Rangeli Raja

Rangeli Raja
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	C. S. Rao
Written by	Bhamidipati Radhakrishna (dialogues)
Screenplay by	C. S. Rao
Story by	A. K. Velan
Produced by	Lakshmi Rajyam Sridhar Rao Sundarlal Nehata (Presents)
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Kanchana
Cinematography	Kamal Ghosh
Edited by	S. P. S. Veerappa
Music by	Ghantasala
Production company	Rajyam Productions
Distributed by	Rajasri Pictures
Release date	17 December 1971 (1971-12-17)
Running time	168 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Rangeli Raja is a 1971 Telugu-language, action-drama film, produced by C. Lakshmi Rajyam, C. Sridhar Rao, and Sundarlal Nehata under the Rajyam Productions banner.^[1] and directed by C. S. Rao^[2] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Kanchana in lead roles^[3] and music has been composed by Ghantasala.^[4]

Plot[]

The film begins, Raobahadur Jaganatha Rao (S. V. Ranga Rao) slaughtered by an unknown person in which his loyal servant Ramadasu (Gummadi) is indicted, so, he escapes along with Jaganatha Rao's property to safeguard it. Thereafter, he covers his identity by changing his name into Hanumantha Rao and he is under the search of Jaganatha Rao's wife Parvathamma (Lakshmi Rajyam) & son Raja. But considering him as a traitor, frightened Parvathamma takes shelter at her brother Narasimham (Mukkamala). Ramadasu has two daughters Jaya & Vijaya, once Jaya is lifted by a thief, as a result, his wife Lakshmi (Jhansi) dies, out of depression. Years roll by, Raja (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) grows up as a jovial & energetic guy when he learns regarding his father's death, moves to take revenge. Parallelly, a notorious criminal gang headed by a person who wears a veil entrusts the pursuit of Raja to his son Kumar (Satyanarayana). After reaching the city, Raja makes friendship with a vagabond Chandram (Chalam), both of them are in hunt of Ramadasu but trustworthy Ramadasu still in the process of finding whereabouts of Jaganatha Rao's family. Unknowingly, Raja gets acquaintance with Vijaya (Kanchana) and they fell in love. Eventually, Jaya (Vandana) the missing daughter of Ramadasu who is brought up by a poor man becomes a petty thief and loves Chandram. On the other side, Kumar & his gang are behind Raja to eliminate him but Raja always gamely gives them a check and Chandram cleverly ties up with them to give backing for Raja.

Meanwhile, Ramadasu discovers the love affair of Raja & Vijaya which he opposes as he is given a word to perform his daughter's marriage with Jaganatha Rao's son. Simultaneously, Jaya's foster father passes away. Before dying, he reveals her birth secret to Chandram when he realizes Jaya as Ramadasu's daughter, also knows that Ramadasu is none other than Hanumantha Rao and informs it to the head of the gang. Here, unfortunately, Raja goes into clutches of the gang when the head orders to capture Parvathamma also which they do so. Now the head appears as Narasimham which gives a huge shock to Raja & Parvathamma and they also recognize him as the homicide of Jaganatha Rao. At present, Narasimham blackmails Parvathamma and forcibly makes her to pose Kumar as her son before Ramadasu to acquire the property. At this juncture, Ramadasu makes wedding arrangements of Kumar & Vijaya when surprisingly, Chandram turns as a CBI Officer who frees Raja and reaches the venue. At last, Raja sees the end of baddies and Ramadasu regains Jaya too. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriages of Raja & Vijaya and Chandram & Jaya.

Cast[]

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Raja
• Kanchana as Vijaya
• S. V. Ranga Rao as Raobahadur Jaganatha Rao (Photo)
• Gummadi as Ramadasu / Hanumantha Rao
• Satyanarayana as Kumar
• Mukkamala as Narasimham
• Allu Ramalingaiah as Kailasam
• Chalam as Chandram
• Chalapathi Rao as C.I.D / Dadhel Khan
• Lakshmi Rajyam as Parvathamma
• Vandana as Jaya
• Jayakumari as Gowri
• Jhansi as Lakshmi

Crew[]

• Art: G. V. Subba Rao
• Choreography: Chinni-Sampath
• Stills: Satyam
• Fights: Raghavulu
• Dialogues: Bhamidipati Radhakrishna
• Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy, Dasarathi, Arudra, Kosaraju
• Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, L. R. Eswari, Vasantha
• Music: Ghantasala
• Story: A. K. Velan
• Editing: S. P. S. Veerappa
• Cinematography: Kamal Ghosh
• Presenter: Sunderlal Nahata
• Producers: Sridhara Rao, Lakshmi Rajyam
• Director: C. S. Rao
• Banner: Rajyam Productions
• Release Date: 17 December 1971

Soundtrack[]

References[]

External links[]

• "Rangeli Raja (Overview)". IMDb.