Director: B. Narasinga Rao; Writer: B. Narasinga Rao, Devi Priya, Uppala Narasimham, S.M. Pran Rao; Producer: K. Venkateswara Rao; Cinematographer: Venugopal K. Thakker; Cast: B. Narasinga Rao, G. Narayana Rao, T. Saichand, Kakarala, Chandra, Venkata Reddy, Roopa, Shakuntala, Shesham Raju, Sangeetha Behal, Rajyalakshmi, Usha Sheikh, Haritha, Amar Mohan
Duration: 01:50:18; Aspect Ratio: 1.315:1; Hue: 22.497; Saturation: 0.126; Lightness: 0.234; Volume: 0.245; Cuts per Minute: 9.129
Summary: Narasinga Rao’s debut is an existential
melodrama with the director playing a
romantic painter, Ravi, whose friends include a
trade union leader (Kakarala), an autorickshaw
driver, a Marxist journalist (Narayana
Rao) and a glib, successful painter (Saichand)
whose success contrasts with Ravi’s inability to
sell his own work. His neighbour Kankamma,
who rejects an evil landlord’s advances, is
evicted from her house; the trade unionist is
killed in police custody; and Ravi starts
exhibiting his work on the streets to indicate
his growing politicisation to the satisfaction of
his Marxist friend. The film is geared to the
CPI(ML)-led political movements in Northern
AP and included the compositions and songs of
the region’s best-known radical poet and
performer, Gaddar.
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