Allu Ramalingaiah

Acting

Allu Ramalingaiah

Born — Died

1922-10-01 — 2004-07-31

Place of birth

Palakollu, Andhra Pradesh

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Allu Ramalingaiah (October 1, 1922 – July 31, 2004) was an Indian comic actor and homoeopathic physician who worked predominantly in Telugu cinema. A participant in the Indian independence movement and a seasoned stage artist, he made his feature film debut in the social drama *Puttillu* (1952). Across the 1950s and 1960s, he established himself as a versatile comedic character actor in notable productions, including the romantic comedy *Missamma* (1955), the fantasy epic *Mayabazar* (1957), the drama *Thodi Kodallu* (1957), and the comedy *Gundamma Katha* (1962). During the 1970s and 1980s, Ramalingaiah appeared in hundreds of commercial features, gaining particular prominence in character…

Known for

Manchi Manasulu poster
8.0

Venu is a very poor student and seeks to come out of the hostel by being unable to bear its expenses. Thus, he shifts to a lawyer Anand Rao's summer-house, who gives it to him free of cost. Venu has a brother who is a blacksmith and funds Venu's studies and his daughter's needs in their village. Anand Rao's wife doesn't agree to give their summer house to a bachelor, so Anand Rao insists that he is married.

Manchi Manasulu

1962

Sankarlal poster
9.0

A criminal, Chelladurai, frames the innocent Dharmalingam for a crime which leads to the latter being jailed. Years later, Dharmalingam returns to take revenge and establish contact with his family.

Sankarlal

1981

No artwork available
NR

The film begins with a ruffian, Naagulu, who resides in a labor colony where two charming girls, Rathalu & Taayaru, run tea stalls competitively and always squabble. Rathalu loves Naagulu, but he falls for Taayaru, and she does not reciprocate. Once, Naagulu spots a frustrated, unemployed guy, Murali, committing suicide since he is failing to feel his mother, Mahalakshmi, who strived hard for him. Naagulu shelters Murali when Taayaru starts endearing him. Knowing it, enraged Naagulu smacks & expels Murali and moves to Taayaru, where he gets her true heartstrings. Murali gets rich and ignores tayaaru. How is naagulu connected to murali and will murali taayaru end up with murali is the plot

Ravanude Ramudaithe

1979

No artwork available
7.0

Four men, Gopi (Naresh), Mohan (Rajesh), Krishna (Pradeep) and Murthy (Subhakar) fall for Seetha (Mahalakshmi), and try to impress her. One fine day they all go to Seetha and ask her whom she love. Then Seetha replies that it is Madhu (Kamalakar). They all are shocked. Then Seetha narrates the flashback. When Seetha was travelling in a bus, Madhu (Kamalakar) is standing beside her and when he is trying to give money to conductor his coin slips into Seetha's blouse. The conductor asks for change, but he has no change, the conductor asks him to get down. Madhu says he has an exam, then Seetha gets a ticket for him too. Seetha teaches music for Madhu's friend's sisters and some girls. There he proposes to her by showing a classical song in a music book. She responds with the same feeling by showing another song.

Rendu Jella Seetha

1983

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Seethapathi Samsaram

1978

Anbukku Naan Adimai poster
5.7

Two brothers get separated during their childhood; one grows up to become a police officer while the other turns into a gangster. Problems arise when the gangster takes the place of his brother.

Anbukku Naan Adimai

1980

Film credits

1990s · 11 titles

Choodalani Vundi poster
6.1

Ramakrishna arrives in Kolkata and takes up residence in Padmavathi's housing colony. While at first he seems happy and easy-going, soon his real reason for returning to Kolkata is revealed. He wants revenge!

Choodalani Vundi

1998

Chanti poster
6.6

Chanti is a 1992 Telugu film directed by Raviraja Pinisetty. The film stars Venkatesh, Meena, Nassar and Brahmanandam in lead roles.

Chanti

1992

Aapadbandhavudu poster
7.2

Madhava and Hema love each other but both suppress their feelings due to societal norms. When a horrific incident lands Hema in a mental asylum, Madhava risks everything to comes to her aid.

