''Sabash Ramudu'' is a 1959 Indian

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directed by C. S. Rao. It stars

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and

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, with music composed by Ghantasala. The film was produced by Sundarlal Nahata and T. Aswathanarayana under the Rajshree Productions banner. The film is a remake of the

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film ''Bada Bhai'' (1957). It was dubbed in

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with the title ''Sabash Ramu''.

Plot

The film begins at

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, where Ramu, a wealthy landlord who lost everything in the floods of Godavari, arrives with his family. He buys a rickshaw for a livelihood and aims to civilize his sibling, Mohan. So, he strives hard, which his benevolent wife Lakshmi always favors. In college, Mohan falls for Police Commissioner Narayana Rao’s daughter Rani. Besides, dreadful gangsters under the command of vicious Bhupati create mayhem in the town. Bhupati pretends to be honorable and runs a Night Carnival club with his acolyte, Jayashree. Inspector Kumar, the supercilious son of Narayana Rao, is specially appointed to seize the gang. He goes into the snare of Jayashree & bribes and mingles in their wing. Parallelly, Cutting Master, a piety thief, befriends Ramu and crushes with plucky Malli. Once, Bhupati gets into Ramu’s rickshaw when he discerns their shade and base. So, he becomes a victim of their bullets and fractures his leg. Anyhow, Narayana Rao secures him and admits to the hospital. Hereupon, Bhupathi covetously intrudes and threatens to make Ramu quiet, showing danger to his family, which he does. Due to his health condition, Ramu becomes incompetent, which makes it hard for them to survive. Ergo, Lakshmi works as a maid, and Mohan pulls the rickshaw, quitting his studies. Knowing it, Ramu collapses since he cannot raise the funds for Mohan’s examination. Though Cutting Master walks to help, he denies it is disgraceful stolen money. Consequently, rickshaw races occur in which Ramu hits the big time at life risk and triumphs in graduating Mohan. Kumar rebukes Rani for her love affair because he opposes the destitute. However, Narayana Rao, who provides fair treatment to all, accepts the match and aids Mohan to mold into the Police Inspector. Mohan currently turns tough nut to Bhupati. Hence, he wiles to slay him by Jayashree, which she rejects when a rift arises between them. Jayashree pleads for Kumar’s support but cannot completely surrender to Bhupati. One night, for fun, Ramu steps out with the rickshaw Jayashree rides, whom he drops at home. Exploiting it, Bhupathi slaughters her and incriminates Ramu by planting her jewelry at his residence. The next day, while Mohan & Rani’s engagement is in progress, Mohan is compelled to apprehend his brother. To this, Lakshmi slaps him, but Ramu feels proud of his honesty. Following this, Mohan detects the whereabouts of Bhupati’s camp by backing Cutting Master & Malli. Simultaneously, Rani chases Kumar under suspicion and lands therein, but Bhupati nabs all of them. Now, Bhupati ruses to knit Rani by threatening Mohan’s life. During that quandary, Narayana Rao allows Lakshmi to negotiate with Ramu, who flees from the jail, getting knowledge of the status quo. At last, Ramu ceases Bhupati and shields all when Kumar attempts to skip, but duty-minded Narayana Rao prisons him. Finally, the movie ends happily with the marriage of Mohan & Rani.

Cast

The list was adapted from the film's review article in ''

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''. ;Male cast *

as Ramu * Relangi as Mareesu * Ramana Murthy as Mohan *

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as Kumar * Gummadi as Narayana Rao * R. Nageswara Rao as Bhupathi *K. V. S. Sarma as Bhupathi's associate ;Female cast *

as Lakshmi * Malini as Rani * Girija as Mallika * M.N. Rajam as Jayasri *''Baby'' Sasikala as Radha *

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as servant maid

Production

The story was based on the Hindi film ''Bada Bhai'' produced and directed by

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and released in 1957. Sundarlal Nahata and T. Aswathanarayana, owners of ''Rajshri Productions'' bought the rights to remake the film in Telugu. Alterations were made in the story to appeal to the regional audiences. C. S. Rao directed the film while

Sadasivabrahmam Vempati Sadasivabrahmam (1905 – 1 January 1968) was an Indian screenwriter and lyricist known for his contributions to Telugu cinema. He was a prolific writer of scripts, dialogues, and lyrics in the early years of the industry.Sadasivabrahmam ...

wrote the story and Telugu dialogues.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Ghantasala. The song "Jayammu Nischayammura" is inspired by the song "Kadam Badhaye Ja Nazar" from the 1957 film ''Bada Bhai'', sung by

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. ;Telugu Lyrics were penned by

Kosaraju Kosaraju Raghavayya (23 June 1905 – 27 October 1987), known mononumously by his surname Kosaraju, was an Indian lyricist and poet known for his works in Telugu cinema. He wrote about 3,000 songs in 350 films. His lyrics are steeped in Telug ...

, Sri Sri and Sadasivabrahmam. ;Tamil Ku. Sa. Krishnamoorthi wrote the lyrics.

Release

''Sabash Ramudu'' was released on 4 September 1959. Its

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-dubbed version ''Sabash Ramu'' was released on 10 September.

References

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*{{IMDb title, 0261990 1959 drama films 1959 films Films scored by Ghantasala (musician) Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films Telugu remakes of Hindi films Films directed by C. S. Rao 1950s Indian films 1950s Telugu-language films