''Rowdy No.1'' is a 1988 Indian

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-language

action film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...

directed by S. S. Ravichandra, produced by K. V. V. Satyanarayana for Sri Sowdamini Creations. The film stars

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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 ...

with musical score by

Raj–Koti Thotakura Somaraju ( – 21 May 2023) and Saluri Koteswara Rao, popularly known as Raj–Koti, were a duo of Indian film music composers, singer-songwriters, record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalist in Telugu cinema. In a notable ...

duo. The film turned out to be a successful venture.

Cast

as Bhagawan *

as Sandhya *

as S.P. Sharvani *

as S. Sivalingeswara Rao *

Nutan Prasad Tadinada Varaprasad popularly known as Nutan Prasad (12 December 1945 – 30 March 2011) was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was a native of Kaikaluru, Andhra Pradesh, India. He started his fil ...

as Tiger Nagaraju *

Gollapudi Maruti Rao Gollapudi Maruti Rao (14 April 1939 – 12 December 2019) was an Indian actor, writer and director known for his works in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre, and Telugu literature. Maruti Rao acted in over 250 Telugu films in a variety of roles. Hi ...

as Kongajapam Koteswara Rao *

Sutti Veerabhadra Rao Mamidipalli Veerabhadra Rao (1947–1988), commonly known as Sutti Veerabhadra Rao, was an Indian actor known for his comic and character roles in Telugu cinema. He was also a radio and theatre artist. Early life Veerabhadra Rao was the only s ...

as Meesala Venkatappaiah *

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as Meesala Venkatappaiah's wife *

Sakshi Ranga Rao Sakshi Ranga Rao (born Rangavajhula Ranga Rao; – 27 June 2005) was an Indian character actor who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre, theatre. He appeared in about 450 films over a career spanning four decades, majority of which w ...

as Avadhani *

Narra Venkateswara Rao Narra Venkateswara Rao was an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He hailed from Agraharam village (Ramachandrapuram) in Zarugumilli, Zarugumalli Mandal, Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Career He acted in over 500 fi ...

as Sub-Inspector of Police * P.J. Sarma as Judge *Tyagaraju as I.G. Prabhakar Rao *K.K. Sarma as Constable

Music

duo scored and composed the film's soundtrack. * "Andamaina Adapilla" — S.P.B.,

S. Janaki Sistla Janaki (born 23 April 1938) is an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely referred to as Janaki Amma and Nightingale of India(nightingale of South) . She is one of the greatest playback singers in the history ...

* "Jai Bolo" — S.P.B.,

K. S. Chithra Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963) is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning around five decades, she has recorded over 25,000 Songs in various Indian languages languages such as Tamil, Kann ...

* "Sogase Unnadanni" — S. Janaki * "Yendayyo" — S.P.B., S. Janaki * "Yenduko Cheema" — S. Janaki, S.P.B.

References

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* 1988 action films Indian action films Films set in Andhra Pradesh 1988 films 1980s Telugu-language films Films directed by S. S. Ravichandra {{1980s-Telugu-film-stub