Yamagola
Yamagola is a 1977 Telugu language fantasy comedy film, produced by S. Venkataratnam under the Sree Pallavi Films banner and directed by Tatineni Rama Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Jaya Prada in the lead roles and music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was remade in Hindi as Lok Parlok and in Tamil as Yamanukku Yaman.
Plot
The film begins in a village, Satyam is a youth leader and village Panchayat President. He has a tough fight with the ex-President Rudrayya for executing corrupt practices. Satyam loves Rudrayya's daughter, Savitri and plan to get married. Knowing it, Rudrayya kills Satyam with the help of a professional killer Rama Sastry. Satyam reaches heaven where he angers the King of Heaven, Indra. An angered Indra sends Satyam straight to hell headed by Yama Dharma Raja and ably assisted by Chitragupta. In hell, Satyam influences the Yama's army using communist theories and rights of labor, and turns them against Yama and hell shuts down. Yama sends Satyam back to Earth. Yama & Chitragupta visit Earth on a holiday trip and experience the funny aspects of humans. Satyam changes his name as Sundaram and teaches Rudrayya a lesson.Cast
- N. T. Rama Rao as Satyam
- Jaya Pradha as Savithri
- Rao Gopal Rao as Rudrayya
- Satyanarayana as Yama Dharma Raju
- Allu Ramalingaiah as Chitraguptudu
- Prabhakar Reddy as Ramana Murthy/Rama Sastry
- Kanta Rao as Indra
- P. J. Sharma as Police Inspector
- Chalapathi Rao as Satyam's friend
- K. V. Chalam as Peeraiah
- Potti Prasad as Dentist
- Suryakantham as Seethamma
- Manju Bhargavi as Menaka
- Jhansi as Wife of Rudrayya
- Jayamalini as item number
- Nirmalamma as Shanthamma
Crew
- Art: S. Krishna Rao
- Choreography: Srinu
- Fights: Madhavan
- Story - Dialogues: D. V. Narasa Raju
- Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy, Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Sri Sri
- Playback: SP Balu, P. Susheela
- Music : Chakravarthy
- Editing: A. Sanjeevi
- Cinematography - Producer: S.Venkataratnam
- Screenplay - Direction: Tatineni Rama Rao
- Banner : Sri Pallavi Films
- Release Date : 21 October 1977
Soundtrack
| S. No | Song Title | Lyrics | Singers | length |
| 1 | "Olammi Tikka" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 3:15 |
| 2 | "Chilaka Kottudu" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 3:21 |
| 3 | "Aadave Andala Sura" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 6:00 |
| 4 | "Gudivada Vellanu" | Veeturi | P. Susheela | 3:06 |
| 5 | "Samaraaniki Nede" | Sri Sri | SP Balu | 3:12 |
| 6 | "Vayasu Musuru" | C. Narayana Reddy | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 3:16 |
Other
- VCDs & DVDs on - VOLGA Videos, Hyderabad
Box office
Other films
- C. Pullaiah adapted a similar movie based on Bengali novel to make Devanthakudu in 1960, with N.T. Rama Rao as the protagonist and S. V. Ranga Rao playing Lord Yama.
- The film was remade into Hindi with Jeetendra as Lok Parlok in 1979, with Jaya Prada reprising her role in the remake.
- In the Tamil version, Yamanukku Yaman, Shivaji Ganesan played the roles of both Satyam and Lord Yama.