April 1st Vidudhala
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April 1st Vidudhala is a 1991
Telugu language
comedy film
starring Rajendra Prasad
, Shobhana and Krishna Bhagavan. The film was directed by Vamsy
and produced by Sarada Devi.
Here we see all the problems of Divakaram gets into because of the deal he had with Bhuvaneswari. He discloses the murder done by his friend. This enrages his friend who comes out of jail as there is no proof of his murder. In the climax his friend gets killed and Divakaram goes to jail but is acquitted as Dr.Krupa Mani (Shubha) confesses to the murder as an act of self defence; and he comes back to win the hand of Bhuvaneswari.
): Goes to any extent to get his things done. He is sincere in his love and come what may, determined to keep his words to prove his love. In this process, he suffers in the end for his mischiefs in the past. He doesn’t have any intentions of harming any one with his acts. Rajendra Prasad far exceeds the expectations.
Bhuvaneswari (Shobana): She works as a Railway Booking Clerk. She is very straightforward and doesn’t like any one to go against the rules. This we can see at the introduction scene of her, where she goes against the dowry. Her helping nature also establishes in the first shot. Also her intelligent and other qualities. She makes the deal with Divakaram to get rid of him. But finally falls in love with him seeing his sincerity.
Gopi Chand (Krishna Bhagavan): He is a friend of Divakaram. By the words of colony people and Divakaram we got to know about his business and he kills his friend when he refuses to marry his sister after running an affair with her. Finally he gets killed in the hands of the doctor played by Shubha, for which Divakaram goes to jail.
Chinna Rao (Mallikarjuna Rao): He is in love with jayalalitha, even though he is already married twice and he thinks he is a super star and wants to marry her. In that process gets cheated from Divakaram and finally when reformed Divakaram comes to give him the money he dies with heart attack due to the shock.
Neighbour (Y.Vijaya): Runs the chit fund company illegally. She in the greed of money gives loan to Divakaram and gets cheated and tries to take revenge on him. Sakshi Ranga Rao
played her husband in the film. Divakaram dramatically cheats them with the Dubai TV.
Bhagyam (Jayalalitha
): Sexy siren with out any exposure. She has an affair with the neighbour and has a son, she gets blackmailed because of this from Divakaram along with the neighbour.
V.P. Jagannadham (Pradeep Shakthi): He is Bhuvaneswari`s Uncle. He is a bachelor and helps Divakaram to get married to bhuvaneswari.
Dr. Krupa Mani (Shubha): She is a Doctor by profession and she rises Divakaram as her own son. She kills Gopi chand in order to save Divakaram.
And there are other characters like Rallapalli
(as Sharma), Sakshi Ranga Rao
(as Murthy), Jayavijaya (as Shobana’s mother), Kallu Chidambaram etc.
Telugu films of the 1990s
A list films produced in the Tollywood Telugu language film industry ordered by year of release in the 1990s.-1990s:...
Telugu language
Telugu cinema
The Cinema of Andhra Pradesh, also referred to as Telugu Cinema or Tollywood, is the Telugu film industry in India. The Telugu language film industry is known for being one of the three largest in terms of no.of films produced yearly in India. The Prasads IMAX theatre in Hyderabad is one of the...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
starring Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad (actor)
Gadde Rajendra Prasad Gadde Rajendra Prasad Gadde Rajendra Prasad (born 19 July 1956, is a Telugu film actor. He was born in a middle class family from Nimmakuru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. He acquired an engineering (Ceramic Engineering) Diploma.Studied in Gudur Polytechnic at age of 19 ...
, Shobhana and Krishna Bhagavan. The film was directed by Vamsy
Vamsy
Vamsy or Vamsi is a critically acclaimed Telugu Indian film director, writer and Music director. He is considered one of the four cornerstones of Telugu Cinema of the 1980s and '90s; the others being K Viswanath, Bapu and Jandhyala.- Biography :Vamsy was born and bought up in a village called...
and produced by Sarada Devi.
Plot
The story starts with Divakaram (Rajendra Prasad) coming late to video-shoot a marriage, where he sees Bhuvaneswari and falls head over heels in love. He then gets a hold of Bhuvaneswari's maternal uncle VP Jagannadham (Pradeep Shakti) and gets information about Bhuvaneswari. He gathers that she respects only the people who are self sufficient and straightforward. He also finds out that she is not married and is about to get transferred to Rajamundry (where he stays) soon. She works as a railway booking clerk. So Divakaram comes back to the Rajamundry and gets permission from the doctor (Shubha), who raises him as her foster child to use the front verandah in her house for his video shop. In order to secure the capital he uses all kinds of tricks. He blackmails Bhagyam (Jayalalita), cheats Chinna Rao (Mallikarjuna Rao) and claims a chit which he never was a member of, and so on. Finally starts the video shop. That's when Bhuvaneswari enters the scene. All the while Jagannadham writes him letters in her name making Divakaram assume that she is in love with him. Finally when she lands in Rajamundy he approaches for marriage. It's then that he realizes that he had been cheated by Jagannadham. Meanwhile, she finds out all of Divakaram’s mischief through the neighbours. To teach him lesson, she puts forward a deal that she would marry him only if he stays out of cheating, and does not utter a lie in a month. Divakaram goes for it.Here we see all the problems of Divakaram gets into because of the deal he had with Bhuvaneswari. He discloses the murder done by his friend. This enrages his friend who comes out of jail as there is no proof of his murder. In the climax his friend gets killed and Divakaram goes to jail but is acquitted as Dr.Krupa Mani (Shubha) confesses to the murder as an act of self defence; and he comes back to win the hand of Bhuvaneswari.
