Alluri Seetarama Raju (film)


Alluri Seetarama Raju is a 1974 Indian Telugu-language biographical action film based on the life of Alluri Sitarama Raju, an Indian revolutionary who is known for his role in the Rampa Rebellion of 1922-24. Alluri with a band of farmers, tribal leaders and other sympathizers fought an armed rebellion against the British Raj who violated their land rights and used them for forced labor. The film is produced by Padmalaya Studios, as the 100th film of Ghattamaneni Krishna.
Scripted by Maharadhi Tripuraneni, the film was directed by V. Ramachandra Rao, as South India's first Cinemascope film. The film won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics for revolutionary compositions rendered by Telugu Marxist poet and composer Sri Sri. The film won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film, and was screened at the International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section, and Tashkent Film Festival. The film ran for 175 days and ended up becoming the highest-grossing Telugu films of the year.

Cast

D. L. Narayana, producer of classic film Devadasu, initially sought to make the film featuring Sobhan Babu as Alluri Sitarama Raju. However, as the film failed to take off, Narayana had given story to Krishna who was willing to produce it. Filming took place around Chintapalle forest of Andhra Pradesh.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by P. Adinarayana Rao.

Critical Reception

The film received positive reviews.

Box office

The film ran for 175 days.
It was the first film to a distributor share of. Without any romantic song in between hero and heroine, it was the only Telugu film that became an industry hit in those days. After three years it surpassed the collections record of ANR's "Dasara Bullodu". No other Telugu film till NTR "Adavi Ramudu" in 1977 this film's collection record was not surpassed. This was the first and only Telugu film till today which had a run of more than 50 days in a theatre in London.

Awards

;National Film Awards
;Nandi Awards
The film was screened at the Patriotic Film Festival held at Coimbatore in February 2017, jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defense, commemorating 70th Indian Independence Day.