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an industry hit with Nandi and Filmfare awards.", "snippet": "Osey Ramulamma (ఒసేయ్ రాములమ్మ) is a 1997 Telugu action drama directed by Dasari Narayana Rao, starring Vijayashanti as a Dalit woman who becomes a Naxalite rebel; an industry hit with Nandi and Filmfare awards.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.indian-cinema.telugu-films-before-2000", "markdown": "# Osey Ramulamma (ఒసే రాములమ్మా)\n\n**Osey Ramulamma** (Telugu: ఒసేయ్ రాములమ్మ) is a 1997 Telugu-language action drama film directed, written, and co-produced by [Dasari Narayana Rao](https://www.edgepedia.org/dasari-narayana-rao), starring Vijayashanti as Ramulamma, a Dalit woman in feudal [Telangana](https://www.edgepedia.org/telangana) who is sexually exploited by a landlord and becomes a Naxalite (member of a Maoist communist peasant insurgency in India) rebel leader.[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261884/fullcredits/) Released on 7 March 1997, it became an industry hit, ran for over 100 days in dozens of centers, and won Vijayashanti both the Nandi Award for Best Actress and a Filmfare Award.[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) • [3](https://www.chitrajyothy.com/2021/cinema-news/osey-ramulamma-movie-completes-24-years-13475.html)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Release | 7 March 1997, Telugu language, 2 hours 38 minutes[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) • [4](https://www.justwatch.com/in/movie/osey-ramulamma) |\n| Director and writer | Dasari Narayana Rao, who also played Komranna; produced by Dasari Padma under the Dasari Film University banner[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261884/fullcredits/) |\n| Lead cast | Vijayashanti as Ramulamma; Rami Reddy as Landlord Jagannayak Patwari; Krishna as CBI officer Krishna Mohan; Ramki in a special appearance[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261884/fullcredits/) • [5](https://www.moviebuff.com/osey-ramulamma) |\n| Music | Vandemataram Srinivas; title song \"O Mutyala Komma\" written by C. Narayana Reddy (Sinare)[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) |\n| Box office | Made on a budget of about ₹25 million (₹2.5 crore); one account reports grosses of about ₹125 million (₹12.5 crore), another about ₹220 million (₹22 crore)[3](https://www.chitrajyothy.com/2021/cinema-news/osey-ramulamma-movie-completes-24-years-13475.html) • [6](https://www.andhrajyothy.com/2022/prathyekam/osey-ramulamma-extended-vijayashanthi-career-by-ten-years-kbk-955016.html) |\n| Theatrical run | 50 days in 110 centers, 100 days in 34 centers, and 175 days in 8 centers[3](https://www.chitrajyothy.com/2021/cinema-news/osey-ramulamma-movie-completes-24-years-13475.html) |\n| Awards | Nandi Award and Filmfare Award for Vijayashanti (Best Actress); Nandi Award and Filmfare Award for Vandemataram Srinivas (Best Music Director)[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) |\n| Festival | Premiered at the 1998 International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section[5](https://www.moviebuff.com/osey-ramulamma) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot\n\nThe film is set in a feudal Telangana village where landlords (doralu) exploit peasants through bonded labor and debt.[5](https://www.moviebuff.com/osey-ramulamma) Ramulamma, a girl from a Dalit community considered among the lowest in the caste hierarchy, works as a maid in the landlord's household. The landlord, Dora (Rami Reddy), rapes her and she becomes pregnant; he then orders his men to kill her and the baby.[5](https://www.moviebuff.com/osey-ramulamma) • [1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) Her parents die, the child is found by Naxalites, and the injured Ramulamma is nursed by a Dalit couple.[5](https://www.moviebuff.com/osey-ramulamma)\n\nAfter Ramulamma kills the landlord's son, who tries to force himself on her, the Naxal leader Komranna (Dasari Narayana Rao) rescues her, trains her as Ramulakka, and she takes up armed resistance against the landlord's injustices.[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) • [5](https://www.moviebuff.com/osey-ramulamma) A special officer, Krishna Mohan (Krishna), is appointed to control her attacks; convinced of his honesty, Ramulakka and her squad surrender, but after he is transferred and realizes the machinery is corrupt, he frees them from jail and dies in police firing.