Driver Ramudu
Driver Ramudu is a 1979 Indian Telugu-language action-drama film, produced by Nandamuri Harikrishna under the Ramakrishna Cine Studios banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Jayasudha and music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was released in 35 centres across Andhra Pradesh on 2 February 1979. The film was remade in Tamil as "Lorry Driver Rajakannu". Plot. Ramu (N.T. Rama Rao) is a lorry driver who personally does not tolerate injustice anywhere. With his hard work, he soon becomes a lorry owner. He has a blind sister Meena (Roja Ramani) to  whom he is very affectionate. A police inspector by the name of Raja Reddy (Sridhar), admiring Ramu's sincerity and truthfulness, comes forward to marry the blind girl. Meanwhile, Chukkamma (Jayasudha) runs a small hotel on the highway, and Ramu falls in love with her. Ramu renders help to one of Chukkamma's relatives, another lorry driver named Vasu (Satyanarayana). They become good friends. Kamal Babu (Mohan Babu) soon enters the scene, implicates Ramu in a smuggling case and succeeds in sending him to jail. How Ramu manages to prove his innocence and brings the story to its logical, happy  end constitutes the rest of the narrative. Soundtrack. Music composed by Chakravarthy. Music released on SAREGAMA Audio Company. Reception. The film celebrated a 100-day run at 14 centres and a silver jubilee (25 weeks) at 2 centres.