# Bahudoorapu Batasari

Bahudoorapu Batasari (transl. Distant Nomad) is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sujatha with music composed by Ramesh Naidu. The film was recorded as a Super Hit at the box office. The film won two Nandi Awards.

## Plot

The film begins with Prasad, a sincere police officer, who lives with his ideal wife, Prabha, two sons, Bhanu & Raja, and a deaf & dumb daughter, Suhasini. The couple sacrifices their basic needs to provide a better life for their children. As time passes, Prasad arranges marriages for them with their love interests: Raja with Geeta, Bhanu with Julie, and Suhasini with Narayana Rao, who shares the same disability and is the son of the wealthy Madhusudhan Rao. Parallelly, as a glimpse, Avataram Prasad's bestie perturbs his family, Sahastrakoti Suryaprabha & 3 sons, with his misery, who also forges his father's death. Meanwhile, Prasad seizes Madhusudhan Rao’s dark shade despite his menacing. Wheraat, his elder, Eeswar, is knocked out in a police encounter. Prasad's leg was also amputated in cross-firing and compulsorily retired. Now, he depends on children, but they abandon him, and her in-laws expel Suhasini. Things get worse as Prasad is submerged in debt and seeks aid from his kids. Here, the ungrateful children want to split with their parents. Then, enraged, Prasad boots them and decides to start a new life. During that plight, Prasad rescues a richer Satyanarayana who invests in Prasad. Soon, with his hardship, Prasad becomes a tycoon. Besides, Avataram's children detect their grandfather and teach a lesson to their father. Following this, Prasad revives Suhasini's marital life when his sons try to patch with him for the wealth, but in vain. As a last attempt, they play a suicide drama. Knowing it, Prabha rushes, whom Prasad bars, gazing at them when she chucks with him. Later, she is conscious of actuality and detests them. She backs up when distressed Prasad quits as a distant nomad, entrusting totality to her. At last, Prabha accompanies him when Avataram reforms their children, who arrive and plead pardon. Finally, the movie ends with Prasad & Prabha continuing their journey, affirming the children that they should return to self-reliance.

## Cast

* Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Prasad
* Sujatha as Prabha
* Dasari Narayana Rao as Avataram
* Gummadi as Prasad's father
* Prabhakar Reddy as Madhusudhan Rao
* Jaggayya as Prabha's father-in-law
* Allu Ramalingaiah as Avataram's father
* Bhanu Chander as Bhanu
* Ramakrishna as Prabha's brother-in-law
* Peketi Sivaram as Siva
* Narayana Rao as Murali Krishna
* Raja as Raja
* Eeswar Rao as Eeswar Rao
* Vanakayala Satyanarayana as Satyanarayana
* R. Narayana Murthy as Avataram's elder son
* Chitti Babu as Avataram's younger son
* Sumalatha as Julie
* Suhasini as Subhashini
* Rama Prabha as Sahastrakoti Suryaprabha
* Jayamalini as Ananda Bhairavi
* Pushpalata as Prasad's mother
* Mamatha as Mangatayaru
* Krishnaveni as Saraswathi

## Soundtrack

Music composed by Ramesh Naidu. Lyrics were written by Dasari Narayana Rao. Music released on ACE Audio Company.
| S. No. | Song Title | Singers | length |
| 1 | "Pampanadhi Theerana" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:49 |
| 2 | "Evaru Evaro" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela | 5:55 |
| 3 | "Meghama" | P. Susheela | 4:40 |
| 4 | "Alamatinchi Pothunanu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,Vani Jayaram | 4:35 |
| 5 | "Ekkadi Thalupulu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 3:38 |

## Awards
### Nandi Awards - 1983

* Best Male Playback Singer - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
* Best Story Writer - Palagummi Padmaraju & R.K. Dharma Raju

## Other

* VCDs and DVDs on - SHALIMAR Video Company, Hyderabad