[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) • [5](https://www.moviebuff.com/osey-ramulamma) In the climax, Ramulamma is sentenced to hang, breaks free at the gallows, and kills the landlord with a machine gun before surrendering to the police.[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html)\n\n## Production\n\nDasari Narayana Rao, a director with a long record of films about workers, farmers, and the hardships of women in the Telangana forests, made the film under his Dasari Film University banner, with a presentation credit to Dasari Padma.[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) • [7](https://oktelugu.com/trending/osei-ramulamma-little-vijayashanti-is-what-is-doing-now-293548.html) Dasari wrote the story and screenplay himself, with dialogue by Sanjeevi.[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261884/fullcredits/) Shyam K. Naidu was the director of photography and B. [Krishnam Raju](https://www.edgepedia.org/krishnam-raju) the editor.[5](https://www.moviebuff.com/osey-ramulamma) • [8](https://www.moviefone.com/movie/osey-ramulamma/ntiihEf6xo3ewNFSyJEns1/credits/)\n\nVijayashanti, already known for woman-centered films such as *Pratighatana* and *Karthavyam*, took the title role and, according to a retrospective account, dubbed for herself in Telugu for the first time in her career.[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) • [6](https://www.andhrajyothy.com/2022/prathyekam/osey-ramulamma-extended-vijayashanthi-career-by-ten-years-kbk-955016.html) A young actress resembling Vijayashanti played the character as a child in the title song sequence.[7](https://oktelugu.com/trending/osei-ramulamma-little-vijayashanti-is-what-is-doing-now-293548.html)\n\n## Reception and box office\n\nThe film opened on 7 March 1997 to a commercial success that trade observers described as unexpected, coming after a run of failures for Dasari and skepticism about a woman-led action film.[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) • [9](https://www.tupaki.com/entertainment/article/dasari-narayana-rao-on-osey-ramulamma-movie/158493) It released with 69 prints and added 34 more within a week, an increase in print count alongside rising daily collections that the trade press noted as rare.[6](https://www.andhrajyothy.com/2022/prathyekam/osey-ramulamma-extended-vijayashanthi-career-by-ten-years-kbk-955016.html)\n\nGross figures differ between retrospective accounts: Chitrajyothy reports about ₹125 million (₹12.5 crore) against a ₹25 million (₹2.5 crore) budget, while Andhrajyothy reports ₹220 million (₹22 crore).[3](https://www.chitrajyothy.com/2021/cinema-news/osey-ramulamma-movie-completes-24-years-13475.html) • [6](https://www.andhrajyothy.com/2022/prathyekam/osey-ramulamma-extended-vijayashanthi-career-by-ten-years-kbk-955016.html) Both agree the film returned several times its investment and ran 50 days in 110 centers, 100 days in 34 centers, and 175 days in 8 centers.[3](https://www.chitrajyothy.com/2021/cinema-news/osey-ramulamma-movie-completes-24-years-13475.html) On IMDb the film holds a rating of 7.0/10 from about 128 users.[10](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261884/ratings/)\n\n## Music\n\n[Vandemataram Srinivas](https://www.edgepedia.org/vandemataram-srinivas) composed the soundtrack, which became a major asset for the film.[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) Lyricists included [C. Narayana Reddy](https://www.edgepedia.org/c-narayana-reddy), Sudarsana Ashok Teja, Guda Anjaiah, and Jayaveer; the title song \"O Mutyala Komma,\" written by C. Narayana Reddy (known as Sinare), became widely sung.[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) Other songs included \"Ramulamma O Ramulamma,\" \"Lachulo Lachanna,\" \"O Chowdary Garu O Naidu Garu,\" and \"Erupu Rangu.\"[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) • [11](https://www.telugulyricsworld.in/2017/07/osey-ramulamma-1997.html) About 500,000 (5 lakh) audio cassettes were sold, described as the biggest audio success of Dasari's career; a 2015 academic account records that the film had the second highest audio sales in the Telugu industry until 2009.