Ratha Saradhi
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Directed by | Sarath |
Written by | Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues) |
Screenplay by | Sarath |
Story by | Kommanapalli Ganapathi Rao |
Produced by | Buragapalli Subba Rao |
Starring | Akkineni Nageswara Rao Vinod Kumar Raveena Tandon Suhasini |
Cinematography | N. Sudhakar Reedy |
Edited by | K. Nageswara Rao Satyanarayana |
Music by | Raj-Koti |
Production company | Sri Sai Prasanna Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Ratha Saradhi (transl. Charioteer) is a 1993 Indian Telugu-language action film, produced by Buragapalli Subba Rao under the Sri Sai Prasanna Pictures banner[1] and directed by Sarath.[2] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vinod Kumar, Raveena Tandon, Suhasini[3] and music composed by Raj-Koti.[4]
Plot[]
The film begins on Bapineedu (Satyanarayana) a malicious, forges himself as a respectable person, performs felonious deeds in the society, along with his two sons Ankineedu (Devan) & Ramineedu (Srikanth). During that dreadful situation, a new Collector Raja Shekaram (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) a stickler for law & order arrives and hinders their activities when to thwart they bid to bribe him but fail. Once Raja Shekaram gets acquainted with a frustrated unemployed youth Pardha Saradhi (Vinod Kumar) and helps him to get a taxi. There onwards, Pardha Saradhi becomes convenient to Raja Shekaram also takes care of his daughter Anjali (Anjali) as a sister. Parallelly as a glimpse, he falls for a beautiful girl Rekha (Raveena Tandon). Meanwhile, Raja Shekaram gathers the pieces of evidence against Bapineedu & gang when they seek to crush him. At that point in time, he is rescued by his ex-lover Dr. Shakuntala (Suhasini) who lives alone as she still persists love on Raja Shekaram. Thereafter, Ramineedu molests & kills Anjali and acquits from the judiciary with fake alibis. Right now, enraged Raja Shekaram resigns and takes his avenge by eliminating the baddies with the help of Pardha Saradhi. Finally, Raja Shekaram couples up Pardha Saradhi & Rekha and continues his journey with Shakuntala.
Cast[]
- Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Collector Raja Shekaram
- Vinod Kumar as Pardha Saradhi
- Raveena Tandon as Rekha
- Suhasini as Dr. Shakuntala
- Srikanth as Ramineedu
- Satyanarayana as Bapineedu
- Gummadi
- Allu Ramalingaiah as Patil
- Nutan Prasad as Gangadaram
- M. Balayya as Judge
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Minister Kaleswara Rao
- Babu Mohan as Dabba Subba Rao
- Ali as Anakapalli
- Devan as Ankineedu
- Raghunath Reddy as S.P.
- Chalapathi Rao as Inspector
- Maharshi Raghava as Raghava
- Chidatala Appa Rao as Appa Rao
- Bhimeswara Rao as Lawyer
- Ironleg Sastry as Chantodu
- Suryakantam as Gundamma
- Anjali as Anjali
- Sudha Rani as Ankineedu's wife
- Mandakini as Swarajyam
- Kalpana Rai as Subbalakshmi
- Y. Vijaya as Fancy Jhansi
Crew[]
- Art: Srinivasa Raju
- Choreography: DKS Babu, Siva Shankar
- Fights: Saahul
- Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers
- Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Bhuvana Chandra
- Playback: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra
- Music: Raj-Koti
- Story: Konnapalli Ganapathi Rao
- Editing: K. Nageswara Rao, Satyanarayana
- Cinematography:N. Sudhakar Reddy
- Producer: Buragapalli Subba Rao
- Screenplay - Director: Sarath
- Banner: Sri Sai Prasanna Pictures
- Release Date: 14 August 1993
Soundtrack[]
Ratha Saradhi | ||||
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Film score by Raj-Koti | ||||
Released | 1993 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 23:05 | |||
Label | AKASH Audio | |||
Producer | Raj-Koti | |||
Raj-Koti chronology | ||||
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Music composed by Raj-Koti. Music released on AKASH Audio Company.[5]
S. No. | Song Title | Lyrics | Singers | length |
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1 | "Abbare Jabbare" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, Chitra | 4:38 |
2 | "Meghamaa Priya" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, Chitra | 5:00 |
3 | "Narmadhaa Nadhi Theeramlo" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, Chitra | 4:30 |
4 | "Seethamma Chilikindhi" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, Chitra | 4:39 |
5 | "Tappu Tappu" | Bhuvana Chandra | SP Balu | 4:28 |
References[]
- ^ "Ratha Saradhi (Banner)". Filmiclub.
- ^ "Ratha Saradhi (Direction)". Know Your Films.
- ^ "Ratha Saradhi (Cast & Crew)". gomolo.com.
- ^ "Ratha Saradhi (Review)". The Cine Bay.
- ^ "Ratha Saradhi (Songs)". Cineradham.
- 1993 films
- Telugu-language films
- Indian films
- Indian action films
- Films scored by Raj-Koti
- 1993 action films