Maa Bhoomi

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Maa Bhoomi
Poster
Directed byGoutam Ghose
Screenplay byB. Narsing Rao
Goutam Ghose
Dialogue by
  • Partho Banerjee
    Praan Rao
Based onJab Khet Jage
by
Saradhi Studios
Distributed byChaithanya Chithra International
Release date
  • 23 March 1979 (1979-03-23)
Running time
158 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Maa Bhoomi (transl. Our land) is a 1979 Indian Telugu-language social problem film directed by Goutam Ghose in his debut. The film is produced by B. Narsing Rao, who also wrote the film with Goutam Ghose. The film is based on the novel Jab Khet Jage by Krishan Chander on the Telangana Rebellion in Hyderabad State.[1] It depicts a typical life of villagers under feudalistic society in the Telangana region. The film features Sai Chand, Rami Reddy and Telangana Shakuntala in pivotal roles. The plot follows Ramayya, a landless peasant who joins the Telangana Rebellion of 1948.

Released on 23 March 1979, the film was a commercial success and had a theatrical run of over a year.

CNN-IBN's list of "hundred greatest Indian films of all time".[7]

Plot

The film follows the story of a young landless

Nizam as the region's governor. The Nizam, in turn, has appointed the Reddys and the Patils as the Zamindars (known locally as Doras) of the region who collect taxes among various other things for the Nizam. Further, the Nizam has granted them with titles, Jagirs
and judicial rights enabling them to seize thousands of acres of land from the peasants, turning them into tenants.

Ramayya rebels against the corrupt Nizam leadership in Hyderabad. When his wife has to submit to sexual coercion by the officials, he befriends the Communists and participates in the independence struggle. The peasants formed various paramilitary groups and launch guerilla warfare attacks across the region with country-made weapons. They raid and take over regional Dora bases across rural Telangana at night and burn all the land documents found in the bases in the open yard symbolising their triumph. Eventually, they take over the village after the Indian Independence.

The Doras manage to escape to

Operation Polo
in September 1948 and annexes the Telangana region back into the Indian Union. In independent India, the Zamindars (Doras) are returned to power by joining the Congress government. The Doras have abandoned the Nizam and pledged allegiance to the Congress Party.

Cast

Soundtrack

  • "Bandenaka Bandi Katti Padahaaru Bandlu Katti" written by Bandi Yadagiri
  • "Palletoori Pillagaada Pasalagaase Monagaada" (with titles) written by
    Suddala Hanumanthu
  • "Podala Podala Gatla Naduma, Podicinadhira Chandamama"

Awards

Nandi Awards[9]
Filmfare Awards South

References

  1. ^ "Award-winning B. Narasinga Rao brings quality to Telugu cinema". India Today.
  2. ^ Kishore, E Sai (15 March 2015). "35years on, still a benchmark". The Hans India.
  3. ^ "Filmtsav' 80 Pg 17" (PDF). DFF.
  4. ^ "8th IFFI Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Indian Panorama 1979–80" (PDF). DFF.
  6. ^ "Narsing Rao's films regale Delhi" (Press release). webindia123.com. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  7. ^ "100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time". Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  8. ^
    ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  9. ^ "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)

External links

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