Poola Rangadu

Poola Rangadu
Directed by	Adurthi Subba Rao
Produced by	D. Madhusudhana Rao
Screenplay by	Mullapudi Venkata Ramana Muppala Ranganayakamma
Based on	Beyond This Place  by A.J. Cronin
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Jamuna Vijaya Nirmala Chittor V. Nagaiah Gummadi Allu Ramalingaiah Shobhan Babu Chalam Suryakantham B. Padmanabham Gitanjali Bhanu Prakash
Music by	Saluri Rajeshwara Rao
Distributed by	Annapurna Pictures
Release dates	24-11-1967
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Poola Rangadu is a 24 November 1967 Tollywood film that is loosely based on A. J. Cronin's novel, Beyond This Place.^[1] It was directed by Adurthi Subba Rao and stars ANR and Jamuna. It is a commercial hit film with some good songs. This film is partly coloured.The film was remade in Tamil as En Annan.

Plot

Rangadu (ANR) is called 'Poolarangadu', because of his purity of life. His father Veerayya is a manager at a mill, and is framed for the murder of one of the partners, Purushotham. He is sent to jail for a crime he didn't commit. Rangadu works hard to get his sister Padma educated. She marries a doctor, Prasad, who happens to be Purushotham's son. When he finds out she is Veerayya's daughter, he leaves her. Rangadu is enraged and beats the guy who informs Prasad. Rangadu is sent to jail. There he meets his father, learns about his innocence and vows to get him out. Once Rangadu is released, he earns the goodwill of the other two partners and finally exposes them. Veerayya is released, Rangadu marries his lover Venkata Laxmi (Jamuna) and Prasad takes Padma back.

Soundtrack

1. Chigurulu vesina kalalannee (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddi; Singers: P. Susheela and K.B.K. Mohan Raju)
2. Chillara rallaku mokkutu vunte (Lyrics: Kosaraju Raghavaiah; Singers: Ghantasala and Ch. Nagaiah)
3. Misamisalade chinadana (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singers: Ghantasala and P. Susheela)
4. Nee nadumupaina cheyi vesi (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singers: Ghantasala and P. Susheela)
5. Neetiki nilabadi nijayiteega (Lyrics: Kosaraju; Singer: Ghantasala)
6. Neevu raavu nidura raadu (Lyrics: Dasarathi Krishnamacharya; Singer: P. Susheela)

Box-office

• The film ran for more than 100 days in 11 centers in Andhra Pradesh.The film was remade in Tamil as En Annan with MGR and became a super hit there also^[2]

References

1. Nostalgia-Poolarangadu at CineGoer.
2. "Box-Office Records And Collections - Sobhanbabu's 100 Days Films List". CineGoer.com. 2007-01-14. Retrieved 2012-07-12.

External links

• Poola Rangadu at the Internet Movie Database