{{about||the Indian Telugu-language drama film|Raithu Bidda (1971 film)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Raithu Bidda | image = Raitu Bidda 1939.JPG | caption = | director = Gudavalli Ramabrahmam | producer = Challapalli Maharaja | writer = Tripuraneni Gopichand,<br /> Malladi Viswanatha Kaviraju,<br /> Gudavalli Ramabrahmam,<br /> Tapi Dharma Rao | narrator = | starring = Bellary Raghava<br />Gidugu Venkata Seethapathi Rao<br />Bhimavarapu Narasimha Rao<br />P. Suri Babu<br />Tanguturi Suryakumari<br />S. Varalakshmi<br />Vedantam Raghavayya<br />M. C. Raghavan<br />Vangara | music = Bhimavarapu Narasimha Rao | cinematography = Sailen Bose | editing = | studio = Sarathi Films | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1939|08|27|df=yes|ref1=<ref>{{cite web|last1=Narasimham|first1=M. L.|title=Blast From The Past - Rythubidda (1939)|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Blast-From-The-Past-Rythubidda-1939/article14685537.ece|work=The Hindu|accessdate=17 March 2018|date=16 April 2011}}</ref>}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Telugu | budget = }}
'''''Raithu Bidda''''' ({{translation}} ''Farmer's Son'') is a 1939 Telugu social problem film directed by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam. It is a social reformist film during the British Raj era, at the time of battle against the Zamindari system. The British Administration banned the film in the region.<ref>[https://indiancinema100.in/swadeshi/ Celebrating 100 Years of Indian Cinema: www.indiancinema100.in<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054328/https://indiancinema100.in/swadeshi/ |date=21 September 2013 }}</ref> Ironically, it was produced by one of the Zamindars of the time, Challapalli Maharaja. The film had a public re-release in 1948.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120524060853/http://postnoon.com/2012/05/21/how-free-is-freedom-of-speech/49700 How free is freedom of speech? : Postnoon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Cast== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Actor !! Character |- | Bellary Raghava || Narsi Reddy |- | Gidugu Venkata Seethapathi || The Zamindar |- | Bhimavarapu Narasimha Rao || Kaasaa Subbanna |- | P. Suri Babu || Ramajogi |- | Tanguturi Suryakumari || Seetha |- | Nellori Nagaraja Rao || Tahsildar |- | Kosaraju Raghavayya|| Raami Reddy |- | S. Varalakshmi || Beggar Girl |- | M. C. Raghavan || The Money Lender |- | Vedantam Raghavayya|| Dancer in the Dasavatharam song |}
==Soundtrack== # "Nidra Melukora Tammuda Gaadha Nidra Melukora Tammuda" - (Snger: P. Suri Babu) # "Mangalamamma Maa Poojalu Gaikonumamma" - Group song # "Raitu Paina Anuragamu Choopani" - (Singer: P. Suribabu) # "Vayinchuma Murali Vayinchu Krishna" # "Kanna Biddakai Kalavara Paduchunu Kanneeru Karchunu" - (Singer: P. Suribabu) # "Ravoyi Vanamali Birabira Ravoyi" - (Singer: Tanguturi Suryakumari) # "Sai Sai Idena Bharathi Nee Pere" - (Burrakatha by P. Suri Babu group) # "Sukshetramulu Dayasoonulai Peedinchu" (Poem by P. Suri Babu) # "Raithuke Otivvavalenanna Nee Kashta Sukhamula" - (Singers: P. Suri Babu and others) # "Dasavatraramulu" - (Veedhi Natakam)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259533/ Raithu Bidda film at IMDb.]
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