Yerra Mandaram

Erra Mandaram
Erra Mandaram
Film score by Chakravarthy
Released	1991
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	18:36
Label	Cauvery Audio
Producer	Chakravarthy
Chakravarthy chronology

Yerra Mandaram
Yerra Mandaram
	Movie Poster
Directed by	Muthyala Subbaiah
Screenplay by	Pokuri Babu Rao ; Sanjeevi
Story by	M. V. S. Haranatha Rao
Produced by	Pokuri Venkateswara Rao
Starring	Rajendra Prasad; Yamuna
Cinematography	R.Rama Rao
Edited by	Gautham Raju
Music by	Chakravarthy
Production; company	Eetharam Films
Release date	25 January 1991;
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Yerra Mandaram (transl. Red Hibiscus) is a 1991 Indian Telugu-language revolutionary film, produced by Pokuri Venkateswara Rao on Eetharam Films banner and directed by Muthyala Subbaiah. It stars Rajendra Prasad, Yamuna and music composed by Chakravarthy. The entire film was shot in a remote village. The film was remade in Oriya as Udandi Sita starring Aparijita Mohanty, in Tamil as Puthiya Parasakthi and in Kannada as Balarama (2002). The film won four Nandi Awards.

Plot

The film begins in a village where a beast overlord, Jaggaiah Dora, tramples the public under his toe. Ramudu, a craven callow, labors in the town movie house, and he falls for benevolent Arundhati, the village's darling daughter, as she concerns & facilitates all. A patriot retired army officer affectionately takes care of both, and they call him Babai. The turtle doves are nuptial, and Arundhati conceives. It's time for Gram panchayat elections, and the government has allocated the president's seat to the scheduled caste based on the reservation quote. Hence, Jaggaiah Dora ruses by picking Ramudu as nominal to grip authority. At that moment, Babai slaps Ramudu to remind him about the kickbacks while sitting on the crown. He crumbles because of his impotence and to be quiet about Dora's brutalities. Babai's hit always haunts him, so he charges Jaggaiah Dora with the collectorate, and it assigns an officer to investigate. Tragically, Dora assassinates him, who incriminates Ramudu, and the judiciary penalizes him for six years when Arundhati delivers a baby boy.

Time passes, and Ramudu acquits and becomes a rebel with a solid heart. He is conscious of the massive scam that Jaggaiah Dora squatting govt lands under laborers' benami. Then, Ramudu revolts, handovers the Pattadar Passbooks, and distributes the lands to real holders. Ergo, furious Dora, puts Ramudu behind bars, but he absconds. The next day, they find an anonymous corpse, which Jaggaiah Dora claims as his stanch whom Ramudu had slain the previous night. Startingly, it is Ramudu's, but no one unveils it because of terror, including Arundhati & her kid, who sign the witness document. Spotting it, Babai sets foot for justice and becomes a miscreant's victim. Arundhati denies turning into a widow, lures Jaggaiah Dora, and attempts an affair with him—additionally, she secures him from death with a snake bite. Hereupon, she receives severe mortification but stands stubborn. The following day, as a flabbergast, Jaggaiah Dora is brutally killed, which Arundhati & her son announce as Ramudu's act, when the entire public supports, and closes the file. At last, it reveals Arundhati & her son slaughtered Dora on behalf of Ramudu. Finally, the movie ends with Arundhati moving forward as a widow and everyone bowing before her.

Cast

Rajendra Prasad as Ramudu
Yamuna as Arundhati
Devaraj as Jagganna Dora
P. L. Narayana as Babai, Retired Army Soldier
Sakshi Ranga Rao as Poojari
Narra Venkateswara Rao as Posukolu
Sanjeevi as Nasa
Jayalalita as Kotamma
Sailaja as Jagganna Dora's wife

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Music released on Cauvery Audio Company.

S. No	Song Title	lyrics	Singers	length
1	"Yendi Bullemma"	Jaladi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra	4:22
2	"Kadu Kadu Antava"	Adrusta Deepak	Vandemataram Srinivas	4:21
3	"Yalo Yalo Ooyala"	Jaladi	Raja, Chitra	5:10
4	"Randayyo Jejelu"	Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja	4:43

Awards

Nandi Awards^[1]

Best Feature Film - Gold - P. Venkateswara Rao
Best Actor - Rajendra Prasad
Best Villain - Devaraj
Best Lyricist - Jaladi Raja Rao^[2]

References

^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
^ "తెలుగుసినిమా చరిత్ర: Andhra Pradesh State Film Awarda(1986-1996)". 7 January 2011. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.

External links

Yerra Mandaram at IMDb

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[1] "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

[2] "తెలుగుసినిమా చరిత్ర: Andhra Pradesh State Film Awarda(1986-1996)". 7 January 2011. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.

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