| America Alludu | |
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| Directed by | K. Vasu |
| Written by | Satyanand (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | K. Vasu |
| Story by | Velcheru Narayana Rao |
| Produced by | Srilatha Vemuri Ramesh Babu Vemuri |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | M. V. Raghu |
| Edited by | Nayani Maheshwara Rao |
| Music by | K. Chakravarthy |
Production company | Chicago Films |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
America Alludu (transl. American son-in-law) is a 1985 IndianTelugu-languageromantic drama film directed byK. Vasu and starringSuman andBhanupriya.
Raju, a doctor in Chicago, marries hismaradalu (transl. cross cousin) Radha from the village. However, Radha is unable to adjust to the western lifestyle and frequently makes Raju uncomfortable. Due to a mistake made by Radha, a patient dies in Raju's hospital. With this, Raju leaves Radha and goes back to India. Radha single handedly takes care of their child. How Radha wins back Raju's heart forms the rest of the story.[2]
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The rest of the cast consists of Chicago-based artistes: Mutyala Padmasri, Prasanna, Sujatha, Chowdary, John Jones, and Ron.[2]
The film was produced by Chicago-based Dr. Ramesh Babu Vemuri.[3] He paid an advance toJandhyala, who eventually could not do the film since he did not have avisa. Vemuri askedK. Vasu to direct the film since he was already in the United States on vacation with a different story and cast. Vasu's acting role was initially supposed to be played byRallapalli, but he did not have a passport.[2]
N. T. Rama Rao, who was in the United States for bypass surgery, was present at the film'smuhurat shot. The film was shot for fifteen days in the United States mostly in Ramesh and his friends' houses andO'Hare International Airport in the Chicago metropolitan area apart fromBuffalo,Grand Canyon, Las Vegas (Hoover Dam), Los Angeles (Disneyland and Hollywood),Niagara Falls and Washington D. C. The climax shot inElgin featured a car chase of three cars. Twenty backup cars were arranged for each car in case of an accident. While shooting at theLincoln Memorial, the film crew was asked to show their film permit, and since they did not have it, stills were taken and used in the film. The village scenes were canned in ten days inKovur, India. The song "Naa Vaalujada Krishnaveni" was supposed to be shot in United States as per the story, but sinceSuman andBhanupriya were busy and the shooting for this film exceeded the fifteen day period, the song was shot atAVM Studios in India.[2]
The music was composed byK. Chakravarthy. All songs were written byVeturi except for "Tene Vennela Neeli Minnulaa" was written byNRI Velcheru Narayana Rao.[4][5] The song "Nee Vente Nenuntaa" is based onLaura Branigan's version of"Self Control", and was the first Telugu song to be made in the United States and feature graphics.[2]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Gomaata Maa Amma Godaari Gangamma" | P. Susheela | |
| 2. | "Tene Vennela Neeli Minnulaa" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,S. Janaki | |
| 3. | "Aalantu Annaaka Mogudantu Unnaaka" | P. Susheela | |
| 4. | "Nee Vente Nenuntaa" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,S. P. Sailaja | |
| 5. | "Naa Vaalujada Krishnaveni" | P. Susheela | |
| 6. | "Pranayama Pralayama" | S. P. Sailaja |
The film was expected to release at the end of March 1985,[3] but was delayed to 7 June 1985.[1] The film was a box office success and ran for a hundred days in ten theatres.[2]