| Pasivadi Pranam | |
| Studio: | Geetha Arts |
| Story: | Fazil |
| Screenplay: | A. Kodandarami Reddy |
| Starring: | Chiranjeevi Vijayashanti Sumalatha Raghuvaran Babu Antony Sujitha |
| Director: | A. Kodandarami Reddy |
| Producer: | Allu Aravind |
| Cinematography: | Lok Singh |
| Editing: | M. Vellaiswamy |
| Distributor: | Geetha Arts |
| Music: | K. Chakravarthy |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Telugu |
| Gross: | [1] |
Pasivadi Pranam is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language thriller film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy, starring Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, Raghuvaran and Sujitha. The film was produced by Allu Aravind under Geetha Arts banner. It was a remake of the Malayalam film Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal (1986).[2]
Released on 23 July 1987, the film was a commercial success and became the highest-grossing Telugu film at the time, collecting a distributors' share of over .[3] [4]
Madhu, a painter, becomes a drunkard when his wife dies in an accident immediately after their marriage. He leads a careless life until a deaf-mute child enters his life. He names him Raja and takes care of him. However, he continues to drink.
It is revealed that Raja's parents were murdered by Chakravarthy and his assistant Ranjith. Raja was a witness to the crime so Chakravarthy tries to kill him too. Geeta meets Madhu in a shopping centre and thinks Raja is his son. She fights with them when Raja accidentally breaks her just-purchased gift. She later realises her mistake and comes to Madhu's house to apologise. She befriends Raja and gradually falls for Madhu. Later she learns that Raja is actually her sister's son.
Chakravarthy and Ranjith keep trying to kill Raja and they are almost successful when Madhu is drunk one night, but Madhu saves him at the last minute. This event changes him and he gives up drinking. Madhu is accused of murder and kidnapping and is arrested. Geeta and her father try to have him released, but the police don't as another case is filed on him. Eventually the villains are killed after the truth is revealed. Madhu and Geetha marry and adopt Raja.
All songs were composed by K. Chakravarthy with lyrics written by Acharya Aatreya and Veturi. Vocals by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela and S. Janaki. With the song "Chakkani Chukkala" Chiranjeevi officially introduced break dance to India.
| Song | Playback Singers | Lyrics | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Satyam Shivam Sundaram" | 4:16 | |||
| "Andam Sharanam" | Acharya Aatreya | 4:15 | ||
| "Idedo Golaga" | 4:19 | |||
| "Kashmiri Loyalo" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & S. Janaki | Veturi | 4:32 | |
| "Chakkani Chukkala" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & S. Janaki | Veturi | 4:32 |
The film collected a share of over in its theatrical run.[5]
This movie was Chiranjeevi's first silver-jubilee hit. It had a 175-day run in Prathap theatre on five daily shows (still the record), in Tirupathi. In those days, a Telugu movie running for more than 100 days with four daily shows was difficult due to the introduction of the slab system by AP State govt. In 1984. This film set record of a Telugu movie has a run of 100 days with five shows per day in 3 centres (Tirupati, Nellore, Anathapur). Previously another Telugu movie ran in two centres for 100 days with 5 shows per a day (Tirupati, Anathapur).[6] It became the first South Indian movie to be dubbed into Russian language. In 1982, Russian people enjoyed the dance of Mithun Chakraborty in Disco Dancer. Again, in 1987, they felt the same with Chiranjeevi's dance. . Due to the influence of this film, later, Chiranjeevi and K.Viswanath's "Swayamkrushi" was also dubbed into Russian language.