Bangaru Gaajulu

Bangaru Gaajulu (Telugu: బంగారు గాజులు; English: Golden Bangles) is a 1968 Telugu drama film, produced by Tammareddy Krishna Murthy under the Ravindra Art Pictures banner and directed by C. S. Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Bharathi, Vijaya Nirmala in the lead roles and music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao.

Plot

The film begins on a sibling Ramu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) & Radha (Vijaya Nirmala) who duo love, adore and inseparable. Ramu works as a lorry driver in a company owned by Raoji (Nagabhushanam) a malicious, feigns as a kindhearted & well respected in the society. At one point, Raoji keeps an evil-eye on Radha and one night, he tries to molest when Avataram (Padmanabham) a guy allied by Ramu, rescues her. Thereafter, Ramu fixes an alliance for Radha and aspires to gift her golden bangles. Meanwhile, Raoji falsifies Radha, makes her land at his residence while escaping from him she jumps into a river. Being cognizant to it, enraged Ramu moves to slay out him. At the same time, the Raoji's illegal racket is caught by Police, so, he slaughters his partner Paul, counterfeits his body as his own and indicts Ramu in the crime. Frightened Ramu flees and becomes a wanderer in search of Radha. Thereupon, he rescues a charming girl Sarada (Bharati) and strangely she is Avataram's sister. Now Ramu accommodates with them as Ravi, runs a Taxi for livelihood and falls for Sarada. During, a woman falls under Ramu / Ravi's taxi as a flabbergast she resembles Radha (again Vijaya Nirmala). Here, Ramu saves her donating his blood when he learns from a samaritan Raja Rao (Gummadi) that she is his daughter, and wife of Inspector Chandra Shekar (Kanta Rao) whose name is Radha too. Anguished Ramu does not accept it when Radha could not see his pain, so, enacts as his sister. Right now, Ramu determines to reacquire the golden bangles for which he toils. Since Ramu becomes a frequent visitor and his closeness towards Radha makes Chandra Shekar to suspect their relationship. During this plight, Raja Rao leaves for pilgrimage. Parallelly, Raoji alters his identity as Prakash a friend of Chandra Shekar and gets shocked by spotting Ramu & Radha. Eventually, Chandra Shekar realizes Ramu as an absconded criminal and seizes him. At this juncture, Raoji kidnaps Radha when Ramu escapes from prison extricates her, proves his innocence with the help of Sarada & Avataram. At last, a bewilderment Raja Rao brings Radha one and affirms them as twins. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note by Ramu bestowing the golden bangles to his two sisters.

Cast

• Akkineni Nageshwara Rao as Ramu / Ravi
• Bharathi as Sarada
• Vijaya Nirmala as Radha & Radha (Dual role)
• Kantha Rao as Inspector Shekar
• Gummadi as Raja Rao
• Nagabhushanam as Raoji / Prakash
• Relangi as Venkataramaiah
• Padmanabham as Avataram
• Jagga Rao as Daasu
• Suryakantam as Kantham
• Hemalatha as Sharada's mother
• Geetanjali as Navaneetam
• Radha Kumari as Durga

Crew

• Art: G. V. Subba Rao
• Choreography: K. S. Reddy
• Dialogues: Pinisetty Srirama Murthy
• Lyrics: Dasarathi, C. Narayana Reddy, Kosaraju, Arudra
• Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, L. R. Eswari, Madhavapeddi Satyam, Vasantha
• Music: T. Chalapathi Rao
• Story: Rajashri
• Editing: Akkineni Sanjeevi
• Cinematography: Kamal Ghosh
• Producer: Tammareddy Krishna Murthy
• Screenplay - Director: C. S. Rao
• Banner: Ravindra Art Pictures
• Release Date: 22 August 1968

Soundtrack

Music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. The song Annayya Sannidhi is a blockbuster. Music released on Audio Company.

Awards

• The film won Nandi Award for Best Feature Film from Government of Andhra Pradesh in 1968.

References

External links

• Bangaru Gaajulu at IMDb

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