Vande Mataram (1985 film)

Vande Mataram (transl. Mother, I bow to thee) is a 1985 Indian Telugu-language film written and directed by T. Krishna, and produced Krishna Chitra. It stars Vijayashanti and Rajasekhar, with music composed by Chakravarthy.[1] The film is the debut of actor Rajasekhar into the Telugu film industry.

Vande Mataram
Theatrical release poster
Teluguవందేమాతరం
Directed byT. Krishna
Written byM. V. S. Haranatha Rao (dialogues)
Screenplay byT. Krishna
Story byT. Krishna
Produced byAnil Babu
Y. Harikrishna (Presents)
StarringVijayashanti
Rajasekhar
CinematographyR. Rama Rao
Edited byChoudula Subba Rao
Music byChakravarthy
Production
company
Krishna Chitra
Release date
  • 27 September 1985 (1985-09-27)
Running time
173 min
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

The popular song Vandemataram in the film, written by C. Narayana Reddy was first written much earlier, published in a magazine, made popular by singers of Praja Natya Mandali. The singer Srinivas who sang the song was later called Vandemataram Srinivas.[2] The film won two Nandi Awards.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Vandemataram
Film score by
Released1985
GenreSoundtrack
Length28:58
LabelAVM Audio
ProducerChakravarthy
Chakravarthy chronology
America Alludu
(1985)
Vandemataram
(1985)
Ragile Gundelu
(1985)

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by C. Narayana Reddy, Dasam Gopalakrishna (Allatappa) and Adrushta Deepak (Naa Peru Palleturu). Music released on AVM Audio Company.

S.No Song Title Singers length
1 "Aakasama Neevekkada" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki 5:39
2 "Allatappa Aadannni Kadu" S. P. Sailaja, P. Susheela 5:33
3 "Naa Peru Palletooru" S. P. Sailaja, M. Ramesh 8:45
4 "Edaya Mee Daya" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki 4:17
5 "Vandemataram" Srinivas 4:44

Awards

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Nandi Awards[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Vandemataram Audio Songs Download". atozmp3-songs.in. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (7 August 2017). "'Vandemataram', the song that became a surname for singer Srinivas". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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