Krishna Babu is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by Chanti Addala under the Srinivasa Productions banner and directed by Muthyala Subbaiah. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Abbas, Meena, Raasi and music composed by Koti. It was the 75th film of Balakrishna as an actor.

Krishna Babu
DVD cover
Directed byMuthyala Subbaiah
Written byThotapalli Madhu (dialogues)
Screenplay byMuthyala Subbaiah
Story byChanti Addala
Produced byChanti Addala
V. Srinivasa Reddy
StarringNandamuri Bala Krishna
Meena
Abbas
Raasi
CinematographyV. Srinivasa Reddy
Edited byV. Nagi Reddy
Music byKoti
Production
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Srinivasa Arts
Release date
  • 16 September 1999 (1999-09-16)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

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The film begins in the village Krishnapuram where Krishna Babu is its arbitrator whose word is an ordinance. He resides with his maternal uncle Chandraiah and endears a girl, Rama, the daughter of the headmaster of the village. Sarvarayudu, Krishna's vicious step-maternal uncle, holds a family feud as he bars his violations. Krishna's sibling Vijay studies in the city and falls for his colleague Shilpa. Meantime, Krishna & Rama get engaged when Rama's uncle, a jailor, states Krishna is a homicide. Now, Krishna Babu spins back; his father, Zamindar of the village, maintains an adulterous fling with a sly in his house. They also have a progeny, i.e., Vijay, whom Krishna Babu treats as his own. Sarvarayudu is the brother of the other lady who ploys to slay Krishna's mother by poisoning. Tragically, Krishna's father dies when he is incriminated and sentenced. It leads to his mother's death. Later, Sarvarayudu kills his sister, and Vijay becomes an orphan when Krishna entrusts his responsibility to Chandraiah. After 14 years, he returns to his village to take the reins of the kind-hearted leader and win the town's goodwill. Being aware of it, everyone bows down to his righteousness, and the engagement succeeds. Anyhow, enraged Sarvarayudu abducts Rama, and in that brawl, Krishna accidentally kills Rama. Currently, he is behind bars again for seven years. Krishna decides to send Vijay abroad for higher studies. Before departure, he explains his present state to Shilpa, and they break up. During this period, Krishna's ex-warden often meets him, who is Shilpa's father. Time passes, and Krishna is acquitted when he comes across his ex-warden on his deathbed, who assigns Shilpa's responsibility to him. Hence, Shilpa accompanies Krishna to the village. Shilpa consoles his mind with the agony of struggles and recoups Krishna with a smile by helping him regain the composure of an earlier. However, the village starts questioning their relationship when they decide to knit at Chandraiah's request. At that point, Vijay returns, startled by spotting Shilpa as the bride, and quiets. Parallelly, Vijay's friends arrive at the wedding and reveal the truth to Krishna. Finally, the movie ends with Krishna Babu uniting Vijay & Shilpa, eliminating Sarvarayudu, and surrendering himself thrice.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Krishna Babu
Film score by
Released1999
GenreSoundtrack
Length29:31
LabelSupreme Music
ProducerKoti
Koti chronology
Sultan
(1999)
Krishna Babu
(1999)
Vamshoddharakudu
(2000)

Music composed by Koti. Music released on Supreme Music Company.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Sakhi Masthu Masthu"ChandraboseUdit Narayan, Sujatha4:49
2."Muddula Paapa"Samavedam Shanmukha SarmaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha5:18
3."Hello Miss"Surendra KrishnaKoti, Harini5:20
4."Prema Patasalalo"ChandraboseUdit Narayan, Sujatha5:08
5."Pampara Panasamma"VeturiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra5:00
6."O Manasa"Sirivennela Sitarama SastryK. J. Yesudas4:50
Total length:29:31

Release

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Movie get positive reviews and good collections.[1][2] A critic from Sify wrote that "The entire movie`s strongpoint lies in the second half of the film. In their attempt at aiming for a hat-trick after the commercial success of Inspector Pratap and Pavithra Prema, the combination of Balakrishna and Muthyala Subbiah have taken extra care in the treatment of this subject. But too many flashbacks mar the smooth flow of the narrative".[3]

The film was later dubbed and released in Tamil as Veera Vamsam.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Idle Brain".
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.zaminryot.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20050108012557/http://sify.com/movies/telugu/review.php?id=6007198&ctid=5&cid=2430
  4. ^ "Meena's Fan Club JAPAN Topics '01".