Aapadbandhavudu

1992

Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi poster
6.0

Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi (Telugu: అక్కడ అమ్మాయి ఇక్కడ అబ్బాయి) is a Telugu movie released on October 11, 1996. Power Star Pawan Kalyan, the younger brother of Megastar Chiranjeevi was introduced as hero to Telugu Film Industry with this movie. It also is the first movie for the heroine Yarlagadda Supriya who is the grand-daughter of Akkineni Nageswara Rao (Hero Sumanth's Sister). Pawan Kalyan got recognition for his martial arts performed in the movie. It is directed by E.V.V. Satyanarayana and produced by Allu Aravind under Geeta Arts Banner. The music of the movie is scored by Koti.

Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi

1996

Alludaa Majakaa poster
5.2

Sitaram, the son of a rich man, is robbed of his wealth by his enemies. Later, he is wrongly arrested for murder but manages to get out of jail and avenges the injustice done to him and his family.

Alludaa Majakaa

1995

Muta Mestri poster
7.0

A commoner catches the attention of the Chief Minister of a state when he takes on a criminal to protect the rights of vegetable sellers. Impressed, the Chief Minister asks him to enter politics, which he soon does, but there is a price to pay.

Muta Mestri

1993

Kaadhalan poster
6.7

Prabhu, a college student, falls in love with Shruthi, a governor's daughter. On knowing about their love affair, her father imprisons Prabhu and forbids him to meet Shruthi.

Kaadhalan

1994

Aa Okkati Adakku poster
7.3

A fantasist, Chitti Babu spurns honest work after an astrologer tells his greatness will come after marriage. He snags the heart of millionaire Royyala Naidu's daughter, Rambha, but the pragmatic Rao sets a royal ransom: one lakh rupees before Chitti Babu touches his queen. The battle lines are drawn: son-in-law's harebrained schemes clash with father-in-law's cunning traps, all while Rambha navigates the chaos with love and exasperation. Will prophecy prevail, or will hard work win the day?

Aa Okkati Adakku

1992

Parugo Parugu poster
9.0

The film stars Rajendra Prasad and Sruthi in lead roles. Based on Malik's novel of the same name.

Parugo Parugu

1994

Gang Leader poster
7.3

Rajaram, youngest of three brothers, owns up to another's crime in order to fund his middle brother's education. He is shattered when he learns about the culprits behind his eldest brother's murder.

Gang Leader

1991

Nirnayam poster
6.2

A crime-lord frames Raghuram, an innocent man, to hide his misdeeds. However, an undercover policeman, Vamsi, sets out to catch Raghuram but realises that he is not the culprit.

Nirnayam

1991

1980s · 18 titles

Sankarlal poster
9.0

A criminal, Chelladurai, frames the innocent Dharmalingam for a crime which leads to the latter being jailed. Years later, Dharmalingam returns to take revenge and establish contact with his family.

Sankarlal

1981

No artwork available
7.0

Four men, Gopi (Naresh), Mohan (Rajesh), Krishna (Pradeep) and Murthy (Subhakar) fall for Seetha (Mahalakshmi), and try to impress her. One fine day they all go to Seetha and ask her whom she love. Then Seetha replies that it is Madhu (Kamalakar). They all are shocked. Then Seetha narrates the flashback. When Seetha was travelling in a bus, Madhu (Kamalakar) is standing beside her and when he is trying to give money to conductor his coin slips into Seetha's blouse. The conductor asks for change, but he has no change, the conductor asks him to get down. Madhu says he has an exam, then Seetha gets a ticket for him too. Seetha teaches music for Madhu's friend's sisters and some girls. There he proposes to her by showing a classical song in a music book. She responds with the same feeling by showing another song.

Rendu Jella Seetha

1983

Anbukku Naan Adimai poster
5.7

Two brothers get separated during their childhood; one grows up to become a police officer while the other turns into a gangster. Problems arise when the gangster takes the place of his brother.

Anbukku Naan Adimai

1980

Mosagadu poster
5.5

Mosagadu is action drama based movie in which, Chiranjeevi acted as a villain in this movie  for the first time in his career.Sobhan babu and sridevi, who are in love with each other plan to marry soon . Chiru is a local rowdysheeter in their area who has a relationship with sridevi’s twin sister(dual role).Sridevi tries to keep herself away from his twin sister’s life style and sobhan decides to give her new life by marrying her. But, chiru has his eyes on sridevi also,but gets bashed up by sobhan few times.He develops personal grudge against them.Oneday, when sobhan and sridevi are about to get married in a temple,chiru spots her alone waiting for sobhan and he rapes her. Unable to bear this humiliation, she commits suicide and before she dies, sobhan reaches there and he vows to take revenge.In the end, sobhan kills chiru and is sentenced to death, and we are shown that sobhan meets sridevi in heaven.

