# Madana Gopaludu

Madana Gopaludu is a 1987 Telugu-language drama film, produced by V. Ramakrishna and P. Surendra Nath Reddy under the Sri Sailaja Combines banner and directed by P. S. Krishna Mohan Reddy. It stars Rajendra Prasad, Ramya Krishna and music composed by Sivaji Raja.

## Plot

The film begins in a village where an orthodox Brahmin, Rama Chary, is the proudest and works as a temple priest. Gopalam, his son, walks to the town for higher education and becomes a debauchery. He submerges in drinking, smoking, and erotic encounters with numerous girls. Yet, Gopalam poses a genuine heart and aids his destitute mate, Dasu, by all means. Dasu always pleads with him to divert his path, which he deaf ears.
Once, the two proceed to the home, and Gopalam forges himself sagest, but his adoration towards his parents is veritable. He also entices a low-caste boatgirl, Gowri, who truly loves him. Besides, Syedulu, the rogue ruffian therein, lusts for her. Rama Chary engages Gopalam's alliance with his mate Ranga Chary's daughter Poornima, and she too endears him. Soon after Gopalam's return, his mother, Janaki, falls ill, and he neglects to obtain letters by spending time frolicking. Dasu resists & quits him as he cannot sustain his heinousness. Tragically, Seeta's health deteriorates & dies, and Gopalam is absent from her funeral. So, Rama Chary is forward and collapses, conscious about his son's dark shade. At that moment, Gopalam is devastated learning about the fatality when Rama Chary retrieves him. Now, Gopalam molds himself as a pure soul Sath Brahim and gains the temple priest post. Plus, his bridal arrangements with Poornima are in advance. It begrudges Poornima’s maternal uncle, Prabhanjanam, since he possesses evil intent on her. One night, an anonymous molests her, but she hides when the suspicion goes on Prabhanjanam.
Meanwhile, Gopalam's former malefic mates revert and seek to distract him, but in vain. However, Rama Chary misconstrues his son and passes away. Following this, the entire village ostracizes Gopalam, who turns terminally ill, and Gowri shields him. Exploiting it, Syedulu attributes infidelity to them, so Gopalam affirms to knit Gowri, despite caste patriarchies’s denial. As a flabbergast, Poornima accuses Gopalam of her betrayal, and the chieftains evict him for espousing her. Whereat, Gopalam unveils Syedulu as the actual killer, and by his threat, Poornima point-fingered him. At last, Poornima eliminates Syedulu through self-sacrifice. Finally, the movie ends happily with Gopalam leaving the village with Gowri.

## Cast

* Rajendra Prasad as Gopalam
* Ramya Krishna as Gowri
* Gollapudi Maruthi Rao as Ranga Chary
* J. V. Somayajulu as Rama Chary
* Suthi Veerabhadra Rao as Manmadha & Ramba (dual role)
* Narayana Rao as Dasu
* Balaji as Syedulu
* Pucha Poornanandam as Bhushaiah
* Rajyalakshmi as Poornima
* Radha Kumari as Ranga Chary's wife
* Mamatha as Subba Lakshmi
* Dubbing Janaki as Seeta

## Soundtrack

Music composed by Sivaji Raja. Lyrics were written by Acharya Aatreya. The music was released on AVM Audio Company.
| S. No. | Song Title | Singers | length |
| 1 | "Madana Gopaludu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:12 |
| 2 | "Kondavagai Kodenagai" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 4:01 |
| 3 | "Pramadala Aasala" | Vani Jayaram, S.P. Sailaja | 4:27 |
| 4 | "Vannava Chindi" | Madhavpeddi Ramesh, Chitra | 3:52 |
| 5 | "Brathakadam Neekentha" | P. Susheela | 4:35 |