Andala Ramudu

Andala Ramudu is a 2006 Telugu romantic comedy directed by P. Lakshmi Narayana and produced by N. V. Prasad and Paras Jain, with the comedian Sunil in the lead opposite Aarthi Aggarwal. A remake of the Tamil film Sundara Purushan, it has music by S. A. Rajkumar and was released on 11 August 2006. (It is not the earlier Telugu film of the same name directed by Bapu.)

What the story is about

Ramudu has loved his cousin Radha since childhood. After his mother dies and his father remarries, he runs away from home, and returns to his grandmother only twelve years later, after his father’s death, accepting the half-brother born to his stepmother. His real reason for coming back is to win Radha and marry her.

But Radha loves Raghu, an orphan without a job, and her father will only agree to the match if Raghu finds work. Unaware of all this, Ramudu kindly gives Raghu a job, and then discovers who he is. Seeing his brother’s misery, Ramudu’s half-brother decides to take matters into his own hands, and the comedy grows out of the schemes that follow.

Cast and crew

• Sunil as Ramudu
• Aarthi Aggarwal as Radha
• Akash as Raghu
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Bhushanam, Radha’s father
• Venu Madhav as Badram, Ramudu’s stepbrother
• Vadivukkarasi as Ramudu’s grandmother
• Chalapathi Rao as Ramudu’s father
• Brahmanandam, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Kondavalasa, Chittajalu Lakshmipati and Duvvasi Mohan

Director: P. Lakshmi Narayana. Producers: N. V. Prasad and Paras Jain. Music: S. A. Rajkumar, released by Aditya Music.

Release, reviews and box office

Critics liked Sunil more than the film. Idlebrain gave it three stars out of five, praising his performance as a lead actor but faulting the weak story and slow narration; Full Hyderabad said much the same, and Sify criticised its lacklustre screenplay.

Audiences were kinder. The Hindustan Times reported in September 2006 that Andala Ramudu was ruling the Telugu box office, and Wikipedia, citing The Hindu’s review of the year, counts it as a success. Neither source, as cited, gives a collection figure.

Where to watch Andala Ramudu

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Andala Ramudu and the reviews and reports it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.