Adavi Ramudu (2004 film)

Adavi Ramudu is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film which was directed by B. Gopal. Prabhas and Aarti Agarwal played the lead roles. The film features a love story between a tribal youth and his childhood sweetheart. This was Prabhas' next movie immediately after the success of Varsham. Upon release, it received mostly negative reception from the critics and audience alike and was a flop at the box-office. The film was later dubbed into Hindi as The Strong Man Badal in 2009. This was V. S. R. Swamy's final film as cinematographer before his death in 2008.

Plot
In her childhood, Madhu befriends a boy in a village. Her uncle comes and insults the boy for being a tribal. Madhu then tells him to get an education so people will respect him more. 10 years later, the boy Ramu returns to college, where he meets its most wanted woman Madhu, who falls in love with him. Later, she reveals in her birthday party that she was the childhood girl who told him to be an educated person. However, Madhu's mother, Tribhuvna, insults him and throws him out of her party and house. Tribhuvna is a hot-minded woman who can do whatever she wants by using either mafia or politics. She wants to kill Ramu. What happens then is the rest of the movie.

Cast

 * Prabhas as Ramu
 * Aarti Agarwal as Madhu
 * Brahmanandam as Puli Raja
 * Ranganath as Madhu's father
 * Telangana Shakuntala as Tribhuvna, Madhu's mother
 * Sai Kumar
 * Nassar as Peddayana, tribal leader
 * Venu Madhav as Hanumanth
 * Ajay Rathnam
 * Rajeev Kanakala
 * Ravi Babu
 * Narsing Yadav
 * Siva Reddy
 * G. V. Sudhakar Naidu
 * Bandla Ganesh
 * Banerjee
 * Seema
 * Prabhakar
 * Malladi Raghava
 * Deepak Jethi
 * Ramya Krishna in item number

Production
The film was launched on 22 May 2003 at Annapurna Studio's glasshouse. Krishnam Raju switched on the camera and Dr. Rama Naidu directed the first shot.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Mani Sharma and released by Aditya Music. The song "Aresukoboye" was remixed from the 1977 film of the same name; S. P. Balasubrahmanyam reprises his role as the lead male singer.

Reception
A critic from Sify wrote that "After seeing one feels that B.Gopal has to grow beyond his outdated formula films and bring out something refreshing". Idlebrain wrote "First half of the film is ok. Second half is boring. The plus point of the film is good action sequences. This film suffers with bad story and direction. 'Adavi Ramudu' is a disappointment from B Gopal and Prabhas". Full Hyderabad wrote "On the whole, this Adavi Ramudu feels like dead, decaying matter. It also looks like it".