Chiranjeevi starrer Khaidi is the trendsetting film of Tollywood and it was the first major sensational hit movie by Chiranjeevi directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy.The movie was released on 28 October 1983 and completes 30 years today
It became a major blockbuster and a turning point in Chiranjeevi's career winning unlimited fan following.On the eve of the film completing thirty years, here are some of the interesting facts about the film:
The film's shooting was started at Prasad Labs on May 10, 1983, with the muhurtam shot on Chiranjeevi and Madhavi. (It was the continuation scene of Menaka-Vishwamitra song vedam, naadam..., where Madhavi asks Chiranjeevi about their love). The film was completed in three schedules. The number of shooting days were forty; forty film rolls were exposed for the movie
The film strengthened one of the super hit on screen pairs in Telugu Cinema- Chiranjeevi and Madhavi. Their excellent chemistry and the song Ragulothondhi Mogali Podha became an all-time hit.
The basic plot for the film began with presenter Tirupathi Reddy liking the popular Hollywood film First Blood featuring Sylvester Stallone as Rambo. He asked dialogue writers Paruchuri Brothers to design a story based on a similar content and that is how Khaidi came into existence.
The black dress costume of Chiranjeevi was his own idea! In the last minute, Chiru got a black trouser and black t-shirt from the house, took off the sleeves of the shirt and had the belt above the t-shirt. The getup clicked so much that he became a Khaidi in the hearts of lakhs of audiences with this movie.
The remuneration for Chiranjeevi in the film was Rs.1,75,000.00, Madhavi Rs.40,000.00 and Sumalatha Rs.20,000.00 respectively. The director Kodandarami Reddy got Rs.40,000.00. The film was made on high production values and could not gain much profit initially, but the film tremendously grew on the audience as time went by.
From Khaidi, Chiranjeevi- Lok Singh (Cinematographer) Kodandarami Reddy combination rocked the Telugu land, with a series of hit films throughout the 80s decade such as Abhilasha, Challenge, Vijetha, Rakshasudu, Pasivadi Pranam, Donga Mogudu to name some of them
The film was later remade in Kannada and in Hindi too. Vishnuvardham did in Kannada while Padmalaya brought the rights for Hindi and made it with Jitendra there. Madhavi played the lead role in all three languages.
It became a major blockbuster and a turning point in Chiranjeevi's career winning unlimited fan following.On the eve of the film completing thirty years, here are some of the interesting facts about the film:
The film's shooting was started at Prasad Labs on May 10, 1983, with the muhurtam shot on Chiranjeevi and Madhavi. (It was the continuation scene of Menaka-Vishwamitra song vedam, naadam..., where Madhavi asks Chiranjeevi about their love). The film was completed in three schedules. The number of shooting days were forty; forty film rolls were exposed for the movie
The film strengthened one of the super hit on screen pairs in Telugu Cinema- Chiranjeevi and Madhavi. Their excellent chemistry and the song Ragulothondhi Mogali Podha became an all-time hit.
The basic plot for the film began with presenter Tirupathi Reddy liking the popular Hollywood film First Blood featuring Sylvester Stallone as Rambo. He asked dialogue writers Paruchuri Brothers to design a story based on a similar content and that is how Khaidi came into existence.
The black dress costume of Chiranjeevi was his own idea! In the last minute, Chiru got a black trouser and black t-shirt from the house, took off the sleeves of the shirt and had the belt above the t-shirt. The getup clicked so much that he became a Khaidi in the hearts of lakhs of audiences with this movie.
The remuneration for Chiranjeevi in the film was Rs.1,75,000.00, Madhavi Rs.40,000.00 and Sumalatha Rs.20,000.00 respectively. The director Kodandarami Reddy got Rs.40,000.00. The film was made on high production values and could not gain much profit initially, but the film tremendously grew on the audience as time went by.
From Khaidi, Chiranjeevi- Lok Singh (Cinematographer) Kodandarami Reddy combination rocked the Telugu land, with a series of hit films throughout the 80s decade such as Abhilasha, Challenge, Vijetha, Rakshasudu, Pasivadi Pranam, Donga Mogudu to name some of them
The film was later remade in Kannada and in Hindi too. Vishnuvardham did in Kannada while Padmalaya brought the rights for Hindi and made it with Jitendra there. Madhavi played the lead role in all three languages.