Mundadugu

1983 Indian film

25 February 1983 (1983-02-25)

CountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Mundadugu (transl. A step forward) is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language drama film produced by D. Rama Naidu of Suresh Productions and directed by K. Bapaiah, starring Krishna, Sobhan Babu, Sridevi and Jaya Prada.^[1]

It is remade in Hindi language in 1984 as Maqsad.

Plot

Gummadi and Sivakrishna are brothers. Sivakrishna is a socialist and wants to spend the property for the poor, whereas Gummadi is a very selfish man. Their differences lead to the death of Sivakrishna as planned by Raogopal Rao, Allu and Chalapati Rao. Chakravarthi (Sobhan Babu) is the son of Gummadi and Tilak (Krishna) is the son of Sivakrishna. Tilak joins as a worker in the company of Gummadi. Jaya Prada is the niece of Gummadi and she falls in love with Tilak. Chakravarthi loves Sridevi, daughter of a teacher in their company. The villains have issues with Tilak. The resulting conflict between Chakravarthi and Tilak finally leads to the revelation of their relationship and a happy ending.

Cast

Krishna as Balagangadhara Tilak
Shobhan Babu as Chakravarthi
Sridevi as Bharati
Jaya Prada as Rani
Kaikala Satyanarayana as Kamaraju
Rao Gopal Rao as Phanibhushan Rao
Allu Ramalingaiah as Bhujangam
Sivakrishna as father of Balagangadhar Tilak
Giribabu as Lingamurthy
Chalapathi Rao as Nagendra
Rajendra Prasad as Mohan
Gummadi as Dharma Rao
Nutan Prasad as Dasu
Suryakantham as wife of Bhujangam
Annapoorna as Sharada
M. Prabhakar Reddy as Vishnumurthy
Raavi Kondala Rao as Sarma
Sakshi Ranga Rao
Radha Kumari as mother of Rani
Narra Venkateswara Rao as Inspector

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Veturi; all music is composed by K. Chakravarthi

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chilakaluripeta Kada Chilako"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:30
2.	"Naakoka Srimathi Kavali"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:31
3.	"Pora O Kantri Mama"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubramanyam, P.Susheela
4.	"Premaku Nenu Pedanu Kanu"	Veturi	P. Susheela
5.	"Veyi Padagala Meeda"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:24
6.	"Ye Talli Kannado Ninnu"	Veturi	P.Susheela

Box office

The film ran for more than 50 days in all the released centers. It also ran for more than 100 days and celebrated Silver Jubilee.^[2]

References

^ Bose (1 March 1983). "చిత్ర సమీక్ష: ముందడుగు" [Film review: Mundadugu]. Andhra Patrika (in Telugu). Retrieved 8 August 2020.
^ Boxoffice results of Shobhan Babu films.