Maha Purushudu

Maha Purushudu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	P. Lakshmi Deepak
Written by	Jandhyala (dialogues)
Screenplay by	P. Lakshmi Deepak
Story by	Mahesh
Produced by	V. Roshini
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao Jayasudha Sujatha
Cinematography	Kannappa
Edited by	K. A. Marthand
Music by	Chakravarthy
Production company	Adithya Chitra[1]
Release date	21 November 1981 (1981-11-21)
Running time	144 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Maha Purushudu (transl. Great Man) is a 1981 Telugu-language drama film, produced by V. Roshini under the Adithya Chitra banner^[2] and directed by P. Lakshmi Deepak.^[3] It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Jayasudha, Sujatha^[4] and music composed by Chakravarthy.^[5][6] The film which was stuck in development hell received cold response from the people and ended up as a box office bomb.

Vijay, a tycoon, doted on his sibling Lakshmi and reared her under the light of love. Murali is an upright taxi driver and the breadwinner of his family, containing his greedy mother Kantamma, sister Kanakam, & loaf brother-in-law Tata Rao. Meanwhile, Dharma Rao, the sly manager of Vijay ploys, usurps his wealth by knitting his vagabond son Manmadha Rao with Lakshmi. Once, Manmadha Rao inflicts Lakshmi when Murali secures her and endears him. Vijay crushes on a beauty, Padma, a millionaire Lakshmipati's daughter. Vijay fixes a prosperous alliance with his sister, but conscious of her love affair, he settles the match with Murali. Just before Manmadha Rao attempts to splice Lakshmi forcibly, Vijay arrives, sentences him with his father, and grandly performs the nuptial. Nevertheless, Murali continues in his simple world, and Lakshmi proceeds to her in-laws' house and faces asperity by harridan Kantamma. Vijay discerns it and bestows half of his property to Murali. Meanwhile, the blackguards release whose ruse bankrupts Vijay. Whereat, Lakshmipati detaches him from Padma by the fallacy that she desists him, and figuring it, Padma quits the house. Thus, Vijay lands at Lakshmi but goes on further as mortified by Kantamma. Being aware of it, Murali rushes to retrieve Vijay when they are clutched to the dark outfit of Dharma Rao & Manmadha Rao and indicted in a murder conviction. Here, Murali is penalized, and Vijay is declared dead in the encounter. Following, Manmadha Rao evilly schemes Tata Rao and throws him into debt when Kantamma pesters Lakshmi to endorse her property, which she denies. During that, Kantamma's idiosyncrasy made Lakshmi blind. Moreover, she has been maltreated, and Manmadha Rao tries to molest her. She absconds and is guarded by Vijay, who escaped from death. Now, he aims to regain his sister's vision and sets out, meets Padma, learns the fact, and entrusts Lakshmi to her. At last, Vijay proves non-guilty, acquits Murali, and ceases baddies. Finally, the movie ends happily with the marriage of Vijay & Padma.

• N. T. Rama Rao as Vijay
• Jayasudha as Padma
• Sujatha as Lakshmi
• Murali Mohan as Murali
• Satyanarayana as Manmatha Rao
• Prabhakar Reddy as Lakshmipathi
• Padmanabham
• P. L. Narayana as Dharma Rao
• Eswara Rao
• Jagga Rao
• Suryakantham as Kanthamma
• Mamatha as Kanakam
• Jayamalini as item number

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Music released by SEA Records Audio Company.