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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Devanthakudu<br />
| image = Devanthakudu 1984 poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]]<br />
| producer = [[G. V. Narayana Rao]]<br />
| writer = <br />
| starring = [[Chiranjeevi]]<br />[[Vijayashanti]]<br />Narayan Rao<br />
| music = J.V. Raghavulu<br />
| cinematography = N. Kesava<ref name="page 1" /><br />
| editing = Gowtham Raju<ref name="page 1" /><br />
| studio = Damayanthi Art Productions<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|1984|4|12|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| budget = ₹22 lakh<br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Devanthakudu''''' is a 1984 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]]. The film stars [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Vijayashanti]]. It is a remake of Chandrasekhar's own 1983 [[Kannada]] film ''Geluvu Nannade''.<ref name="page 2">{{Cite web |last=Sri |date=3 June 2009 |title=Retro: Devanthakudu(1984) completes 25 years |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/retro_devanthakudu_2.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702113923/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/retro_devanthakudu_2.php |archive-date=2 July 2011 |access-date=29 January 2021 |website=Telugucinema.com |page=2}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Vijay Kumar is a college student who is daring and dashing and has a weakness for betting and challenges. Chanti is Vijays's friend, who study in the same college. He challenges Vijay to kill a person and escape without being caught and without proof and this person is a professor. Vijay takes it lightly and tries to play away by acting as if he killed the professor but he is really killed by the time he reaches there and he is accused of the murder. The rest of the plot forms on how he frees himself from the blame and who killed the professor and why?<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Chiranjeevi]]<br />
*[[Vijayashanti]]<br />
*[[G. V. Narayana Rao]]<br />
*[[Maruthirao Gollapudi]]<br />
*[[Annapoorna (actress)|Annapurna]]<br />
*[[Gummadi Venkateswara Rao]]<br />
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== Production ==<br />
Producer Narayana Rao cast Vijayashanti as the female lead after being impressed with her performance in ''Pelli Chesi Choopistaam'' (1983). Principal photography began in late October 1983. With the exception of the song sequences, the main sequences were completed in 22 days.<ref name="page 2" /><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
{{Tracklist<br />
| extra_column =Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Gadiyako Kowgilintha<br />
| title2 = Nekubusam<br />
| title3 = Aakesi<br />
| title4 = Yema Yema<br />
| title5 = Chellammaku Pellanta<br />
| title6 = Gadiyako Kowdilintha<br />
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. P. Sailaja]], [[Mano (singer)|Mano]]<br />
| extra2 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja<br />
| extra3 =S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja<br />
| extra4 =S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja<br />
| extra5 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja<br />
| extra6= S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja<br />
}}<br />
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== Release ==<br />
''Devanthakudu'' was released on 12 April 1984.<ref name="page 1">{{Cite web |last=Sri |date=3 June 2009 |title=Retro: Devanthakudu(1984) completes 25 years |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/retro_devanthakudu.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702110034/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/retro_devanthakudu.php |archive-date=2 July 2011 |access-date=29 January 2021 |website=Telugucinema.com |page=1}}</ref> Made on a budget of {{INRConvert|22|l|year=1984}}, the film was commercially successful.<ref name="page 2" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0245865|title=Devanthakudu}}<br />
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[[Category:1984 films]]<br />
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[[Category:Films scored by J. V. Raghavulu]]<br />
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[[Category:Telugu remakes of Kannada films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar]]<br />
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