Bobbili Puli
Bobbili Puli is a 1982 Indian Telugu-language action film written and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao, Sridevi in the lead roles and music composed by J. V. Raghavulu. The film was an Earth shattering industry hit..it collected more than 70lakhs in first week of its release..and collected morethan 3.5c in full run.. It was remade in Hindi as Zakhmi Sher.
Plot
Chakradhar is a sincere military officer who receives 'parama veera chakra' award for his commitment to serve the nation and he sacrifices the last glimpse of his mother when she dies in the midst of a fierce war. He falls in love with Sreedevi, a lawyer. Later he sacrifices his love to marry a mentally challenged woman as an obligation towards his sister's marriage. The hero of the nation who successfully eliminated external enemies, takes up the fight against internal enemies, the corrupted public servants. He is unsuccessful in the fight, gets humiliated by court, and in the process, loses his sister and brother-in-law. The rest of the movie is about how he comes up with his own extremist court, and gives punishment to the people who escaped the official courts.Cast
- N. T. Rama Rao as Major Chakradhar
- Sridevi as Vijaya
- Rao Gopal Rao as Bhanoji Rao
- Satyanarayana as Acharya Shankaraiah / Satyam
- Allu Ramalingaiah as Bobbili Pilli
- Murali Mohan as Murali
- Prabhakar Reddy as Dr. Rao
- Jaggayya as Inspector Gopinath
- Prasad Babu as Prasad Babu
- Raja as Raja
- Bob Christo as Goon
- Mikkilineni as I.G.
- Mukkamala as Advocate Krishna Murthy
- Rajanala as Rajanala
- Dhulipala as Judge
- Raavi Kondala Rao as Kondala Rao
- Tyagaraju as S.P.
- Vankayala Satyanarayana as Army Officer
- Telephone Satyanarayana as Army Officer
- Chalapathi Rao as Inspector
- Ch. Krishna Murthy as Inspector Krishna Murthy
- Bheema Raju as Bheema Raju
- Jagga Rao as Goon
- Jayachitra as Jyothi
- Ambika as Jayanthi
- Subhashini as item number
- Vijaya Lalitha as item number
- Jyothi Lakshmi as item number
- Jayamalini as item number
- Pushpalata as Annapurnamma
- Jaya Vijaya as Nurse
- Jayaseela
- Shyamala
Crew
- Art: Bhasakar Raju
- Choreography: Saleem
- Stills: Mohanji-Jaganji
- Fights: Madhavan
- Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Dasari Narayana Rao
- Playback: SP Balu, P. Susheela, Vani Jayaram
- Music: J. V. Raghavulu
- Editing: G. G. Krishna Rao
- Cinematography: K. S. Mani
- Producer: Vadde Ramesh
- Story - Screenplay - Dialogues - Director: Dasari Narayana Rao
- Banner: Vijaya Madhavi Combines
- Release Date: 9 July 1982
Soundtrack
| S.No | Song Title | Lyrics | Singers | length |
| 1 | "Adi Okkato Number Bus" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 5:13 |
| 2 | "Thella Cheeralo" | Dasari Narayana Rao | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 4:36 |
| 3 | Yeddemante | "Veturi Sundararama Murthy" | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 4:41 |
| 4 | "Janani Janmabhoomicha" | Dasari Narayana Rao | SP Balu | 4:43 |
| 5 | "Sambhavam" | Dasari Narayana Rao | SP Balu | 5:02 |
| 6 | "O Subba Rao" | Dasari Narayana Rao | P. Susheela, Vani Jayaram | 8:21 |
Trivia
In 2011, Nandamuri Balakrishna, N. T. Rama Rao's son, paid tribute to this film by starring in the film Parama Veera Chakra, the 150th film of Dasari Narayana Rao. The film's concept hero punishing some people by taking law into his hands was later used in many films Bharateeyudu, Tagore,Aparichitudu.Box office
- The film had 2 direct 175-day runs, 15 direct 100-day centres and 39 100-days centres including shift, movie collected around 72 lakhs gross collections in its first week and in full run around 3.5 crores gross.