''Punadhirallu'' (English: Foundation Stones) is a 1979 Indian
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
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-language film directed by Rajkumar. It was the debut film of actor
Chiranjeevi
Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, film producer and former politician, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Chiranjeevi starred in over 150 feature films in Telugu, as well as some film ...
. It won the
Nandi Award for Best Feature Film and
Gokina Rama Rao
Gokina Rama Rao is an Indian film, character actor, known for his works in Telugu cinema.
Awards
;Nandi Awards
*Nandi Award for Best Actor - Punadhirallu (1979)
Selected filmography
*Kaani
*2008 Ganapathi
*1999 Sultan
*1998 Kanyadanam
...
won the
Nandi Award for Best Actor. Chiranjeevi started his film career with ''Punadhirallu''. However, his first released film was ''
Pranam Khareedu
''Pranam Khareedu'' () is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language film. It starred Jayasudha, Rao Gopal Rao, Chandra Mohan, Chiranjeevi, Reshma Roy, and Madhavi in a guest appearance. The film released on 22 September 1978. The film is based on a pla ...
''. The film won three
Nandi Awards.
Cast
*
Narasimha Raju
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Savitri as
Sarpanch
A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...
's wife
*
Kavitha
*
Rojaramani
Roja Ramani (also known as Chemparathy Shobana; born 16 September 1959) is an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Malayalam and Telugu films. She was a child actor and her debut movie was '' Bhakta Prahlada'' (1967) for which she receiv ...
*
Chiranjeevi
Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, film producer and former politician, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Chiranjeevi starred in over 150 feature films in Telugu, as well as some film ...
*
Prasad Babu
Prasad Babu is an Indian actor who acts in predominantly Telugu films and also TV serials.
Filmography
* '' Punadhirallu''
* '' Anthuleni Katha''
* ''Mana Voori Pandavulu'' (1978)
* ''I Love You'' (1979)
* ''Aarani Mantalu'' (1980)
* '' Bobb ...
*
Gokina Rama Rao
Gokina Rama Rao is an Indian film, character actor, known for his works in Telugu cinema.
Awards
;Nandi Awards
*Nandi Award for Best Actor - Punadhirallu (1979)
Selected filmography
*Kaani
*2008 Ganapathi
*1999 Sultan
*1998 Kanyadanam
...
as Sarpanch
* Ali
Soundtrack
* ''Bharata Desapu Bhavi Pourulam''
* ''Chiru Chiru Navvula''
* ''yatha vesi posina yeru''
Awards
;
Nandi Awards - 1979
[(in ]Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
...
)
*
Third Best Feature Film - Bronze -
Kranthi Kumar
Talasila Kranthi Kumar was an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema.
He won two Filmfare Awards and four Nandi Awards. In 1985, he directed '' Sravanthi'', which won the National F ...
*
Best Actor
Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play.
The term most often refers to the ...
-
Gokina Rama Rao
Gokina Rama Rao is an Indian film, character actor, known for his works in Telugu cinema.
Awards
;Nandi Awards
*Nandi Award for Best Actor - Punadhirallu (1979)
Selected filmography
*Kaani
*2008 Ganapathi
*1999 Sultan
*1998 Kanyadanam
...
*
Best Story Writer - Dharma Vijayam
References
External links
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1979 films
1970s Telugu-language films
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