''Gharana Mogudu'' () is a 1992 Indian

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-language

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directed by

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. The film stars

Chiranjeevi Konidela Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, philanthropist and former politician known for his work in Telugu cinema. Known as the "Mega Star", he is widely regarded as one of the most succe ...

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and

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with

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and

Kaikala Satyanarayana Kaikala Satyanarayana (25 July 1935 – 23 December 2022) was an Indian actor, producer, and politician who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He appeared in more than 750 films over six decades. He was a recipient of the Raghupathi Venkai ...

in supporting roles. The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani, and cinematography was handled by

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. It is a remake of the 1986

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film ''

Anuraga Aralithu ''Anuraga Aralithu'' ( ) is a 1986 Indian Kannada-language film directed by M. S. Rajashekar. It is based on the Kannada novel ''Anuragada Anthahpura'' written by H. G. Radhadevi. The film was produced by M. S. Puttaswamy. The film stars Rajk ...

.'' Released on 9 April 1992, ''Gharana Mogudu'' became the first

film to collect over 10

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in distributor share at the box office, marking the third consecutive hit for the combination of K. Raghavendra Rao and Chiranjeevi after ''Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari'' (1990) and ''

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'' (1991). The film completed 100 days in 39 centres and its 100-day celebrations were held at Brahmananda Reddy Stadium in

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on 26 July 1992. It received the

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and was featured at the 24th International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section.

Plot

Raju (

) is a do-gooder who helps his co-workers in a

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shipyard, but when his mother suffers a paralytic stroke, he moves back to Hyderabad and looks for a job. Uma Devi (

), daughter of industrialist Bapineedu ( Raogopal Rao) takes over the business from her father and helps it to reach new heights, which also sees her head-strong ways reach new heights. In this scenario, she not only rejects Ranganayakulu's (

) son's marriage proposal, but insults them when the father-son duo show up at her house. To get their revenge, they send goons to kill Uma Devi. As fate would have it, Bapineedu shows up in the car instead of Uma Devi and is rescued by Raju, who asks him for a job, which Bapineedu readily agrees to. Raju wins over the employees in no time and takes on the high-handedness of Uma Devi and her management. This leads to constant conflict and Uma Devi decides to marry Raju, so that he will not interfere anymore. To this end, she emotionally blackmails Raju's mother and eventually makes Raju agree to marry her. But Raju continues to trouble her even after marriage. Uma Devi's secretary, Bhavani (

), is also a friend of Raju, which leads to jealousy. In the meantime, Ranganayakulu, with the help of Uma Devi's manager Sarangapani (

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) schemes against Uma Devi to sabotage her factory. The rest of film deals with how Raju thwarts the schemes of Ranganayakulu and teaches Uma Devi to be humble.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music and background score for the film were composed by M. M. Keeravani, with lyrics provided by

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and Keeravani himself. Originally, the song "Bangaru Kodi Petta" had a different tune, but Chiranjeevi requested a more energetic, "peppy number" where he could showcase his full energy. Keeravani quickly composed a new tune at the producer's home, initially penning the lyrics as "Smuggled Goods Bandi Vachinandi." Bhuvanachandra later revised the lyrics to "Bangaru Kodi Petta," completing the writing in just half an hour. "Bangaru Kodi Petta" was later remixed by Keeravani in the ''

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'' (2009). Keeravani later reused "Hey Pilla" as "Hey Babu" for the 1996 Hindi film ''

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''.

Box office

* ''Gharana Mogudu'' became the highest grossing Telugu film of all time, collecting a distributor share of over ₹10 crore in its initial release. It also emerged as the first South Indian movie to collect a distributor share of over ₹10 crore. * ''Gharana Mogudu'' collected a distributor share of 1.35 crore in its opening week. * The film had a 100-day run in 39 centres and a 175-day run in three centres, including a 183-day run in Sandhya 70mm,

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. * It was dubbed in Malayalam as ''Hey Hero''. It was successful in

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; it collected ₹1 crore with a distributor share of ₹0.4 crore, and it had run for 175 days in the same theatre in

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Awards

- K. Devi Vara Prasad

References

External links

* {{Anuraga Aralithu and its remakes 1992 films Films scored by M. M. Keeravani Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao Telugu remakes of Kannada films 1990s Telugu-language films Indian action drama films 1990s masala films 1992 action films