Character sketch
Divakaram (Rajendra PrasadRajendra Prasad (actor)
Gadde Rajendra Prasad Gadde Rajendra Prasad Gadde Rajendra Prasad (born 19 July 1956, is a Telugu film actor. He was born in a middle class family from Nimmakuru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. He acquired an engineering (Ceramic Engineering) Diploma.Studied in Gudur Polytechnic at age of 19 ...
): Goes to any extent to get his things done. He is sincere in his love and come what may, determined to keep his words to prove his love. In this process, he suffers in the end for his mischiefs in the past. He doesn’t have any intentions of harming any one with his acts. Rajendra Prasad far exceeds the expectations.
Bhuvaneswari (Shobana): She works as a Railway Booking Clerk. She is very straightforward and doesn’t like any one to go against the rules. This we can see at the introduction scene of her, where she goes against the dowry. Her helping nature also establishes in the first shot. Also her intelligent and other qualities. She makes the deal with Divakaram to get rid of him. But finally falls in love with him seeing his sincerity.
Gopi Chand (Krishna Bhagavan): He is a friend of Divakaram. By the words of colony people and Divakaram we got to know about his business and he kills his friend when he refuses to marry his sister after running an affair with her. Finally he gets killed in the hands of the doctor played by Shubha, for which Divakaram goes to jail.
Chinna Rao (Mallikarjuna Rao): He is in love with jayalalitha, even though he is already married twice and he thinks he is a super star and wants to marry her. In that process gets cheated from Divakaram and finally when reformed Divakaram comes to give him the money he dies with heart attack due to the shock.
Neighbour (Y.Vijaya): Runs the chit fund company illegally. She in the greed of money gives loan to Divakaram and gets cheated and tries to take revenge on him. Sakshi Ranga Rao
Sakshi Ranga Rao
Sakshi Ranga Rao was a Character actor in Theater arts and South Indian Cinema.He was born to Lakshmi Narayana and Ranganayakamma as Rangavajhula Ranga Rao of Kondiparru village near Gudivada. He began his career as a stenographer in Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He showed passion for theater...
played her husband in the film. Divakaram dramatically cheats them with the Dubai TV.
Bhagyam (Jayalalitha
Jayalalitha (Telugu Actress)
Jayalalitha is a popular south Indian character actor, who acted in a number of Telugu movies. She is popular in support roles, particularly romantic and comedy roles. She has also acted in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi movies. She is sometimes referred as Boring Papa by her character's...
): Sexy siren with out any exposure. She has an affair with the neighbour and has a son, she gets blackmailed because of this from Divakaram along with the neighbour.
V.P. Jagannadham (Pradeep Shakthi): He is Bhuvaneswari`s Uncle. He is a bachelor and helps Divakaram to get married to bhuvaneswari.
Dr. Krupa Mani (Shubha): She is a Doctor by profession and she rises Divakaram as her own son. She kills Gopi chand in order to save Divakaram.
And there are other characters like Rallapalli
Rallapalli (actor)
Rallapalli Narasimha Rao , popularly known by his surname Rallapalli, is an Indian Film actor in Telugu Cinema & Tamil Cinema. He has acted in about 75 films. He played pivotal roles in films like Bombay and Minsara Kanavu in...
(as Sharma), Sakshi Ranga Rao
Sakshi Ranga Rao
Sakshi Ranga Rao was a Character actor in Theater arts and South Indian Cinema.He was born to Lakshmi Narayana and Ranganayakamma as Rangavajhula Ranga Rao of Kondiparru village near Gudivada. He began his career as a stenographer in Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He showed passion for theater...
(as Murthy), Jayavijaya (as Shobana’s mother), Kallu Chidambaram etc.
Crew
- Director: VamshiVamshiVamshi is an Indian Kannada-language film starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Nikitha in the lead roles.It is directed by Prakash and produced by Smt. Parvathamma Rajkumar. The film released on 2 October 2008.-Cast:*Puneeth Rajkumar*Nikitha*Lakshmi*Ravi Kale...
- Producer: Sarada Devi K
- Cinematography: Raghu M.V.
- Music Director: IlaiyaraajaIlaiyaraajaIlaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter...
- Playback Singers: S. P. BalasubrahmanyamS. P. BalasubrahmanyamSripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam is a multilingual Indian playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and a film producer. He is referred to as S. P. B. or Balu by the media. He has won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer six times closely following K. J. Yesudas...
, S. JanakiS. JanakiS. Janaki is an Indian female playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, she has won four National Film Awards and 35...
, and K. S. Chitra - Dialogues: L.B. SriramL.B. SriramL.B. Sri Ram is a successful Indian screen-writer, stand-up comedian and Film actor in Telugu Cinema.-Career - as a writer:Sriram's entry into Film Industry progressed step by step...
- Story: Kolapalli Eswar Rao, M.I.Kishan
Trivia
- The entire movie was shot within two weeks in just a single location.
- The character artist and comedian L.B. SriramL.B. SriramL.B. Sri Ram is a successful Indian screen-writer, stand-up comedian and Film actor in Telugu Cinema.-Career - as a writer:Sriram's entry into Film Industry progressed step by step...
(who incidentally is the dialogue writer for the movie) appears in a lone scene as the barber.