KD No:1

KD No:1 is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language action film, Produced by K. Devi Vara Prasad under the Devi Film Productions banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Jayasudha, with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film is a remake of the Hindi film Dus Numbri (1976).[1]

KD No:1
Theatrical release poster
Directed byK. Raghavendra Rao
Produced byK. Devi Vara Prasad
Written byD. V. Narasa Raju (dialogues)
Screenplay byK. Raghavendra Rao
Story byS. Ali Raza
Based onDus Numbri (1976)
StarringN. T. Rama Rao
Jayasudha
Music byK. V. Mahadevan
CinematographyA. Vincent
Edited byKandaswamy
Production
company
Devi Film Productions
Release date
  • 15 December 1978 (1978-12-15)
Running time
125 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Box office₹80 lakhs(equivalent to ₹17 crores in 2019)

Plot

The film begins on Krishna (N. T. Rama Rao) notorious as KD No.1 one that intimidates gangsters. He is in search of a gang circulating fake currency by which his family esteem is denounced. As a result, his father Inspector Rama Rao (Mikkilineni) is sentenced and his mother Shantamma (Anjali Devi) is suffering in the mental hospital. Once, Krishna gets acquainted with petty thief Lilly Ratnam (Jayasudha) and they fell in love. Concurrently, Shantamma reacts to Lilly by calling her as Sundari. Immediately, Krishna seeks Lilly's father Johnson (Mukkamala) then he replies that earlier one of his fellow burglar Jaggu (Bheema Raju) bequeathed Lilly to him. Right now, in the association of Lilly Shantamma recovers. At the same time, Jaggu returns, captures Lilly and mortgages with her real father Ram Prasad (Prabhakar Reddy) when Krishna saves her. Thereafter he hands over to Ram Prasad who recognizes her as she resembles her mother Sundari (again Jayasudha). Here, Krishna realizes that the chair behind the fake currency is Ram Prasad. So, he decides to bolt him, progressing Krishna learns I.G. Yugandhar (Jaggayya) a candid is the real blackguard. Soon, he meets his father in prison and he narrates the past. Indeed, Rama Rao, Ram Prasad, & Yugandhar are close friends. At a point, Rama Rao detects Ram Prasad as a gangster and rounds up him. Being cognizant of it, Yugandhar indicated Rama Rao in the crime of the same fake currency. Knowing it, Sundari decides to divulge the truth when on the ordinance of Yugandhar, Jaggu slaughtered her and absconded with Lilly. In that mishap, Shantamma lost her consciousness. Just after, Krishna makes a play, by creating better fake currency for which Yugandhar seizures Shantamma and double-crosses Ram Prasad. At last, Krishna valorously encounters him and proves his father's innocence. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Krishna & Lilly.

Cast

Soundtrack
KD No:1
Film score by
K. V. Mahadevan
Released1978
GenreSoundtrack
Length19:40
LabelSAREGAMA Audio
ProducerK. V. Mahadevan
K. V. Mahadevan chronology
Sahasavanthudu
(1978)		 KD No:1
(1978)		 Srungara Ramudu
(1978)

Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Music released by SAREGAMA Audio Company.

S. NoSong TitleLyricsSingerslength
1 "Yes Nene No:1" Acharya Aatreya SP Balu 3:18
2 "Sarigama Padanisa" Veturi Sundararama Murthy SP Balu, P. Susheela 3:11
3 "Aakalundadu" Veturi Sundararama Murthy SP Balu, P. Susheela 3:14
4 "Malli Malli" Veturi Sundararama Murthy SP Balu, P. Susheela 3:20
5 "Merakeedhi Mallini" Veturi Sundararama Murthy SP Balu, P. Susheela, G. Anand 3:17
6 "Poonindiro Polerama" Acharya Aatreya S. Janaki 3:20

References
  1. Kohli, Suresh (19 December 2013). "Dus Numbri (1976)". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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