Gharana Mogudu
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Gharana Mogudu is a very popular telugu film which has Chiranjeevi, Nagma in the lead roles. The movie was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao and was a senstational hit. The movie was the first telugu film to gross over 100 million rupees. It made Chiranjeevi the highest paid actor in India, prompting him to be catapulted to cover pages of all national weekly magazines and India Today had a caption, "" Bigger Than Bachchan""
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[edit] Synpopsis
Raju (Chiranjeevi) is a do-gooder who helps his fellow co-workers while working in Visakhapatnam shipyard, but when his mother suffers a paralytic stroke, he moves back to Hyderabad and looks for a job. Uma Devi (Nagma) daughter of industrialist Bapineedu (Raogopal Rao) takes over the business from her father and helps it to reach new heights which also sees her head strongness reach new heights as well. In this scenario, she not only rejects Ranganayakulu's(Kaikala Satyanarayana) son's marriage proposal but insults them when the father-son duo show up at her house. To get their revenge, they send goons to kill Uma Devi and as fate would have it, Bapineedu shows up in the car instead of Uma Devi and is rescued by Raju who asks him for a job which Bapineedu readily agrees to. Raju wins over the employees within no time and takes on the high handedness of Uma Devi and her mangement. This leads to constant conflict and Uma Devi decides to marry Raju so that he would not interfere anymore. And to this end she plays an emotional blackmail game with Raju's mother and eventually makes Raju agrees to marry her. But Raju continues to trouble her even after marriage. Uma Devi's secretary, Bhavani(Vani Viswanath) is also a friend of Raju which leads to jealousy as well. In the meantime Ranganayakulu with the help of Uma Devi's manager Sarangapani (Ahuthi Prasad) schemes against Uma Devi to sabotage her factory. The rest of film deals with how Raju thwarts the schemes of Ranganayakulu as well as teaches Uma Devi to be humble.
[edit] Cast
- Chiranjeevi................Raju
- Nagma................Uma Devi
- Raogopal Rao................Bapineedu
- Vani Viswanath................Bhavani
- Kaikala Satyanarayana................Ranganayakulu
- Brahmanandam................Appanna
- Sarath Saxena................Ranganayakulu's son
- Ramaprabha................Uma Devi's servant
- Shubha................Raju's mother
- Ahuthi Prasad................Sarangapani
- Ponnambalam................Veeraiah
- Sakshi Ranga Rao................Bhawani's father
- Chalapathi Rao................Chalapathi
- P.L. Narayana................Narayana
- Eswar Rao
- Durga Babu
- Disco Santhi................Item number in the song 'Bangaru Kodi Petta'
[edit] Crew
- Director: K. Raghavendra Rao
- Writers: P. Vasu (story), Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao & Paruchuri Gopala Krishna (dialogues)
- Producer: K. Devi Vara Prasad
- Music: M.M. Keeravani
- Cinematography: Vincent & Ajay Vincent
- Editor: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
- Art: Bhaskar Raju
- Codirector: G. Anand Kumar
- Executive Producer: K. Leela Prasad
- Lyrics: Bhuvana Chandra & M.M. Keeravani (Kappuko duppati)
- Playback singers: S.P. Balasubramaniam, Nagur Babu & K. S. Chitra
- Choreography: Tara, Prabhu & Suchitra
- Stunts: Vijayan
- Production Controller: Mohan
- Operative Cameraman: P. Suryaprakash Rao
- Makeup: N. Narayana
- Costumes: Krishna, Shaji (for Chiranjeevi)
- Publicity Design: Eswar
- Press Publicity: C.H. Bhaskar Rao
- Publicity Incharge: B.A. Raju
- Stills: Tataji
[edit] Production & Other Companies
- Production Company: Devi Film Productions
- Recording Theater: A.V.M. "G" Theater
- Dubbing Theater: Prasad Film Lab
- Filming Studios: Annapoorna Studios, C.C. Film City & Ramanaidu Studio
- Outdoor Unit: Anand Cine Service
- Printing Lab: Prasad Film Laboratories
- Poster Printing: Sri Padmanabha Printing Works
- Radio Publicity: Creative Commercials
- Press Publicity: Vijaya Publicities
[edit] Songs
- Bangaru Kodi Petta
- Kitukulu Thelisina
- Hey Pilla Hello Pilla
- Kappuko Duppati
- Endibe Ettaga Undhi
- Pandu Pandu Pandu
[edit] Box office & Trivia
- Was a sensational hit crossing 175 days in most centers.
- Was the first telugu movie to gross over 100 million rupees.
- Was made simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil (Mannan with Rajinikanth & Vijayasanthi), eventhough the telugu version was a far bigger hit.
- Took Chiranjeevi to never reached heights of popularity and made him the highest paid actor in India prompting India Today to put him on the cover page with the caption"Bigger than Bachchan"
