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{{Infobox film
| name           = Mahatmudu
| image          = Mahatmudu poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| writer         = [[Aatreya (playwright)|Acharya Aatreya]] {{small|(dialogues)}}
| story          = M. S. Gopinath
| screenplay     = M. S. Gopinath
| producer       = M. S. Gopinath
| director       = M. S. Gopinath
| starring       = [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]]<br />[[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]]
| music          = [[T. Chalapathi Rao]]
| cinematography = P. S. Selvaraj
| editing        = I. V. Shanmugam
| studio         = Rajeswari Chitra<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0333852/ |title= Mahatmudu (Overview) |work=IMDb}}</ref>
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|1976||}}
| runtime        = 134 mins
| country        = India
| language       = Telugu
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}

'''''Mahatmudu''''' ({{Translation|Great Soul}}) is a 1976 [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[drama (film and television)|drama film]], produced and directed by M. S. Gopinath under the Rajeswari Chitra banner. It stars [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]], [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]]  and music composed by [[T. Chalapathi Rao]].<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1051817436918378496|user=baraju_SuperHit|title=Natasamrat #ANR garu, Sarada, MS Gopinadh Directionlo natinchina Successful Family Film #Mahatmudu ki netitho 42 sa…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=15 October 2018}}</ref>

==Plot==
Zamindar Parvathamma (G.Varalakshmi) has two sons Venu Gopal (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) & Nanda Gopal (Satyanarayana) though the elder one Nanda Gopal is foster she treats both equally and calls the two as Gopal only. Venu loves a wise girl Seeta (Sarada) before he reveals it to his mother, unexpectedly, Nandu gets acquainted and starts liking Seeta. Knowing it, Parvathamma moves with the marriage proposal which Seeta also agrees as she is confused of names. Being cognizant of it, Venu stupefies, but immediately retrieves, and couple up Seeta with Nandu by convincing her. Soon after, Nandu learns regarding the love affair Venu & Seeta when sly Manager Basavaiah (Allu Ramalingaiah) provokes his suspension which makes Venu leave the house. On his way, he rescues a girl Radha (Prabha) daughter of Zamindar Ranganatham (Kanta Rao) from suicide as she is pregnant before marriage. To provide legitimacy to her child, Venu pretense as her husband. On the other side, Nandu goes into the clutches of Giri (Giri Babu) a malicious and becomes a spoiled-brat. Time passes, Seeta & Radha give birth to babies and Parvathamma passes away. Eventually, Venu ameliorates the lifestyles of the destitute when everyone in that area adores him as a deity. Here, Giri keeps an evil eye on Seeta, out of humiliation she too leaves the house and fortunately, reaches Venu. Parallelly, Giri & Basavaiah swindle Nandu and necks him out. Thereafter, Giri shows his presence at Radha's residence as he is the person who deceived her. At that juncture, he spots Seeta and tries to molest when the wheel of fortune brings Nandu to the same place and rescues her. At present, engaged Radha seeks to kill Giri when Venu shields him against harm. At last, Giri reforms plead pardon and accepts Radha. Finally, the movie ends with Venu dedicating his life to the welfare of the people.

==Cast==
*[[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] as Venu Gopal
*[[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] as Seeta
*[[Kaikala Satyanarayana|Satyanarayana]] as Nanda Gopal
*[[Murali Mohan]] as Prasad
*[[Kanta Rao]] as Ranganatham
*[[Allu Ramalingaiah]] as Basavaiah
*[[Mukkamala]] as Doctor
*Thyagaraju as Bandipootu Pattakatti Papaiah
*[[Giri Babu]] as Giri
*K.K.Sarma as Bhajarangam
*[[G. Varalakshmi]] as Parvathamma 
*[[Roja Ramani]] as Padma
*[[Prabha (actress)|Prabha]] as Radha
*[[Jaya Malini]] as [[item number]]
*Jhansi

==Crew==
*'''Art''': G. V. Subba Rao
*'''Choreography''': Chinni-Sampath, Taara
*'''Dialogues''': [[Aatreya (playwright)|Acharya Aatreya]]
*'''Lyrics''': [[C. Narayana Reddy]], [[Kosaraju Raghavaiah|Kosaraju]]
*'''Playback''': [[V. Ramakrishna]], [[P. Susheela]], Madhavapeddi Ramesh, Wilson, L.R.Anjali
*'''Music''': [[T. Chalapathi Rao]] 
*'''Editing''': I. V. Shanmugam
*'''Cinematography''': P. S. Selvaraj
*'''Story - Screenplay - Producer - Director''': M. S. Gopinath
*'''Banner''': Rajeswari Chitra
*'''Release Date''': 1977

==Soundtrack==
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Music composed by [[T. Chalapathi Rao]]. Music released on Audio Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cineradham.com/telugu-audio/movie/2887/Mahaathmudu(1976)/ |title= Mahatmudu (Songs) |work=Cineradham}}</ref> 
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!S. No.!!Song Title!!Lyrics !!Singers !!length
|-
|1
|"Paadanaa Ne Paadanaa"
|[[Kosaraju Raghavaiah|Kosaraju]]
|[[P. Susheela]]
|4:15
|-
|2
|"Entha Madhuram"
|[[C. Narayana Reddy]] 
|P. Susheela
|4:45
|-
|3
|"Chitti Paapaa"
|Kosaraju
|[[V. Ramakrishna]], P. Susheela
|3:55
|-
|4
|"Enthagaa Choosthunnaa"
|C. Narayana Reddy
|V. Ramakrishna, P. Susheela
|5:08
|-
|5
|"Edhurugaa Neevunte"
|C. Narayana Reddy
|V. Ramakrishna, P. Susheela
|4:53
|-
|6
|"Rambhalaagaa"
|Kosaraju
|Madhavapeddi Ramesh,Wilson,L.R.Anjali
|4:32
|-
|7
|"Manishi Manishiga"
|C. Narayana Reddy
|V. Ramakrishna
|3:22
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by T. Chalapathi Rao]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]


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