Aatmabalam

Aatmabalam

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Tatineni Prasad
Produced by J.M. Naidu
K. Muthayala Rao
Written by Ganesh Patro (dialogues)
Screenplay by Tatineni Prasad
Story by Subhash Ghai
Based on Karz (1980)
Starring Nandamuri Balakrishna
Bhanupriya
Music by Chakravarthy
Cinematography Navakanth
Edited by K. Satyam
Production
company
Sri Valli Productions[1]
Release dates
  • 11 January 1985 (1985-01-11)
Running time
 123 minutes
Country India
Language Telugu

Aatmabalam (English: Power of Soul) is a 1985 Telugu thriller film directed by Tatineni Prasad and produced by J.M. Naidu and K. Muthayala Rao on Sri Valli Productions banner. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Bhanupriya in the lead roles and music was composed by Chakravarthy. The film is remake of Hindi Movie Karz (1980).[2] The film recorded as flop at box office.

Plot

Vairi Vijaya Venkata Lakshmi Narayana Bhupathi, father of Anand Kumar Bhupathi (Sarath Babu) was a rich man in Ooty, whose property was unjustly usurped by Puligaolla Varhavataram (M. N. Nambiar) after his death. Anand wins a legal battle against Varhavataram. Thereafter Anand has fallen in love with Maya (Silk Smita), a gold-digger working covertly for Varhavataram. Here, Anand tells his mother Rani Vijaya Durga Devi (Anjali Devi) that he is going to get married & coming back to get her blessings along with Maya. On their way to Ooty, Maya throws Anand off the cliff near a small temple of Goddess Kali. Two decades later, Durga Prasad (Nandamuri Balakrishna) famous pop singer, an orphan raised by P. J. Naidu (Mikkilineni), is the re-incarnation of Anand's soul. He falls in love with a girl Vaishali (Bhanupriya) in first sight at a party.

One day while performing a musical light Durga Prasad plays a tune fond of Anand, which activates some of Anand's memories subconsciously present in him. While singing a song in his show, he suffers a nervous breakdown & is advised a vacation in some remote place. He chooses Ooty, partly because Vaishali lives there. There, his inherited memories become intense when he sees all the locations of these memories and also recognizes Maya. Vaishali tells him that she was brought up by her Rani Mayadevi at the behest of her uncle Kabir (Satyanarayana). In truth, Kabira was sentenced to life imprisonment and is about to be released, where after Durga Prasad wins his permission to court Vaishali. Kabir later reveals to him that Vaishali's father learned some deadly secret about the Kali temple, Maya, and Anand Kumar Bhupathi, for which Maya's brother killed him. In retaliation, Kabir killed Maya's brother & blackmailed her to raise Vaishali with proper education, by pretending to know the secret. Durga Prasad has also learned previously that Anand's mother & his sister were ousted unjustly from their house by Maya & her brother. He tells the whole story to Kabir, who offers to find Anand's estranged family, with whom Durga Prasad is united. Realizing that Maya is a puppet of Varhavataram, Durga Prasad gradually convinces himself and slowly, a rift is caused between her & Varhavataram. Finally, in the local school opened by the Bhupathi family, an inauguration of a hall in the memory of Anand is planned by the school. Maya has to do the inauguration where Durga Prasad & Vaishali perform at the function, where they dramatize Anand's story.

Maya is horrified to see Anand's mother & sister, and flees, when Durga Prasad confronts her, Maya confesses to Anand's murder, which the police record; whereupon Varhavataram captures Vaishali and asks Maya in exchange. Just as the exchange is about to take place, Varhavataram tries to burn down Durga Prasad's family, but Durga Prasad saves them and kills him in a fire. Maya escapes through the jeep. Pursued by Durga Prasad, she attacks him at the same Kali temple but falls to her own death. In the end, Durga Prasad marries Vaishali.

Cast

Soundtrack

Aatmabalam
Film score by Chakravarthy
Released 1985
Genre Soundtrack
Length 21:39
Label Saptaswar Audio
Producer Chakravarthy
Chakravarthy chronology
Kathanayakudu
(1985)		 Aatmabalam
(1985)		 Babai – Abbai
(1985)

Music was composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy and music was released on Audio Company.

S.NoSong Title Singers length
1 Aakasha Veedhilo SP Balu 4:30
2 Chaligadu Vanikistunte SP Balu, P. Susheela 4:26
3 Chali Chaliga SP Balu 4:32
4 Oka Vennela Chinnela SP Balu, P. Susheela 4:14
5 Om Shanthi Om SP Balu 3:57

References

  1. ↑ "Titles". Chithr.com.
  2. ↑ "Heading". gomolo.
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