Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Ooriki Monagadu (1981)

Ooriki Monagadu poster
Original title
ఊరుకి మొనగాడు
Directed by
K. Raghavendra Rao
Genre
action comedy film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 20m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man protects his village from outside threats. He takes on a powerful villain while winning the heart of a local woman.

fast-pacedenergeticlightheartedplayfulcheerfuldramaticexciting

What happens

Ooruki Monagadu (transl. Hero of the village) is a 1981 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Krishna and Jayaprada in the lead roles. It was a commercial success at the box office and became one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of 1981. The film marked the third collaboration between Krishna and director Raghavendra Rao, following their successful partnership in Bhale Krishnudu (1980) and Gharana Donga (1980). Ooruki Monagadu was later remade twice in Hindi as Himmatwala: first in 1983 and again in 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?