Oorukichina Maata

1981 Indian film

Suryanarayana Alaparthi
Venkat Rao Mannava

Starring

Chiranjeevi
Sudhakar
Madhavi
Kavitha

CinematographyS.S. LalMusic by

M. S. Viswanathan
Lyricists-
C. Narayana Reddy
Jhaladhi

Production
company

Amrutha Films

Distributed byAmrutha Films

Release date

21 June 1981 (1981-06-21) (India)

Running time

139 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Oorukichina Maata (transl. Promise made to the village) is a 1981 Telugu-language drama film written and directed by M. Balayya starring Chiranjeevi, Sudhakar, Madhavi, and Kavitha.^[1]^[2]^[3] The film was remade in Tamil as Oorum Uravum (1982) starring Sivaji Ganesan. The film won two Nandi Awards.

Cast

Chiranjeevi as Ramudu
Sudhakar as Koti Nagulu
Madhavi as Roopa
Kavitha as Sita
Narayana Rao as Gireesham
Kanta Rao as Pratapa Rao
Giribabu as Forest Guard
Srilakshmi as Roopa's friend
Raavi Kondala Rao as priest
Mada Venkateswara Rao as Daivadheenam
Vankayala Satyanarayana as Raghavulu
Jhansi as Chukkamma

Soundtrack

"Aadindhi Ooru", singers S.P. Balu, P.Susheela, lyricist C. Narayana Reddy^[4]
"Choopullo Chuttesi", singers: S.P. Balu, P. Susheela. lyricist C. Narayana Reddy^[4]
"Horugalilo", lyricist C. Narayana Reddy^[4]
"Kodi Koose Podde Poddu", lyricist C. Narayana Reddy^[4]
"Pairagali Paita Laguthunte", singers S.P. Balu, P. Susheela, lyricist Jaladi Rajarao
"Vachi Poraa Rangaa", lyricist C. Narayana Reddy^[4]

Awards

Nandi Awards - 1981^[5]

Third Best Feature Film - Bronze - M. Balayya
Second Best Story Writer - M. Balayya

References

^ "Chiranjeevi movie list - Telugu Cinema hero".
^ "Chiranjeevi Filmography". 5 July 2010.
^ staff. "Ooriki Ichina Maata (U)". Filmibeat. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e staff. "music: Ooriki Ichina Maata(1981)". Cineradham. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)