Pedarayudu

Pedarayudu is a 1995 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty and starring Mohan Babu in a dual role. Tamil super star Rajinikanth appears in an important role in the film. Soundarya also starred in the film. For his role, Mohan Babu won the Best Actor - Telugu at South filmfare Awards. This film is a remake of the 1994 Tamil film, Nattamai, which starred Sarath Kumar, Meena and Kushboo.[2]

Pedarayudu
Film poster
Directed byRavi Raja Pinisetty
Produced byMohan Babu
Written byG. Satyamurthy (dialogues)
Ravi Raja Pinisetty (screenplay)
Story byK. S. Ravikumar
Based onNattamai (Tamil)
StarringMohan Babu
Rajinikanth
Soundarya
Bhanupriya
Music byKoti
CinematographyK. S. Prakasa Rao [1]
Edited byGoutham Raju [1]
Production
company
Release date
15 June 1995
Running time
164 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Box office₹12 crore (equivalent to ₹58 crore or US$8.1 million in 2019)

Plot

Pedarayudu (Mohan Babu) is a kindhearted and disciplined man. He sits on the ancestral throne in his village to do justice. He hears all the cases and gives solutions to the people and punishments to the wrongdoers. His wife Lakshmi (Bhanupriya) admires and respects him. His brothers Raja (Mohan Babu) and Ravindra (Raja Ravindra) fear for him and also have a lot of respect for him as he has brought them up as his children. Raja marries Bharathi (Soundarya), the daughter of an industrialist (Satyanarayana). She at first never liked Pedarayudu because of his verdicts and attitude and her husband either for being so timid before his brother but later transforms after knowing his greatness from her father. Ravindra loves his paternal cousin, Bhupathi's (Anandaraj) daughter.

In the flashback, Paparayudu (Rajinikanth), Pedarayadu's father, orders Bhupathi to marry his servant's daughter whom he raped, though he is his sister's (Jayanthi) son. His brother-in-law (Chalapathi Rao) shoots him as he is disappointed by his verdict. Enraged, Paparayudu gives his final verdict before dying to abandon their family, and whoever visits his house will receive the same punishment and also not to share even a glass of water with them. Paparayudu also tells Pedarayudu "Whenever we give a wrong verdict, that moment it is said that we die." The moment when he says that, he dies.

Bhupathi builds envy on his uncle's family and waits for an opportunity to take revenge on them. He plans to bring a lady (Subhashri) as a teacher to the school in the village and tells her to make Raja fall for her. She does so to save her father, who is in the hands of Bhupathi. He kills her and makes the villagers believe that Raja has done this. Pedarayudu sentences 10 years of exile for his brother's family. Bhupathi comes to know of his daughter's love and tries to kill Ravindra, with the help of his goons. Raja goes in rescue of him, and pregnant Bharathi goes to Pedarayudu to convey this message. While Raja starts to take revenge on Bhupathi, Pedarayudu's aunt rushes to Pedarayudu, kills Bhupathi, and reveals the truth and tells that he punished his brother without committing any mistake and also told that the crimes that were thrown onto Raja were really done by Bhupathi. Pedarayudu dies on knowing that he gave a wrong verdict, and Raja is shown taking the throne.

Cast

Soundtrack
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Dhama Dhama"S. P. Balu, K. S. Chithra 
2."Koo Annadoyi"S. P. Balu, K. S. Chithra 
3."Kadile kalama"K. J. Yesudas 
4."Abba Dani Soku"S. P. Balu, K. S. Chithra 
5."Bavavi Nuvvu"S. P. Balu, K. S. Chitra 

References
  1. "Peda Rayudu on Moviebuff.com". www.moviebuff.com. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. Filmfare Awards. Web.archive.org (9 November 1999). Retrieved on 3 February 2013.
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