Nari Nari Naduma Murari

Nari Nari Naduma Murari (transl. “Lord Krishna in between two ladies”) is a 1990 Telugu romantic comedy directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy and produced by K. Murari under Yuva Chitra Arts, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna with Shobana and Nirosha, and music by K. V. Mahadevan. Released on 27 April 1990, it was Balakrishna’s 50th film. Unusually for a commercial Telugu film, the hero is off screen for more than 20 minutes in the pre-climax. Our record lists a running time of 138 minutes.

What the story is about

In the village of Nakkabokkalapaadu, the proud Sesharatnam values appearances above everything and despises her henpecked husband Veerabhadraiah, who has a second wife, Nagamani, the woman he loved before his mother made him marry Sesharatnam. The couple have two daughters: Shobha, quiet and homely, and Neeru, a mischievous modern girl. Veerabhadraiah hopes to marry one of them to his nephew Venkanna and unite the families, but Sesharatnam will have none of it. Venkanna arrives anyway, sets about teasing his aunt and winning over both cousins, and ends up, as the title promises, caught between two women.

Cast

• Nandamuri Balakrishna as Venkateswara Rao “Venkanna”
• Shobana as Shobha
• Nirosha as Neeru
• Sarada as Sesharatnam
• Kaikala Satyanarayana as Veerabhadrayya
• Allu Ramalingaiah as Sarva Rayudu
• Tanikella Bharani as Bhairava Menon
• Anjali Devi as Janakamma
• Rama Prabha as Venkamma
• Kalpana Rai as SI Sukumari
• Babu Mohan

Making and music

The film was shot in Gobichettipalayam. K. V. Mahadevan’s soundtrack was released by Lahari Music; the song “Em Vaana” was inspired by “Naan Thedum Sevvanthi”, which Ilaiyaraaja composed for the Tamil film Dharma Pathini (1986).

Reception

Wikipedia describes the film as a super hit at the box office, though it gives no source or figures for that. Contemporary criticism was not kind: Griddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot, reviewing it on 4 May 1990, dismissed it as “an absolute crappy film full of ins and outs”.

Where to watch Nari Nari Naduma Murari

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Nari Nari Naduma Murari and the review it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.