One day, Nakkajittuala Naaganna tries to steal Krishna Prasad's loot. In anger, Krishna Prasad secures the hands of Nakkajittuala Naaganna and leaves him alone in the desert. He comes out of the desert, with grudge on Krishna Prasad and joins Bijili. When Krishna Prasad is about to save an innocent guy hanging to death in an attempt to earn wealth, Nakkajittuala Naaganna and Bijili captures him alive and torture him in the desert. In the desert, when Krishna Prasad is about to die of thirst, Nakkajittuala Naaganna and Biliji see a cart of corpses pulled by a camel. Among the corpses, a son of Pagadala Subbayya is found, at the brink of death. When Nakkajittuala Naaganna and Bijili goe to bring a pot of water hung to their camels, the son of Pagadaala Subbayya reveals the secret of the treasure to Krishna Prasad.

With a greed to earn the treasure, Nakkajittuala Naaganna renames himself as Pagadaala Subbayya in haste, and takes Krishna Prasad to a nearby highway inn and medicates him with the help of an ayurvedic doctor. A few days later Krishna Prasad escapes with Radha, from the scene. One day Nakkajittuala Naaganna, who renamed himself as Pagadaala Subbayya, is captured by the Satyanarayana's gang. Krishna Prasad saves Nakkajittuala Naaganna, who becomes his pal again. Radha reveals that her father Daanaala Dharmayya used to work for constable Komarayya. Krishna remembers that, when he was a child, the keys were given to his father by his friend Daanaala Dharmayya to constable Komarayya, Rangayya in a forest, fourth culprit Chittoor Chengayya in a gambling center, and fifth culprit Chennapatnam Kannayyagari Chinnayya when torturing blind man for the treasure secret.

At the climax, Krishna Prasad, Radha, and Nakkajittuala Naaganna go to the cave of the treasure. The fight goes between three parties, that is between two parties of villains and Krishna Prasad. All the villains are killed and Krishna Prasad achieves the five gunny sacks of treasure in the cave. The movie ends with Krishna Prasad and Radha distributing the treasure.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music is composed by P. Adinarayana Rao with lyrics written by Arudra-Appalacharya. Vocals by Ghantasala, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and P. Susheela.[3]

gollark: I have no idea how to do fun comparison across species, and food scarcity and misery sounds not fun.
gollark: It matters to current-me, so I don't want to do that.
gollark: It would be fun to the *edited* me.
gollark: "Fun" is probably just some weird heuristic for novelty-seeking, but it manifests more as a terminal goal than some bad mental tool for navigating goals.
gollark: (or properly for situations it wasn't really optimized for)

References
  1. Pecheti, Prakash (11 May 2019). "A tribute to 'Manyam Veerudu'". Telangana Today. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. Narasimham, M. L. (1 November 2019). "Mosagaallaku Mosagaad (1971)". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  3. "Mosagallaku Mosagadu". JioSaavn. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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