Ghatothkachudu
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| Directed by | S. V. Krishna Reddy |
| Written by | Diwakar Babu (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | S. V. Krishna Reddy |
| Story by | S. V. Krishna Reddy K. Atchi Reddy |
| Produced by | K. Atchi Reddy Kishore Rathi (presents) |
| Starring | Satyanarayana Ali Roja |
| Cinematography | Sarath |
| Edited by | K. Ramgopal Reddy |
| Music by | S. V. Krishna Reddy |
Production company | Manisha Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 170 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Box office | 30 crores |
Ghatothkachudu (transl. Ghatotkacha) is a 1995 Telugu-language mythology sci-fi comedy film co-written and directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. The film is produced by K. Atchi Reddy under the Manisha Films banner. It stars Satyanarayana, Ali, Roja while Nagarjuna and Dr. Rajasekhar make a cameo appearance with music composed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. The film was recorded as a super hit at the box office.[1][2] This movie also included the character Thota Ramudu from Yamaleela in which Tanikella Bharani who acted the role in the original movie, reprised his role.
Plot
[edit]The film deals with mythological character Ghatotkacha. The prologue of the film shows that Ghatotkacha (Kaikala Sathyanarayana) is mortally wounded in the Kurukshetra War and falls. He is helped by a little tribal girl when he asks for water. He promises her that he will repay this whenever she needs it.
Hundreds of years later the same little girl is born as Chitti. Her parents Koteswara Rao (Sarath Babu) and Sudha (Sudha) are rich NRIs. She is the only heir of all the riches. Two of his family members Chalapathi (Chalapathi Rao) and his crony (Sivaji Raja) have a crooked plan to kill all of them and get the assets. Basanna (Rallapalli) is a servant in their house who is dumb. He saves the girl in several attempts made by the duo. Knowing that they cannot successfully execute their plan with the servant in the house, they throw him away from the house according to a plan. Sensing the danger to the life of their kid, they want to sell off all their properties and go to America again. The duo tried to kill the entire family by planting a bomb in their car. The girl escapes from the accident, but her parents are killed. The goons try to kill her also, but Basanna saves her by sacrificing his own life. Later she is rescued by Basanna's son Ranga (Ali).
Ranga takes her and runs for his life. At last, they enter a forest and when the assassins are about to kill her, she calls for help. Ghatotkacha remembers his promise and rescues her.
Later, A robot named Subbarao saves Roja (Roja), when a bald-headed criminal (AVS), tries to murder her. He falls in love with Roja. Then, he frequently visits Ghatotkacha, Chitti, and Roja while also being at loggerheads with Ranga.
Later, Thota Ramudu (Tanikella Bharani), Rangu Paduddi, Chalapathi Rao and Sivaji Raja try to kill Chitti. They succeed before Ghatotkacha comes after smashing the 10000 Watt Powered Subbarao. He asks Lord Anjaneya to return Chitti's life. In avail, Ghatotkacha becomes a supergiant and reverses time, by holding onto Earth.
He appears at the correct time before Chitti has an accident and he scares the gang away. He uses his power to change the robot, Subbarao should kill Chalapathi Rao, Wizard (Kota Srinivasa Rao), Rangupadidi, and the Scientist (Tinnu Anand) who created him.
Subbarao kills Chalapathi by a laser beam redirection. Ghatotkacha removed Wizard's body and played Tennis with his head and Subbarao destroyed it. He tossed Rangupadidi and he melted and he exploded Scientist and his lab.
Thota Ramudu was forced to stay on Scrap Collector Brahmam's (Brahmanandam) TV for betraying Ghatotkacha.
Sivaji Raja and Wizard's Henchmen are beaten in an accident. In which a ball controlled by a watch, is changed to 100-500 balls instead.
After Subbarao completes his new job. Ghatotkacha took his 10000-watt power and reduced it to 220 watts.
Cast
[edit]- Ali as Ranga
- Satyanarayana as Ghatotkacha
- Roja as Roja
- Srikanth as Arjuna
- Baby Nikita as Chitti
- Sarath Babu as Chitti's father
- Tinnu Anand as Scientist
- Brahmanandam as Brahmam "Pilaka", an artifact Collector
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Mandrakeudu (Wizard)
- Chalapathi Rao as Chalapathi Rao, the main villain
- Sivaji Raja as Chalapathi's son
- Tanikella Bharani as Thota Ramudu
- Rallapalli as Basanna "Kaka"
- Gundu Hanumantha Rao as Ranga's friend
- AVS as a villain with his motto "Rangu Paddudi"
- Mallikarjuna Rao as Mandrekudu's assistant
- Ananth Babu as Mandrekudu's assistant
- Chitti Babu as Mandrekudu's assistant
- Subbaraya Sharma
- Chakrapani as Lord Krishna
- Giri Babu as Dharma Raja
- Prasad Babu as Duryodhana
- Vijaya Rangaraju as Bhima
- Jaggu as Alambusa
- Kishore Rathi as Indra
- Rituparna Sengupta as Princess in the song "Priya Madhuram"
- Sri Lakshmi as Brahmam's wife
- Sudha as Chitti's mother
- Nagarjuna as himself (cameo appearance)
- Rajasekhar as Karna (cameo appearance)
Soundtrack
[edit]| Ghatothkachudu | ||||
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 28:50 | |||
| Label | Magna Sound | |||
| Producer | S. V. Krishna Reddy | |||
| S. V. Krishna Reddy chronology | ||||
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All music is composed by S. V. Krishna Reddy
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ja Ja Jja Roja" | Bhuvana Chandra | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha | 5:15 |
| 2. | "Andala Aparanji Bomma" | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Bhamaro Nanne Pyar Karo" | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Bham Bham Bham" | Jonnavittula Ramalingeswara Rao | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:08 |
| 5. | "Dingu Dingu" | Jonnavittula Ramalingeswara Rao | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | 5:03 |
| 6. | "Priya Madhuram" | Jonnavittula Ramalingeswara Rao | Remo Fernandes, Swarnalatha | 5:03 |
| Total length: | 28:46 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "25 వసంతాల 'ఘటోత్కచుడు'.. ఇది ఎస్వీ కృష్ణారెడ్డి మాయ".
- ^ "25 Years for SV Krishna Reddy, K Atchi Reddy's 'Ghatotkachudu'". 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Ghatothkachudu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Spotify. 12 March 1995. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
