''Driver Ramudu'' is a 1979 Indian

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, produced by

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under the

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banner and directed by

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. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and

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, with music by Chakravarthy. The film was released in 35 centres across

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on 2 February 1979.Driver Ramudu 2
It was remade in

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as '' Lorry Driver Rajakannu'' (1981) and in Hindi as '' Tarkeeb'' (1984).

Plot

Ramu (

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) is a lorry driver who personally does not tolerate injustice anywhere. With his hard work, he soon becomes a lorry owner. He has a blind sister Meena (

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) to whom he is very affectionate. A police inspector by the name of Raja Reddy (Sridhar), admiring Ramu's sincerity and truthfulness, comes forward to marry the blind girl. Meanwhile, Chukkamma (

) runs a small hotel on the highway, and Ramu falls in love with her. Ramu renders help to one of Chukkamma's relatives, another lorry driver named Vasu ( Satyanarayana). They become good friends. Kamal Babu (

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) soon enters the scene, implicates Ramu in a smuggling case and succeeds in sending him to jail. How Ramu manages to prove his innocence and brings the story to its logical, happy end constitutes the rest of the narrative.

Cast

* N. T. Rama Rao as Ramu *

as Chukkamma *

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* Satyanarayana as Vasu *

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as Kamal Babu *

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as Inspector Raja Reddy * Mada *

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as Meena * Kanchana as Kantam *Chaya Devi *

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as Kalavati *Halam *Mamatha

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Music released on SAREGAMA Audio Company.

Reception

The film celebrated a 100-day run at 14 centres and a silver jubilee (25 weeks) at 2 centres.

References

External links

* {{K. Raghavendra Rao 1979 films 1970s Telugu-language films Indian action drama films Trucker films Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Telugu films remade in other languages 1970s action drama films