Mosagadu

1980

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yuddham

1984

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rajakumar

1983

Superman poster
4.0

An orphaned boy is granted superpowers after praying to the god Hanuman.

Superman

1980

Guru Sishyulu poster
7.5

Brothers Kalyan and Gopi get separated at birth and grow up in different households. Years later, fate brings them together and they set out to exact revenge against their father's killer.

Guru Sishyulu

1981

Ramarajyamlo Bheemaraju poster
7.0

Krishna is a rich guy goes out act as a poor soul to help common man and helps Sridevi's family

Ramarajyamlo Bheemaraju

1983

Thrimoorthulu poster
7.0

Thrimoorthulu is a 1987 Telugu film directed by K Murali Mohan Rao. The film stars Venkatesh, Arjun Sarja, Rajendra Prasad and Shobana in lead roles.

Thrimoorthulu

1987

Subhalekha poster
6.8

Sujatha, a lecturer, stands up against the dowry system when a rich man comes to her house with a marriage proposal. But she doesn't have the support of her family and her actions have serious consequences.

Subhalekha

1982

Chantabbai poster
7.9

Panduranga Rao is a detective, who is popularly known as James Pond. His life takes an interesting turn when he is tasked to find a lady's long-lost brother.

Chantabbai

1986

Mundhadugu poster
10.0

Misunderstandings arise between two brothers because of their different ideologies. So their sons turns out to be enemies. They need to overcome all the misunderstandings to get united again.

Mundhadugu

1983

Trisulam poster
NR

The film deals with the social issues of literacy, women empowerment and development and comments on the importance of literacy in the Indian villages, which is important for the progress of the country. In the film, Madhukar and Jaggu are Hitler-like tyrants who rule over a small community with an iron hand. They prefer to keep the inhabitants illiterate, so that they can continue to oppress and abuse them over time. But one young lad, Ramu, educates himself secretly with the help of the local school-master, Srikanth. Years later, Ramu has grown up and is now a formidable force to reckon with. Madhukar and Jaggu see him as a threat and soon spin a web of lies and deceit around him, leaving him with no alternative except to retreat, leaving the poor villagers once again at their mercy of their oppressors.

Trisulam

1983

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Amrutha Kalasam

1981

No artwork available
6.6

A policeman attempts to discipline his rebellious son, but his efforts go in vain as his son starts resenting him.

Kondaveeti Simham

1981

Gharana Donga poster
7.5

A desperate smuggler, Ravi, battles a corrupt police officer and his gang while trying to protect his love, Radha

Gharana Donga

1980

Kirathakudu poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Kirathakudu

1986

1970s · 19 titles

No artwork available
NR

The film begins with a ruffian, Naagulu, who resides in a labor colony where two charming girls, Rathalu & Taayaru, run tea stalls competitively and always squabble. Rathalu loves Naagulu, but he falls for Taayaru, and she does not reciprocate. Once, Naagulu spots a frustrated, unemployed guy, Murali, committing suicide since he is failing to feel his mother, Mahalakshmi, who strived hard for him. Naagulu shelters Murali when Taayaru starts endearing him. Knowing it, enraged Naagulu smacks & expels Murali and moves to Taayaru, where he gets her true heartstrings. Murali gets rich and ignores tayaaru. How is naagulu connected to murali and will murali taayaru end up with murali is the plot

Ravanude Ramudaithe

1979

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Seethapathi Samsaram

1978

No artwork available
9.0

A man from a lower caste marries a terminally ill Brahmin woman to fulfil her last wish. However, she survives but when she meets his family, she judges them based on their lifestyle.

Balipeetam

1975

No artwork available
NR

A young boy in a historical town becomes a tourist guide to support his entire family. However, an elderly childless couple take a liking to him and want to adopt him.

Balaraju Katha

1970

No artwork available
NR

Janaki, the wife of a sepoy, lives in a village with her son and daughter. One night, when a drunkard tries to molest her, her son kills him with an axe.

Iddaru Asadhyule

1979

No artwork available
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Annadammula Savaal

1978

Naa Thammudu poster
10.0

Movie starring Shoban Babu, Kongara Jaggaiah and directed by K S Prakash Rao.

Naa Thammudu

1971

No artwork available
NR

While Principal Ravuji tells his students to fight corruption, Dharma, a corrupt politician, creates havoc in society by eliminating anybody who comes in his way.

