Gundamma Gari Krishnulu
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Directed by	Relangi Narasimha Rao
Written by	Satyanand (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Relangi Narasimha Rao
Story by	Bhamidapaati Radhakrishna Murthy
Produced by	Midde Rama Rao
Starring	Rajendra Prasad Rajani
Cinematography	B. Koteswara Rao
Edited by	D. Venkataratnam
Music by	Chakravarthy
Production company	Sri Rajalakshmi Art Pictures[1]
Release date	6 August 1987 (1987-08-06) [2]
Running time	120 min
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Gundamma Gari Krishnulu (transl. Gundamma's Krishnas) is a 1987 Telugu-language comedy film, produced by Midde Rama Rao under the Sri Rajalakshmi Art Pictures banner and directed by Relangi Narasimha Rao.^[3] It stars Rajendra Prasad, Subhalekha Sudhakar, Rajani, Poornima, and Nirmalamma.^[4] The music composed by Chakravarthy.^[5] The film was recorded as a Hit at the box office.^[6]

Plot

Gundamma is a bold, straightforward older woman with grandsons, Pedda Gopala Krishna / Peddodu (lit. 'Old/big one') & Chinna Gopala Krishna / Chinnodu (lit. 'Young/small one') respectively. Gundamma looks to marry off both, but Peddodu disagrees, for he wants a love marriage. The bride's father's close friend Gangadharam's daughter Saroja. Unknowingly, Saroja joins Peddodu's office and both of them start liking each other. Meanwhile, Chinnodu goes to fix up the match with a village girl, Lakshmi overseen by his grandmother. At first sight, he falls for her as luck would have it, she likes him as well. Eventually, Gangadharam moves to Peddodu to finalize the match, but he insults him and sends him out. Angered, Saroja reaches their house, but by mistake, she strikes Chinnodu. After that, Saroja finds out the truth and begins hating Peddodu. Both of them end up visiting a camp where they fall into the hands of a man called Gun Papa Rao), whose aim is to help lovers. He mistakes them as lovers and forcibly takes them along with him, but they somehow escape from him when they rekindle their love. Parallelly, Chinnodu's alliance with Lakshmi gets canceled, due to misunderstandings. So, Peddodu asks him to elope with her. Chinnodu reaches their village and plans to run away. Unfortunately, Chinnodu is unable to catch the bus on time. Because of such impeccable timing, Lakshmi leaves the city alone, where she falls into the trap of Veeraraju, who runs a brothel house. Veeraraju's wife is good at nature and helps Lakshmi write a letter to Chinnodu which goes into the hands of Peddodu. Reading that letter, Saroja suspects and leaves him. Peddodu immediately rushes to protect Lakshmi. However, by that time, Veeraju finds that his wife is helping Lakshmi, so he beats her so badly that everyone believes that she is dead. Upon seeing this, Lakshmi escapes, and the blame falls upon Peddodu. At the same time, Chinnodu clears all doubts of Saroja. Both of them go to meet Peddodu when they learn the entire story. Soon, all of them are in search of Lakshmi. At last, with the help of Gun Papa Rao, they prove their innocence. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriages of Peddodu with Saroja and Chinnodu with Lakshmi.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music composed by K. Chakravarthy was released on LEO Audio Company.^[2] Lyrics were written by Veturi and Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry.^[2]

Other

• VCDs and DVDs on - SHALIMAR Video Company, Hyderabad

References