Dabbuki Lokam Dasoham

1973 Indian film

12 January 1973 (1973-01-12)

Running time

172 minsCountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Dabbuki Lokam Dasoham (transl. The World is a Slave to Money) is a 1973 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by M. Jagannatha Rao under the S.V.S. Films banner^[1] and directed by D. Yoganand.^[2] It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Jamuna^[3] and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan.^[4]

Plot

The film begins in a village where Dharma Rao is a tyrant. Ramu is a well-informed youth who toils to enhance a more significant life and establishes a union. Plus, he impedes the enormities of Dharma Rao, his place where animosity arises. Meanwhile, Aruna, the nephew of Dharma Rao, backs accomplishing her education and endears Ramu, adoring his ideologies—however, Dharma Rao ruses to knit her with his debauch sibling Satyam to usurp the wealth. Ramu competes in the elections as backed by the village, but in vain since Dharma Rao prevails with his financial strength. He forges Ramu as an impostor for furtively espousing a girl named Lakshmi, but Aruna trusts him. Following, the blackguards slay her and incriminate Ramu. Further, Satyam molests his sister Tulasi, and she kills herself. In prison, Ramu befriends Lottery Babu & Race Raju. Once, Lottery segregates four tickets to his mates, and Ramu triumphs. Afterward, Race Raju & Lottery started a business on Ramu's behalf, which summits. Years roll by, and Ramu acquits when Race Raju & Lottery entrust the wealth to Ramu, which he refuses. Anyhow, Ramu enrages & avenges society by being aware of worse being harmed and aims to teach a lesson. So, he lands at the village as a straw man and moves knaves at his fingertips when Aruna hostilities him. Parallelly, Ramu provides an excellent deal for the town by creating a rift between the lowlifes and ceasing them by divulging their evils. At last, Ramu proclaims, A human should control the money, but not be a puppet in its hand, when Aruna actualizes his virtue. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Ramu & Aruna.

Cast

N. T. Rama Rao as Ramu
Jamuna as Aruna
S. V. Ranga Rao as President Dharma Rao
Relangi as Brahmananda Swamy
Satyanarayana as Satyam
Allu Ramalingaiah as Chalamaiah
Padmanabham as Lottery Babu
Mikkilineni as Durgaiah
Raavi Kondala Rao as Ekambaram
Sakshi Ranga Rao as Kodandam
Rama Prabha as Chittithalli
Leela Rani as Lakshmi
Vijaya Bhanu
Y. Vijaya as Tulasi
Nirmalamma

Soundtrack

Dabbuki Lokam Dasoham

Film score by

K. V. Mahadevan

Released

1973

Genre

Soundtrack

Length

33:16

Producer

K. V. Mahadevan

K. V. Mahadevan chronology

Badi Panthulu
(1972)

Dabbuki Lokam Dasoham
(1973)

Desoddharakulu
(1973)

Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan.

S. No.	Song Title	Lyrics	Singers	length
1	"Ek Do Teen"	Kosaraju	Ghantasala	4:26
2	"Gaali Okkanisommu Kaadu"	C. Narayana Reddy	Ghantasala, P. Susheela, Ramadevi	4:11
3	"Nuvvu Nenu"	C. Narayana Reddy	Ghantasala, P. Susheela	4:14
4	"Thaaguthaa Neeyavva"	Kosaraju	Madhavapeddi Satyam	4:14
5	"Chusthunava O Deva"	C. Narayana Reddy	Ghantasala	3:32
6	"Chepalani Vunadi"	Kosaraju	Pithapuram, L.R.Eswari	3:56
7	"Nuvvu Nenu"	C. Narayana Reddy	Ghantasala	3:28
8	"Dabbuku Lokam Daasoham"	C. Narayana Reddy	Madhavapeddi Satyam, Pithapuram, Mohan Raju, P. Benerjee	5:15