Adavi Donga

Adavi Donga
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. Raghavendra Rao
Written by	Paruchuri Brothers (story/dialogues)
Produced by	Gopi Chalasani
Starring	Chiranjeevi Radha Sharada Rao Gopal Rao
Cinematography	K. S. Prakash
Edited by	D. Venkataratnam
Music by	Chakravarthy
Production company	Gopi art pictures
Release date	19 November 1985 (1985-11-19)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Adavi Donga (transl. Thief of the Forest) is a 1985 Telugu-language film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Chiranjeevi, Radha, Sharada, Rao Gopal Rao and others. Chakravarthy composed the music.

Plot

Viswam [Sreedhar Surapaneni] and Vasundhara [Sarada], are an ideal couple who live near a forest to educate the illiterate forest dwellers to improve their quality of life, and earn more money. Thodella Appala Naidu [Rao Gopal Rao], along with his aides exploit the poor villagers. He buys their products at a very low cost and sells them at a higher price in the nearby town. With the help of Viswam and Vasundhara, they recognize the value of their products and start selling by themselves in the town. Appala Naidu goes to Viswam's house and proposes to them to join hands with him so they can collectively exploit the people. When they reject that proposal, he decides to eliminate them.

Appala Naidu kills one of the tribals and accuses Viswam of that crime. When the police take away Viswam, goons try to attack Vasundhara. Vasundhara hides her baby Kalidasu (Chiranjeevi) in a nearby bush and runs away to escape. Meanwhile, the baby is found by an elephant who raises him as his own child in the forest along with other animals. Sharada is shocked when she found out that her baby is missing and her husband is wrongly convicted and send to jail. She also pleads to his brother (Jaggayya), who is a police officer, to save her husband. But he could not do anything legally, because the charges framed against Viswam are systematically planned by Appala Naidu.

Years later, Radhika (Radha) visits the forest along with her friends and is attacked by goons. She is saved by Kalidasu, he later finds her house to return her radio she lost in the forest. Kalidasu kisses her while leaving after noticing her friend bidding goodbye with a kiss. Radhika instantly falls in love with him and sets out to the forest in search of him. She is chased by a tiger and falls into the river, where a deadly crocodile chases her. Kalidasu once again saves her life and takes her to his place. There, both of them fall for each other.

Poachers had been trying to kidnap an elephant for a very long time and are unable to do so because Kalidasu always saves them. The poachers frame Kalidasu for the murder of an honest police officer. Kalidasu and Radhika are chased by the police, when Kalidasu is wounded by a gunshot. Vasundhara finds them and helps them. The village doctor identifies him as Vasundhara's child with the Shivalingam tattoo, which is on his shoulder, but Kalidasu is unable to speak and understand her. Radhika is with the elephant and its calf illustrates to him that Vasundhara is his mother.

Kalidasu is arrested by the police and is tortured in the jail. He breaks out of jail and ends up beating all the policemen. Vasundhara promises to educate her son and will take revenge against the villain. She teaches him everything and makes him a legitimate man. The rest of the story narrates how Kalidasu takes revenge against the villain.

Cast

• Chiranjeevi as Kalidasu
• Radha as Radhika
• Sharada as Vasundhara, Kalidasu's mother
• Sreedhar Surapaneni as Viswam, Kalidasu's father
• Rao Gopal Rao as Thodella Appalanaidu
• Ranganath as Sathish, Forest officer
• Jaggayya as Vinod, Vasundhara's brother, Circle Inspector
• Allu Rama Lingaiah as Avadhani
• Nutan Prasad as Kondala Naidu
• Tammareddy Chalapathi Rao as Puligadu
• P. L. Narayana as Sureedu
• P. J. Sarma
• Mada Venkateswara Rao
• Narra Venkateswara Rao
• Manik Irani as Rudraiah
• Telephone Satyanarayana
• Chidathala Apparao
• Rajesh Khanna (Cameo)
• Varalakshmi
• Master Sandesh
• Sakuntala
• Mamata
• Durga
• Parameswari

Soundtrack

• "Challagali" -
• "Idhi Oka Nanadanavanamu" -
• "Om Namashivaya" -
• "Vana Vana Vandanam" -
• "Veera Vikrama" -

References

External links

• Adavi Donga at IMDb

This page was last edited on 30 April 2024, at 13:45