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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Katakataala Rudrayya<br />
| image = Katakataala Rudraiah.jpeg<br />
| caption = Promotional poster<br />
| director = [[Dasari Narayana Rao]]<br />
| producer = Vadde Shobhanadri<br />
| writer = Dasari Narayana Rao<br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
* [[Krishnam Raju]]<br />
* [[Jayasudha]]<br />
* [[Ramakrishna (Telugu actor)|Ramakrishna]]<br />
* [[Jayachitra]]<br />
}}<br />
| music = [[J. V. Raghavulu]]<br />
| cinematography = <br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = Vijaya Madhavi Pictures<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1978|10|11}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Katakatala Rudrayya''''' is a 1978 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language film written and directed by [[Dasari Narayana Rao]]. It stars [[Krishnam Raju]], [[Jayasudha]], [[Ramakrishna (Telugu actor)|Ramakrishna]] and [[Jayachitra]]. The film has music composed by [[J. V. Raghavulu]]. It is remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Pattakkathi Bhairavan]]'' (1979) with [[Sivaji Ganesan]] and in [[Hindi]] (1980) as ''[[Jyoti Bane Jwala]]'' with [[Jeetendra]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/andhrapatrikamag19790608/page/n21/ |title=తెలుగు చిత్రాల హిందీ పరివర్తనం |date=1979-06-08 |publisher=[[Andhra Patrika]] |series=Volume: 72, Issue: 39 |language=Telugu}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Krishnam Raju]]<br />
* [[Jayasudha]]<br />
* [[Ramakrishna (Telugu actor)|Ramakrishna]]<br />
* [[Jayachitra]]<br />
* [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]]<br />
* [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]]<br />
* [[Rao Gopal Rao]]<br />
* [[Prabhakar Reddy]]<br />
* [[J. V. Ramana Murthi]]<br />
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==Reception==<br />
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=== Critical reception ===<br />
Griddaluru Gopalrao writing for ''[[Zamin Ryot]]'' on 27 October 1978 opined that the film was cut off from reality, and would remain as "an old coin which is no longer a legal tender." He added that the screenplay by Dasari and soundtrack composed by Raghavulu are forgettable.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Griddaluru|first=Gopalrao|date=27 October 1978|title=వాస్తవానికి దూరం - చెల్లని పాత నాణెం : కటకటాల రుద్రయ్య|language=te|page=9|work=[[Zamin Ryot]]|url=http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/1978/Oct/27-oct-1978.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=6 October 2020|archive-date=13 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913160246/http://zaminryot.com/pdf/1978/Oct/27-oct-1978.pdf}}</ref><br />
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=== Box office ===<br />
''Katakataala Rudrayya'' and ''[[Mana Voori Pandavulu]]'' were released within a gap of 10 days.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220920230058/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/did-you-know/krishnam-rajus-unique-feat/articleshow/36661232.cms Krishnam Raju’s unique feat]. Times of India. 17 June 2014</ref> The film was a blockbuster at the box office.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Films directed by Dasari Narayana Rao]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by J. V. Raghavulu]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action films]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:1978 Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1978 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1978 action films]]<br />
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