President Gari Pellam (transl. President's wife) is a 1992 Indian Telugu-language film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy and produced by V. Doraswamy Raju under VMC Productions. It stars Nagarjuna and Meena, with music composed by M. M. Keeravani. The movie was later dubbed into Tamil as Thalaivar Pondatti. This film recorded as a super hit.[1]
| President Gari Pellam | |
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| Directed by | A. Kodandarami Reddy |
| Written by | Thotapalli Madhu (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | A. Kodandarami Reddy |
| Story by | Ramani Madhu |
| Produced by | V. Doraswamy Raju |
| Starring | Nagarjuna Meena |
| Cinematography | V. S. R. Swamy |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
| Music by | M. M. Keeravani |
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Release date |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
editRaja's (Nagarjuna) brother Chandraiah (Chandra Mohan) works as a servant under Devudu (Satyanarayana), the president of the village. Swapna is the daughter of Devudu and has arguments with Raja. To take revenge on him, Swapna acts as she loves him and insults him in front of the villagers. Later Raja stands as president candidate opposite Devudu and challenges him that if he wins, Raja will marry his daughter to him, but if Raja loses, he should leave the village. Raja wins as president. The rest of the movie is about whether he will marry Swapna and how he will teach Devudu a lesson.
Cast
edit- Nagarjuna as Raja
- Meena as Swapna
- Satyanarayana as Devudu
- Srikanth as Narendra
- Chandra Mohan as Chandraiah
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Nadamuni
- Bramhanandam as Vadatala Vundellu
- AVS as Subrahmanyam
- Ali as Raja's friend
- Raja as Rambabu
- Chidatala Appa Rao as Sambrani
- Chitti Babu as Raja's friend
- Gautam Raju as Nandan Rao
- Garimalla Viswaswara Rao as Raja's friend
- Gadiraju Subba Rao as Puvvulapalem President
- Narsing Yadav as Bheemanna
- Annapoorna as Janaki
- Sudha as Lakshmi
- Haritha as Seetha
- Disco Shanthi as Chemki Puvvu (item number)
- Baby Sunayana as Bujji
Soundtrack
edit| President Gari Pellam | ||||
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| Film score by | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 26:53 | |||
| Label | Akash Audio | |||
| Producer | M. M. Keeravani | |||
| M. M. Keeravani chronology | ||||
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The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani. Lyrics written by Veturi. Music released on AKASH Audio Company.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Nuvvu Malletheega" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Aa Oddu Ee Oddu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra | 4:32 |
| 3. | "Mandoori" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:33 |
| 4. | "Paruvala Kodi" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra | 5:00 |
| 5. | "Thassa Chekka" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra | 4:02 |
| 6. | "Umma Kavali" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra | 4:46 |
| Total length: | 26:53 | ||
References
edit- ^ Gabbeta Ranjith Kumar (11 May 2021). "7 Nagarjuna Akkineni films that are full-on masala and ready reckoners of 90s fashion". Indian Express.