Ida Lokam

1973

No artwork available
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tholireyi Gadichindi

1977

No artwork available
NR

Previously deserted by his loved ones for his failure, an idealist poet's life turns around when his work earns him glory. However, his family returns seeking a piece of the pie.

Mallepoovu

1978

Manasaakshi poster
NR

Manasaakshi (transl. Conscience) is a 1977 Indian Telugu-language social film, directed by Parvataneni Sambasiva Rao. It stars Krishna Ghattamaneni, Bharathi Rao, Kongara Jaggayya, Kantha Rao, and Sowcar Janaki, with music composed by J.V. Raghavulu.

Manasaakshi

1977

No artwork available
NR

A widowed mother of one falls in love with her servant, who is a married man. Meanwhile, the village chief lusts after her and plots a sinister scheme.

Kamalamma Kamatam

1979

Mutyala Muggu poster
7.0

A wealthy Sreedhar unexpectedly marries Lakshmi, but when he brings her home, they face the ire of his relatives who are intent on separating them.

Mutyala Muggu

1975

No artwork available
NR

Due to a familial dispute, Ramu is not allowed to marry his lady-love, Lalitha. He is then forced to marry Gouri who struggles to win him over.

Pooja

1975

Andala Ramudu poster
8.0

Ramudu, a honest man is loved by Seetha, daughter of J.B. Rao, a rich man. But J.B. Rao wants her to marry Giri. Ramu with the help of Seetha changes Rao and they get married in Sri Rama's abode.

Andala Ramudu

1973

Pandanti Kapuram poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pandanti Kapuram

1972

Sri Rajeshwari Vilas Coffee Club poster
8.0

A light breezy comedy about an unemployed Christian (Krishna) who finds employment with a brahmin coffee shop owner, posing as a brahmin. In time, the owner's daughter Jayaprada (absolutely bewitching), a devout Hindu, falls in love with Krishna. Padmanabham plays Krishna's brahmin friend who works at the coffee shop.

Sri Rajeshwari Vilas Coffee Club

1976

Bhakta Kannappa poster
10.0

The story of the famous Siva devotee, Kanappa.

Bhakta Kannappa

1976

Moratodu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Moratodu

1977

1960s · 7 titles

Manchi Manasulu poster
8.0

Venu is a very poor student and seeks to come out of the hostel by being unable to bear its expenses. Thus, he shifts to a lawyer Anand Rao's summer-house, who gives it to him free of cost. Venu has a brother who is a blacksmith and funds Venu's studies and his daughter's needs in their village. Anand Rao's wife doesn't agree to give their summer house to a bachelor, so Anand Rao insists that he is married.

Manchi Manasulu

1962

Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddhamu poster
7.0

After vanquishing the army of the Kauravas, the Pandava Brothers preside over Indraprastha, and Arjun takes a journey to worship Bhagwan Shri Shivji. It is during this journey that he will challenge Devrishi Narad that no one on Earth can instigate him to go against Bhagwan Shri Kishan. Arjun will soon have to mince his words when, on Subhadra's insistence, he will be compelled to take up arms and go to war against Kishanji in order to protect Chitrasen - who had inadvertently offended Sage Gabal - leading to Kishanji's decision to behead the former with his Sudarshan Chakra.

Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddhamu

1963

Maa Babu poster
10.0

Dr Anand, a respectable doctor, gives away his son to Ratna Devi, a widow. Soon, he marries a nurse and troubles between them ensue.

Maa Babu

1960

Mooga Manasulu poster
7.3

Mooga Manasulu is a 1964 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film. It is based on the concept of reincarnation.

Mooga Manasulu

1964

Kula Gotralu poster
8.0

Ravi, a young man, falls in love with Saroja against his father's wishes, leading to his estrangement from the family.

Kula Gotralu

1962

Kalasi Unte Kaladu Sukham poster
7.5

Pattabhi Ramayya, who does not have any children, dotes on his younger brother and his two sons. However, trouble starts in their happy joint family with the entry of Rangoon Raja, a relative of Pattbhi Ramayya's wife.

Kalasi Unte Kaladu Sukham

1961

Gundamma Katha poster
7.8

Gundamma is a rich widow who dotes on her daughter Saroja but mistreats her stepdaughter Lakshmi. When brothers Anji and Raja encounter this family, they decide to teach the old woman a lesson.

Gundamma Katha

1962