''Sutradharulu'' () is a 1989 Indian Telugu-language

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written and directed by K. Viswanath. It stars

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Bhanuchander Bhanu Chander (Madduri Venkatasatya Subramanyeswara Bhanuchander Prasad; born 2 July 1952) is an Indian actor, director and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil cinema. He is the son of veteran music composer Master Ve ...

, and

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. The music is composed by K. V. Mahadevan. It is produced by Sudhakar and Karunakar under the Sudarshan Cine Enterprises banner. This film is based on a story against

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shown in a rural background. This message is shown in a short graphic format as an introduction to the film. The film received

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for Best Feature Film in Telugu, and three state

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(including Third Best Feature Film).

Plot

The film begins in a village where Neelakantam is a tyrant who tramples the public under his feet. In the same village, Hanumanth Dasu and his brother-in-law Rangadasu belong to a

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family. Once Neelakantam molests an orthodox Brahmin woman Yashodamma wife of a Bhagavathar Acharyulu. So, Yashodamma forfeits herself to be his wife and discards from his life along with Tirumala Dasu the son of Hanumathu Dasu to give him a good education. After 20 years, Tirumala Dasu returns to the village as a district collector. In the beginning, Tirumala Dasu pretends as if he is supporting Neelakantam, according to the guidance of his father to get a revolution in public and they succeed in it. Parallelly, Seeta the daughter of Rangadasu who loves Tirumala Dasu a lot also dislikes him but afterward realizes his virtue. Right now, Neelakantam ploys to conquer the Govt lands for which he initiates Tirumala Dasu to get them to auction. Here, Tirumala Dasu takes bribes from different landlords and uses them to squat the land from the villagers. At present, enraged Neelakhantam intrigues to destroy the village with the help of other landlords when Tirumala Dasu ceases them. Being cognizant of it, the villagers unite to kill Neelakantam when Hanumath Dasu stops and pacifies them that violence is not the solution to resolve a problem. Finally, Neelakantam also realizes his mistake, sheds all his weapons, and reforms as a good person. Even Yashodamma reunites with her husband. At last, Hanumanth Dasu affirms that it's wiser to give the best punishment for egregious persons to destroy their evil nature than to eliminate them. Finally, it is proclaimed that ''Nonviolence is great piety''.

Cast

as Hanumath Dasu *

as Tirumala Dasu *

as Seethalu * Satyanarayana as Neelakantam *

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as Rangadasu * K. R. Vijaya as Yashodamma * Sujatha as Devamma * Srilakshmi as Panchashari * Ashok Kumar as Acharyulu *

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* Vankayala Satyanarayana * Kota Sankar Rao * Gokina Rama Rao *

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* Badi Tataji * Murali Krishna Maddali

Soundtrack

Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.

Reception

Griddaluru Gopalrao in his review for ''

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'' opined that the film lacks novelty, and the talent of the lead cast is not fully realised.

Awards

; National Film Awards of 1989 * Best Feature Film in Telugu - Sudhakar & Karunakar ;

- 1989 * Third Best Feature Film - Sudhakar & Karunakar * Best Audiographer – Swaminathan * Special Jury Award – K. R. Vijaya

References

External links

* {{National Film Award Best Feature Film Telugu 1989 films 1980s Telugu-language films Films directed by K. Viswanath Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Best Telugu Feature Film National Film Award winners