[6](https://www.andhrajyothy.com/2022/prathyekam/osey-ramulamma-extended-vijayashanthi-career-by-ten-years-kbk-955016.html) • [12](https://zenodo.org/records/268665/files/19955521_BioScope__South_Asian_Screen_Studies-2015-Srinivas-187-205.pdf)\n\n## Significance\n\nThe film is regarded as a landmark among woman-centered Telugu films. S. [V. Srinivas](https://www.edgepedia.org/v-srinivas), a scholar of Indian film culture, describes it in a 2015 *BioScope* article as a slicker industry variant of the Naxalite film genre and one of the most successful films of that decade, demonstrating the viability of productions aimed at Telangana audiences.[12](https://zenodo.org/records/268665/files/19955521_BioScope__South_Asian_Screen_Studies-2015-Srinivas-187-205.pdf) Retrospective coverage credits it with extending Vijayashanti's career by about a decade and fixing her \"Lady Superstar\" and \"Lady Amitabh\" epithets.[6](https://www.andhrajyothy.com/2022/prathyekam/osey-ramulamma-extended-vijayashanthi-career-by-ten-years-kbk-955016.html) • [3](https://www.chitrajyothy.com/2021/cinema-news/osey-ramulamma-movie-completes-24-years-13475.html) It was the last major commercial hit of both Dasari Narayana Rao's directing career and Vijayashanti's acting career.[1](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html) • [9](https://www.tupaki.com/entertainment/article/dasari-narayana-rao-on-osey-ramulamma-movie/158493)\n\nThe film also entered political memory. Around 2013, reports circulated that Vijayashanti, then a politician, was considering a sequel.[13](https://telugu.oneindia.com/news/andhra-pradesh/vijayashanti-plans-osey-ramulamma-sequel-142632.html) The film remains available on streaming platforms such as Sun Nxt and VI movies and tv.[4](https://www.justwatch.com/in/movie/osey-ramulamma)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Osey Ramulamma: పాతికేళ్ళ 'ఒసేయ్… రాములమ్మా!', NTV Telugu (7 March 2022)](https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/25-years-for-osey-ramulamma-movie-143278.html)\n2. [Osey Ramulamma (1997) – Full cast & crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261884/fullcredits/)\n3. [24 ఏళ్ళు పూర్తి చేసుకున్న 'ఒసేయ్ రాములమ్మా', Chitrajyothy/ABN (8 March 2021)](https://www.chitrajyothy.com/2021/cinema-news/osey-ramulamma-movie-completes-24-years-13475.html)\n4. [Osey Ramulamma streaming: where to watch online?, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/in/movie/osey-ramulamma)\n5. [Osey Ramulamma on Moviebuff.com](https://www.moviebuff.com/osey-ramulamma)\n6. [Osey Ramulamma: విజయశాంతి కెరీర్‌ని పదేళ్లు పొడిగించిన చిత్రం, Andhrajyothy/ABN (26 November 2022)](https://www.andhrajyothy.com/2022/prathyekam/osey-ramulamma-extended-vijayashanthi-career-by-ten-years-kbk-955016.html)\n7. [Photo Story: 'ఓసేయ్ రాములమ్మ' చిన్న విజయశాంతి ఇప్పుడేం చేస్తుందో తెలుసా?, OkTelugu](https://oktelugu.com/trending/osei-ramulamma-little-vijayashanti-is-what-is-doing-now-293548.html)\n8. [Osey Ramulamma Cast & Crew, Moviefone](https://www.moviefone.com/movie/osey-ramulamma/ntiihEf6xo3ewNFSyJEns1/credits/)\n9. [దాసరి చివరి మెరుపు అదే.., Tupaki (31 May 2017)](https://www.tupaki.com/entertainment/article/dasari-narayana-rao-on-osey-ramulamma-movie/158493)\n10. [Osey Ramulamma (1997) – Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261884/ratings/)\n11. [Osey Ramulamma (1997) song list, Telugu Lyrics World](https://www.telugulyricsworld.in/2017/07/osey-ramulamma-1997.html)\n12. [S. V. Srinivas, \"Cardboard monuments: City, language and 'nation' in contemporary Telugu cinema,\" BioScope (2015)](https://zenodo.org/records/268665/files/19955521_BioScope__South_Asian_Screen_Studies-2015-Srinivas-187-205.pdf)\n13. [విజయశాంతి ఓసేయ్ రాములమ్మ సీక్వెల్?, Telugu Oneindia (2013)](https://telugu.oneindia.com/news/andhra-pradesh/vijayashanti-plans-osey-ramulamma-sequel-142632.html)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Films and standalone screen works › Individual films by title and year › Indian films (individual works) › Telugu films before 2000*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 21, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/osey-ramulamma", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/osey-ramulamma.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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