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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Driver Ramudu<br />
| image = Driver Ramudu.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical poster<br />
| producer = [[Nandamuri Harikrishna]]<br />
| director = [[K. Raghavendra Rao]]<br />
| writer = [[Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry|Jandhyala]] {{small|(dialogues)}}<br />
| story = Tarakarama Films Unit <br />
| screenplay = K. Raghavendra Rao <br />
| starring = [[N. T. Rama Rao]]<br>[[Jayasudha]]<br />
| music = [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]]<br />
| cinematography = K. S. Prakash <br />
| editing = Babu Rao <br />
| studio = [[Ramakrishna Cine Studios]]<ref name="driver ramudu1">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257571/ Driver Ramudu 1]</ref><br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1979|02|02}}<br />
| runtime = 145 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| budget =<br />
| gross = {{INR|2.5 crores}}(equivalent to {{INR|51 crores}} in 2019)<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Driver Ramudu''''' is a 1979 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action-drama film]], produced by [[Nandamuri Harikrishna]] under the [[Ramakrishna Cine Studios]] banner and directed by [[K. Raghavendra Rao]]. It stars [[N. T. Rama Rao]], [[Jayasudha]] and music composed by [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]].<br />
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The film was released in 35 centres across [[Andhra Pradesh]] on 2 February 1979.<ref name="driver ramudu 2">[http://www.kinema2cinema.com/oldmovie-news/ntr-s-265th-movie-driver-ramudu-700.html Driver Ramudu 2] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407061858/http://www.kinema2cinema.com/oldmovie-news/ntr-s-265th-movie-driver-ramudu-700.html |date=7 April 2013 }}</ref> The film was remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Lorry Driver Rajakannu]]''.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Ramu ([[N.T. Rama Rao]]) is a lorry driver who personally does not tolerate injustice anywhere. With his hard work, he soon becomes a lorry owner. He has a blind sister Meena ([[Roja Ramani]]) to whom he is very affectionate. A police inspector by the name of Raja Reddy (Sridhar), admiring Ramu's sincerity and truthfulness, comes forward to marry the blind girl. Meanwhile, Chukkamma ([[Jayasudha]]) runs a small hotel on the highway, and Ramu falls in love with her. Ramu renders help to one of Chukkamma's relatives, another lorry driver named Vasu ([[Kaikala Satyanarayana|Satyanarayana]]). They become good friends. Kamal Babu ([[Mohan Babu]]) soon enters the scene, implicates Ramu in a smuggling case and succeeds in sending him to jail. How Ramu manages to prove his innocence and brings the story to its logical, happy end constitutes the rest of the narrative.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[N. T. Rama Rao]] as Ramu<br />
*[[Jayasudha]] as Chukkamma<br />
*[[Rao Gopal Rao]]<br />
*[[Kaikala Satyanarayana|Satyanarayana]] as Vasu<br />
*[[Allu Ramalingaiah]]<br />
*[[Mohan Babu]] as Kamal Babu<br />
*[[Sreedhar|Sridhar]] as Inspector Raja Reddy<br />
*[[Mada Venkateswara Rao|Mada]]<br />
*[[Chalapathi Rao]]<br />
*[[Roja Ramani]] as Meena<br />
*[[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]] as Kantam <br />
*Chaya Devi<br />
*[[Jayamalini]] as Kalavati<br />
*Halam<br />
*Mamatha<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Driver Ramudu<br />
| type = Soundtrack <br />
| artist = [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]]<br />
| cover =<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = 1979<br />
| recorded =<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Filmi]]<br />
| length = 21:46<br />
| label = [[Saregama|SAREGAMA Audio]]<br />
| producer = [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]]<br />
| prev_title = Burripalem Bullodu<br />
| prev_year = 1979<br />
| next_title = [[Vetagaadu]]<br />
| next_year = 1979<br />
}}<br />
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Music composed by [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]]. Music released on SAREGAMA Audio Company. <br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
!S. No!!Song Title !!Lyrics !!Singers !!length<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|"Guggu Gudi Gudisundi"<br />
|[[Aatreya (playwright)|Acharya Aatreya]]<br />
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam|SP Balu]], [[P. Susheela]]<br />
|3:32<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|"Vongamaaku"<br />
|[[Veturi Sundararama Murthy]]<br />
|SP Balu, P. Susheela<br />
|4:08<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|"Emani Varninchanu"<br />
|Acharya Aatreya<br />
|SP Balu, P. Susheela<br />
|4:08<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|"Mamilla Thopukaada"<br />
|Veturi Sundararama Murthy<br />
|SP Balu, P. Susheela<br />
|3:15<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|"Donga Donga Dorikaadu"<br />
|Veturi Sundararama Murthy<br />
|SP Balu, P. Susheela<br />
|3:22<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|"Yendharo Mudhu Gummalu"<br />
|[[Aarudhra]]<br />
|SP Balu, P. Susheela<br />
|3:21<br />
|}<br />
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==Reception==<br />
The film celebrated a 100-day run at 14 centres and a [[silver jubilee]] (25 weeks) at 2 centres.<ref name="driver ramudu 2"/><br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0257571}}<br />
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{{K. Raghavendra Rao}}<br />
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[[Category:1979 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1970s Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Trucker films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by K. Chakravarthy]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:1970s action drama films]]</div>>Jagancj