Krishna Babu

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Krishna Babu
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Directed by Muthyala Subbaiah
Written byThotapalli Madhu (dialogues)
Screenplay byMuthyala Subbaiah
Story byChanti Addala
Produced byChanti Addala
V. Srinivasa Reddy
Starring Nandamuri Bala Krishna
Meena
Abbas
Raasi
CinematographyV. Srinivasa Reddy
Edited byV. Nagi Reddy
Music by Koti
Production
company
Srinivasa Arts
Release date
  • 16 September 1999 (1999-09-16)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Krishna Babu is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by Chanti Addala under the Srinivasa Productions banner and directed by Muthyala Subbaiah. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Abbas, Meena, Raasi and music composed by Koti. It was the 75th film of Balakrishna as an actor.

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Plot

The film begins in the village Krishnapuram where Krishna Babu is its arbitrator whose word is an ordinance. He resides along with his maternal uncle Chandraiah and endears a girl Rama, the daughter of the headmaster of the village. Sarvarayudu the vicious step-maternal uncle of Krishna, holds a family feud as he bars his violations. Krishna's sibling Vijay studies in the city and falls for his colleague Shilpa. Meantime, Krishna & Rama get engaged when Rama's uncle a jailor states Krishna is a homicide. Now Krishna Babu spins back, his father is Zamindar of the village, who maintains an adulterous fling with a sly in his house. They have a progeny also i.e., Vijay whom Krishna Babu treats as his own. Sarvarayudu is the brother of the other lady who ploys to slay Krishna's mother by poisoning. Tragically, Krishna's father dies when he is incriminated and sentenced. It leads to his mother's death. Later, Sarvarayudu kills his sister, and Vijay becomes an orphan when Krishna entrusts his responsibility to Chandraiah. After 14 years, he backs to his village to take the reins of the kind-hearted leader by winning the goodwill of the village. Being aware of it, everyone bows down to his righteousness and the engagement succeeds. Anyhow, enraged Sarvarayudu abducts Rama, and in that brawl, Krishna accidentally kills Rama. Currently, he is behind bars again for 7 years. Krishna decides to send Vijay abroad for higher studies. Before departure, he explains to Shilpa his present state and they break up. During this period, Krishna's ex-warden often meets him who is non-else Shilpa's father. Time passes, and Krishna is acquitted when he comes across his ex-warden on his deathbed who assigns Shilpa's responsibility to him. Hence, Shilpa accompanies Krishna to the village. Since he is mentally wrought with the agony of struggles, Shilpa consoles and recoups Krishna with a smile by helping him to regain the composure of an earlier. However, the village starts questioning their relationship when they decide to knit on the request of Chandraiah. At that point, Vijay returns startled by spotting Shilpa as the bride, and quiets. Parallelly, Vijay's friends arrive at the wedding and reveal the truth to Krishna. Finally, the movie ends with Krishna Babu uniting Vijay & Shilpa, eliminating Sarvarayudu, and surrendering himself thrice.

Cast

Soundtrack

Krishna Babu
Film score by
Released1999
Genre Soundtrack
Length29:31
Label Supreme Music
Producer Koti
Koti chronology
Sultan
(1999)
Krishna Babu
(1999)
Vamshoddharakudu
(2000)

Music composed by Koti. Music released on Supreme Music Company.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Sakhi Masthu Masthu" Chandrabose Udit Narayan, Sujatha 4:49
2."Muddula Paapa" Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha 5:18
3."Hello Miss"Surendra KrishnaKoti, Harini 5:20
4."Prema Patasalalo"ChandraboseUdit Narayan, Sujatha5:08
5."Pampara Panasamma" Veturi S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra 5:00
6."O Manasa" Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry K. J. Yesudas 4:50
Total length:29:31

Release

Movie get positive reviews and good collections. [1] [2] A critic from Sify wrote that "The entire movie`s strongpoint lies in the second half of the film. In their attempt at aiming for a hat-trick after the commercial success of Inspector Pratap and Pavithra Prema, the combination of Balakrishna and Muthyala Subbiah have taken extra care in the treatment of this subject. But too many flashbacks mar the smooth flow of the narrative". [3]

The film was later dubbed and released in Tamil as Veera Vamsam. [4]

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