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Khaidi (transl. Prisoner) is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. It stars Chiranjeevi and Madhavi. The film is loosely based on the 1982 American film First Blood.[4] Released on 28 October 1983, the film was a massive commercial success and Chiranjeevi rose to stardom. In 1984, it was remade in Hindi as Qaidi, and in Kannada under the same title, with Madhavi reprising her role both times.

Khaidi
Theatrical poster
Directed by	A. Kodandarami Reddy
Screenplay by	A. Kodandarami Reddy
Story by	Paruchuri brothers
Produced by	K. Dhanunjaya Reddy K. Narasa Reddy S. Sudhakara Reddy
Starring	Chiranjeevi Madhavi
Cinematography	Lok Singh
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by	K. Chakravarthy
Production company	Samyukta Movies
Release date	28 October 1983 (1983-10-28)
Running time	157 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹0.25 crore[2]
Box office	₹8 crore[3]

Plot

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Veerabhadraiah is a feudal lord presiding over a village along with his henchmen, which include his assistant and the village sarpanch. Veerabhadraiah lends money to Venkateswarlu, a local farmer living with his widowed daughter. His son Suryam is a hard working student living in the nearby city and he falls in love with Veerabhadraiah's daughter – Madhulatha. Realising this, Veerabhadraiah asks Venkateswarlu to ask his son to stop seeing his daughter, to which Venkateswarlu does not agree. Veerabhadraiah kills Venkateswarlu and asks Suryam to pay the money which he had given as a loan. Suryam asks for some time and with the help of his elder sister raises crops to repay. Just as the crops are ready for harvest, Veerabhadraiah and his henchmen not only destroy the crop but also try to sexually abuse Suryam's sister, during which she commits suicide. Being the village head, Veerabhadraiah implicates Suryam in the death of his sister, saying that he was forcing her into prostitution, due to which his sister committed suicide. Suryam is arrested by the Police. The rest of the movie deals with how Suryam escapes from jail and with the help of Sujatha, a doctor, he avenges the decimation of his family.

Cast

• Chiranjeevi as Suryam[5]
• Madhavi as Madhulatha[2]
• Rao Gopal Rao as Veerabhadraiah[5]
• Sumalatha as Sujatha[5]
• Nutan Prasad as Munsiff[5]
• Rallapalli as Sarma[2]
• Ranganath as Police Inspector Dinesh[2]
• Chalapathi Rao as Forest officer[2]
• P. L. Narayana as Venkateswarlu[5]
• Chidathala Appa Rao as the barber[2]
• Samyuktha as Rosy[2]
• Sangeetha as Suryam's elder sister[2]
• Suthivelu as Beggar[2]
• Sivaprasad as Beggar[2]

Production

Development

The film presenter M. Tirupathi Reddy and director A. Kodandarami Reddy contemplated doing a film together with Chiranjeevi starring. Tirupathi Reddy asked the Paruchuri brothers to develop a story based on the American film First Blood (1982), and they did so; Kodandarami Reddy wrote the screenplay, and the Paruchuri brothers wrote the dialogues. In the original script, the protagonist was a villager, but in the final script he was written as a student. The title Khaidi was Tirupathi Reddy's choice. The film was produced by K. Dhanunjaya Reddy, S. Sudhakar Reddy and K. Narasa Reddy under Samyukta Movies, photographed by Lok Singh and edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao.[2][6]

Casting and filming

Madhavi had never worked with Kodandarami Reddy before; as a result, Tirupathi Reddy decided to cast her as the lead actress of Khaidi. Tirupathi Reddy was impressed with actress Nitya's performance in a Tamil film, and cast her as the character Rosy; the actress was renamed Samyuktha to match the production company's name. Principal photography began at Prasad Film Labs on 30 April 1983, with the muhurat shot involving Chiranjeevi and Madhavi. The film was predominantly shot in the village Rebala, while the climax was taken at Porur. Principal photography was completed within three schedules over the course of 40 working days. Chiranjeevi was paid ₹175,000, Madhavi and Kodandarami Reddy received ₹40,000 each.[2][6]

Soundtrack

The music was composed By K. Chakravarthy. All lyrics were penned by Veturi.[7]

Release and reception

Khaidi was released on 28 October 1983.[2] The film was a massive commercial success, grossing around ₹8 crore (equivalent to ₹115 crore or US$14 million in 2020),[3] and Chiranjeevi rose to stardom.[8] The title of the film was considered "lucky" for Chiranjeevi, and used for two subsequent, unrelated films starring him: Khaidi No. 786 (1988) and Khaidi No. 150 (2017).[9]

Remakes

In 1984, Khaidi was remade in Hindi as Qaidi, and in Kannada under the same title. Madhavi reprised her role in both remakes.[10][11]

References

Bibliography

• Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema. British Film Institute and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.

External links

• Khaidi at IMDb

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