Sri Ramadasu

Infobox_Film
name = Sri Ramadasu


imdb_id = 0459205
writer = J.K. Bharavi
K. Raghavendra Rao
starring = Akkineni Nagarjuna
Sneha
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Nassar
Nagendra Babu
director = K. Raghavendra Rao
producer = Konda Krishnam Raju
editing = A. Sreekar Prasad
cinematography = S. Gopal Reddy
country = India
music = M. M. Keeravani
released = March 30, 2006
language = Telugu
budget = 12 crores

"Sri Ramadasu" (Telugu: శ్రీ రామదాసు) is an epic Telugu film which released on March 30, 2006 and was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Akkineni Nagarjuna in the lead role and Sneha, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Nassar and Nagendra Babu in the supporting roles. Music was composed by M. M. Keeravani, who composed 19 songs for the film. Cinematography and editing were handled by S. Gopal Reddy and Sreekar Prasad respectively. Along with being critically acclaimed, the film became a major hit at box office.

Plot

The film starts with the penance of Bhadra (Sarath Babu) who becomes a hill with the blessings of Lord Rama. In later centuries, Dammakka, the tribal lady and worshipper of Lord Rama unearths and looks after the idols of Rama on the hill and awaits someone who can construct a temple there. On the other hand, Gopanna (Nagarjuna) and his niece Kamala (Sneha) fall in love and marry after a small conflict with their parents. After the marriage, Tanisha, the emperor of Golconda, with the recommendation of Akkanna and Madanna (the uncles of Gopanna), appoints Gopanna as Tehsildar of Husnabad. Thus, a Muslim (Jay Prakash Reddy) who had been the Tehsildar to the place is dethroned for the sake of Gopanna. That ignites disgust among a few groups who attempt to murder Gopanna. However, Dammakka saves him while he lies unconscious on the bank of Godavari. She shows him the place of Bhadragiri and Gopanna becomes an ardent devotee of Rama. After a series of incidents, he decides to construct the Rama Mandir on the hill. He collects funds from people with the help of Kabirdas, his guru, and completes the construction of temple. Lord Rama, Lakshmana, Seetha and Anjaneya live in invisible forms in the place during the construction of temple. They keep on guarding Gopanna until he accomplishes his mission. Thus with immense bhakthi on Lord Rama, Gopanna becomes Ramadasu.

The enemies of Ramadasu pass on negative message to Tanisha about him, stating that he constructed the temple with money taken from other people without the king's permission. Exasperated, Tanisha imprisons Ramadasu. After many ordeals faced by Ramadasu in prison, Lord Rama and Lakshmana appear to Tanisha in a dream and pay the required amount to him. Then Tanisha releases Ramadasu from prison and discovers that the two persons who cleared the debt were Lord Rama and

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Crew

* Director:: K. Raghavendra Rao
* Producer: Konda Krishnam Raju
* Story: J.K. Bharavi
* Screenplay: K. Raghavendra Rao
* Dialogues: J.K. Bharavi
* Cinematography: S. Gopal Reddy
* Music: M. M. Keeravani
* Editing: A. Sreekar Prasad
* Art Director: Bhaskara Raju

Music

The film has nineteen songs composed by M. M. Keeravani:

* "Sriraghavam (Traditional)" - M. M. Keeravani
* "Adigadigo Badragiri" - S.P. Balasubramaniam
* "Hylessa" - M. M. Keeravani, Devi Sri Prasad, & Malavika
* "Antha Ramamayam" - S.P. Balasubramaniam
* "Isvakulaku" - Shankar Mahadevan
* "Allah" - Shankar Mahadevan & Vijay Yesudas
* "Idhigidhigo" - Sunitha
* "Charanamulane" - Madhu Balakrishnan, K.S. Chitra, & Ramachari
* "Chalu Chalu" - SPB. Charan & Sunitha
* "Nannu Brovamani" - S.P. Balasubramaniam & Sunitha
* "Sri Rama Ramethi" - M. M. Keeravani
* "Entho Ruchira" - S.P. Balasubramaniam
* "Paluke Bangramayera" - M. M. Keeravani & K.S. Chitra
* "Shuddha Brahmma" - Pranavi
* "Bhadra Sheela" - Hariharan & K.S. Chitra
* "Yetheruga" - Vijay Yesudas
* "Thandrimata" - Sunitha
* "Dasaradhi" - S.P. Balasubramaniam
* "Mangalam" - Brundham

Release

The film released in 229 screens including 173 in Andhra Pradesh 18 in Karnataka,2 in Chennai,1 in Mumbai and 25 in Overseas. [ [http://www.superhit.co.in/releasecenters.asp?release=sriramadasureleasecenters ::Welcome to Superhit ] ]

Box-office performance

*The film had a 100-day run in 67 centres. [http://idlebrain.com/trade/index.html]

Awards

*Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for best home-viewing feature film (2006)
*Nandi Award for Best Actor (2006) for Nagarjuna.
*Nandi Award for Best Makeup Artist (2006) for Ramachandra Rao.

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0459205|title=Sri Ramadasu