Vande Mataram (1985 film)

Vande Mataram is a 1985 Indian Telugu-language film written and directed by T. Krishna, and produced Krishna Chitra. It stars Vijayashanti and Rajasekhar, with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film is the debut of actor Rajasekhar into the Telugu film industry.

The popular song Vandemataram in the film, written by C. Narayana Reddy was first written much earlier, published in a magazine, made popular by singers of Praja Natya Mandali. The singer Srinivas who sang the song was later called Vandemataram Srinivas. The film won two Nandi Awards.

Cast

 * Vijayashanti as Shanthi
 * Dr. Rajashekar as Satyam
 * Rajendra Prasad as Dr.G. N. Kal /Nukaal
 * Suthi Veerabhadra Rao
 * Suthi Velu as Lakchanna
 * Sakshi Ranga Rao as Brahmaiah
 * P. L. Narayana as Manikyam
 * Narra Venkateswara Rao as Eeswaraiah
 * Saikumar
 * Sai Chand as Maridaiah
 * Benerjee
 * Ramaraju
 * Bhimeswara Rao as Bhushanam
 * Chitti Babu as Papaiah
 * Ramana Reddy
 * Muthyala Subbaiah
 * Pushpa Kumari
 * Dubbing Janaki as Mahalakshmi
 * Lakshmi Priya
 * Shaheeda
 * Bindu Madhavi
 * Devi as Seetalu
 * Vaani as Kamalamma
 * Nirmalamma as Satyam's grandmother
 * Jayamalini as item number
 * Anuradha as item number

Soundtrack
Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by C. Narayana Reddy, Dasam Gopalakrishna (Allatappa) and Adrushta Deepak (Naa Peru Palleturu). Music released on AVM Audio Company.

Awards

 * Nandi Awards
 * Third Best Feature Film - Bronze - Y. Anil Babu
 * Best Supporting Actor - Suthivelu