Damayanthi Art Productions
Devanthakudu (1984)
Technical:
Color
Reels: 14
Release Date: April 12, 1984
Cast:
Chiranjeevi ... Vijay
Vijayashanti ... Shanti
Narayana Rao ... Chanti
Varalakshmi ... Vijay's Sister
Chittibabu ... Chowdhary-abbai
Rohini ... Lalitha
Gollapudi Maruthi Rao ... Ramanujam
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao ... Police Commissioner Prabhakar Rao
Gokina Ramarao ... Dharmaraj
Hari ... Arun Kumar
Other Cast: Kota Srinivasa Rao, Arza Janardhana Rao, Annapurna, Silk Smitha, Vijayalakshmi,
etc.
Dialogues: Thotapalli Madhu (debut)
Lyrics: Veturi Sundararamamurthy, Gopi, Jyothirmayi
Editing: Goutham Raju
Camera: N. Kesava
Story: Smt. Shoba
Music: J.V. Raghavulu
Assistant Director: N. Siva Nageswara Rao
Associate Director: Reddy Tharani Rao
Producer: Narayana Rao
Screenplay, Direction: S.A .Chandrasekhar
Songs:
chellemmaki peLLanTa, annayyaki sambaramanTa!
Lyrics: Gopi
Playback: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S.P. Sailaja
Cast: Chiranjeevi, Varalakshmi, Narayana Rao, Rohini
chilakocchi koDutunTE chirubugga
Lyrics: Veturi Sundararamamurthy
Playback: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S.P. Sailaja
Cast: Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti
ghaDikayO kaugilinta, ganTakO pulakarinta
Lyrics: Veturi Sundararamamurthy
Playback: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela
Cast: Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti
chellemmaki pellanTa (pathos)
Lyrics: Gopi
Playback: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
Cast: Chiranjeevi, Narayana Rao
aakEsi, peeTEsi, mungiTlO muggEsi sOggaaDiki
Lyrics: Jyothirmayi
Playback: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Susheela
Cast: Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti
nE kubusamu viDichina naaguni
Lyrics: Veturi Sundararamamurthy
Playback: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
Cast: Chiranjeevi, Silk Smitha
Story:
Vijay (Chiranjeevi), a happy go lucky guy, bets on anything if provoked and wins the bet at any cost. He gets framed in the murder of Arun (Hari) on one such occasion. How he proves his innocence forms the rest of the story.
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| Dukkipati Madhusudhana Rao, Narayana Rao and Gollapudi on 100 days funtion of Devantakudu |
About the film:
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This is 68th film for Chiranjeevi.
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Chiranjeevi did 10 films in 1984:
Allullosthunnaaru (11.02.'84),
Goonda (23.02.'84),
Hero (23.03.'84),
Devanthakudu (12.04.'84),
Mahanagaramlo Maayagaadu (28.06.'84),
Challenge (09.08.'84),
Inti Guttu (14.09.'84),
Naagu (11.10.'84),
Agni Gundam (23.11.'84),
Rusthum (21.12.'84).
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The hit combination of Chiranjeevi and Vijayashanti (as main heroine) started with this film. There were three other films in 1984 with the same combo and two of them,
Devanthakudu and
Challenge, were big hits too.
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Kota Srinivasa Rao got the first 100-days shield with this film.
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Directors Siva Nageswara Rao and Tharani worked in the direction department for this film.
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Thotapalli Madhu debuted as a dialogue writer with this film.
