Badi Panthulu

A respected school teacher moves with his family to his hometown and faces challenges with undisciplined children, corrupt leaders, family betrayal, mistreatment, and false accusations, but ultimately finds redemption, forgiveness, and a happy ending with the help of a mischievous boy who grows up to become a police officer. Badi Panthulu is a 1972 Indian Telugu-language Drama Family motion picture featuring N. T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi, Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri, Kongara Jaggaiah, Ramakrishna, Rajababu and Sridevi Kapoor. Triveni Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) P. Perraju. Badi Panthulu is written by Puhalendi, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, P. Susheela and D. V. Narasa Raju and it is directed by P. Chandrasekhara Reddy. Badi Panthulu was released on 4th April 1972 and takes a screen time of 165 minutes. The screenplay for the movie was written by P. Chandrasekhara Reddy. Cinematography was done by K. S. Prasad and editing by V. Anki Reddy. The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. At the 1973 South Filmfare Awards It won an award for Best Actor (Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri).