''Gaduggayi'' () is a 1989 Indian

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comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by Sarath. It stars

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and Rajani, with music composed by Chakravarthy.

Plot

The film begins in a village where Gopi / Pandu, a callow, is raised by grandparents, Bhushaiah & Parvathamma, who dote on him. He constantly pesters the public with his naughty deeds and irks the local vicious loan shark, Papa Rao, to whom Bhushaiah is also indebted. Meanwhile, in the city, Amala is the daughter of a tycoon, Koteswara Rao, and is Papa Rao's niece. Once, she visits the village and acquaints Gopi with a squabble. Later, she starts liking him after he shields her against harm. Suddenly, Koteswara Rao passes away, entrusting the totality to Amala and assigning his trustworthy Advocate, Chidanandam, as her guardian. However, the sly relatives surround Amala to usurp her wealth. They are her younger maternal uncle Gandabherundam and paternal aunt Kanthamma, who scheme to espouse with their sons Prasad & Buchi. Aside from this, Bhushaiah fixes Gopi's alliance, which Papa Rao's ruse calls off by impairing Gopi, an alcoholic. Thus, he expels Gopi, who lands at the city where Chidanandam shelters him, via whom Amala, too, chances upon him. Now, she civilizes, molds him into an allrounder, and they crush him. Following this, Amala appoints Gopi as her secretary, masking their familiarity, and he mocks the knaves. Parallelly, Papa Rao evicts Bhushaiah's couple, who move in quest of Gopi. Due to Gandabherundam's debilitation by Gopi, he gives a ring to Papa Rao, who detects him. Hence, the heels abduct the Bhusaiah couple and menace Gopi to discard Amala's life, which he does. Plus, they are intrigued to knit Amala with Prasad. Whereat, they desert Kanthamma, who rushes to Gopi & Chidambaram, declaring Gandabherundam as Koteswara Rao homicide since he discerned his scam. At last, Gopi ceases them and shields his grandparents. Finally, the movie ends happily with the marriage of Gopi & Amala.

Cast

as Gopi / Pandu * Rajani as Amala * Satyanarayana as Bhushayya *

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as Gandabherundam *

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as Papa Rao *

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as Lawyer Chidanandam *

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as Babji *

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as Suryam Master *

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as Prasad *Bhimeswara Rao as Koteswara Rao *

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as Panakalu *Ramana Reddy as Buchi *

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as Parvathi * Suryakantham as Kanthamma *Tatineni Rajeswari as Lakshmi *

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as Mangi

Music

Music was composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by

Veturi Veturi Sundararama Murthy (29 January 1936 – 22 May 2010), known mononymously by his surname Veturi, was an Indian poet and lyricist who is known for his works in Telugu literature and cinema. Veturi is a recipient of the National Film Award, ...

Reception

K. Ram writing for ''

Andhra Patrika ''Andhra Patrika'' was an Indian Telugu-language newspaper founded by Kasinathuni Nageswara Rao on 9 September 1908. It was initially a weekly publication and later transformed into a daily newspaper. It played an influential role in India� ...

'' on 21 August 1989, stated that director Sharath, has filled the film with comedy with a good dosage of stunts and suspense.

References

External links

* {{Sarath (director) Indian comedy films 1980s Telugu-language films 1980s Indian films Films directed by Sarath Films scored by K. Chakravarthy 1989 comedy films 1989 films