Banner : Creative Commercials,
Producer : KS. Ramarao,
Director : Kodandarami Reddy
Music : Ilayaraja
Cast : Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, Suhasini, Raogopalarao, Saikumar, Rajendraprasad, Silk Smitha,
Gollapudi and others
Chiranjeevi has been my first hero. when i was like 7 or 8 years I thought hero is someone like chiranjeevi and as grew older i started finding out about him the good work he’s done through blood bank and eye bank. As we entered into the new millenium number of fans of chiranjeevi increased by huge numbers and I feel he is trapped into this whole world of god like thing where many fans worship him. which makes him do stupid movies like stalin,mrugaraju and other shitty movies that he’s doing for past few years. But chiranjeevi is one of the best actors in India along with Kamal Hassan, Amitab bachhan and Superstar Rajini. All these great actors are made to do movies that are safe bet for producers cause of fans.Before chiru turned into this god like figure he did a movie called “Challenge” which has been made from novel by “Yandamuri Veerendranath” called “Dabu-Dabu” (“Money-Money”) Yeah it might be strange but there are movies made from novels in telugu too. There was an era when the combination of Kondandarami Reddy-chiru-Yandamuri-Ilayaraja gave continues hits and gr8 movies to telugu industry. This movie was made during that golden era.
Its a story about Gandhi(chiru) challenging one of big industrialists Ram Mohan Rao(Rao gopal rao) in Vizag that earning money is no big deal anyone can do it during interview held by Ram Mohan Rao. Gandhi realizes that this interview its nuthing but joke on poor youth and game that he is been playing. Then Ram Mohan Rao Challenges Gandhi that if he can make 50 lakhs in 5 years he would marry his daughter Haarika(vijaya shanti) with gandhi. The Movie starts with gandhi’s mother in hosptial and he is tries hard to buy medicines to her but fails. so he steals them in desperate attempt to save his mother. but its too late she is already dead by the time he gets to hospital. He Dosent have enough money to bury his mother and to worse matters the wardboy at hospital demands Rs 500 from gandhi to protect his mothers corpse from decaying. He impresses Harika who is in hospital to see her mother with his mathematics and receives Rs 500 but the wardboy takes it from him and finally he buries his mother. Frustrated with his life gandhi wanders allround vizag on one such occasion he meets Lakshmi(Suhasini Mani ratnam) they both see an ad for a job opening and gandhi realizes that this ad is nothing but trick played by the owner of that company on poor people. Thats when the argument b/w Ram Mohan Rao and Gandhi Happens. What happens next is the journey taken by Gandhi and Lakshmi together in earning Rs 50 Lakhs and how he overcomes all troubles and win the challenge.
It is a typical David vs Goliath story but the way yandmoori adpoted it to the telugu audiences is great. Chiranjeevi is great as Gandhi, I feel this is his best performance with Chanti Abbai,Rudraveena, Abhilasha and Aradhana. Rao Gopal Rao was great actor in 70′s and 80′s he dosent have any macho look, he is like typical andhraite but he plays villan role to best. Kota Srinivas Rao is the only actor in telugu industry who can act like Rao Gopal Rao and these two people are from theater and they tasted success in their late 40′s. Music by Ilayaraja is another assest to this movie. Suhasini Mani Ratnam did very good job as Lakshmi she was perfect as girl next door.I Think telugu cinema golden era was untill 1994 or early 90′s after that high percent of movies are revenge based thats I feel bad that now a days movies like desamuduru are considered hits. Thank god that shekar kammula came to telugu industry breath of fresh air.
Its a story about Gandhi(chiru) challenging one of big industrialists Ram Mohan Rao(Rao gopal rao) in Vizag that earning money is no big deal anyone can do it during interview held by Ram Mohan Rao. Gandhi realizes that this interview its nuthing but joke on poor youth and game that he is been playing. Then Ram Mohan Rao Challenges Gandhi that if he can make 50 lakhs in 5 years he would marry his daughter Haarika(vijaya shanti) with gandhi. The Movie starts with gandhi’s mother in hosptial and he is tries hard to buy medicines to her but fails. so he steals them in desperate attempt to save his mother. but its too late she is already dead by the time he gets to hospital. He Dosent have enough money to bury his mother and to worse matters the wardboy at hospital demands Rs 500 from gandhi to protect his mothers corpse from decaying. He impresses Harika who is in hospital to see her mother with his mathematics and receives Rs 500 but the wardboy takes it from him and finally he buries his mother. Frustrated with his life gandhi wanders allround vizag on one such occasion he meets Lakshmi(Suhasini Mani ratnam) they both see an ad for a job opening and gandhi realizes that this ad is nothing but trick played by the owner of that company on poor people. Thats when the argument b/w Ram Mohan Rao and Gandhi Happens. What happens next is the journey taken by Gandhi and Lakshmi together in earning Rs 50 Lakhs and how he overcomes all troubles and win the challenge.
It is a typical David vs Goliath story but the way yandmoori adpoted it to the telugu audiences is great. Chiranjeevi is great as Gandhi, I feel this is his best performance with Chanti Abbai,Rudraveena, Abhilasha and Aradhana. Rao Gopal Rao was great actor in 70′s and 80′s he dosent have any macho look, he is like typical andhraite but he plays villan role to best. Kota Srinivas Rao is the only actor in telugu industry who can act like Rao Gopal Rao and these two people are from theater and they tasted success in their late 40′s. Music by Ilayaraja is another assest to this movie. Suhasini Mani Ratnam did very good job as Lakshmi she was perfect as girl next door.I Think telugu cinema golden era was untill 1994 or early 90′s after that high percent of movies are revenge based thats I feel bad that now a days movies like desamuduru are considered hits. Thank god that shekar kammula came to telugu industry breath of fresh air.