Aapadbandhavudu

Madhava is a loyal friend, servant, and cowherd to Hema and her father. He also performs in the local dramas, in which he portrays Shiva. Hema's father is a teacher and talented poet. However, since his classical poetry is no longer popular, he cannot find a publisher to print his poems. Even though Hema and Madhava love each other, neither realize this due to the societal divisions of caste and economic class present in their village. Hema is the first to realize her love for him, during a drama where she portrays Parvati, but suppresses her feelings owing to the social stigma.

One day, in order to pay for the wedding of Hema's elder sister Lalitha, Madhava sells his cows and gives the money to Hema's father through a family friend, as a loan. When Hema's father hears what he has done, he gives Madhava his manuscripts to have them printed. Madhava goes to town to have them printed; however, when he returns, he sees Hema being taken away to an asylum. He learns about the incident which led Hema's current mental state (i.e., Hema's brother-in-law's attempted rape and Lalitha's death).

Madhava pretends to be mentally unstable and is admitted to the same asylum, where he goes through many hardships in order to save Hema. After stopping a guard from attacking her, he is falsely accused of attempted rape and is given shock therapy. He tries many times to help her regain her memory. When she finally does and realizes what he did for her, she wants to marry him after she is safely rescued. However, Madhava objects to her proposal as he is from the lower strata of society. Hema's fiancé Sripathi convinces him to change his mind. Hema and Madhava finally unite.

• Chiranjeevi as Madhava
• Meenakshi Seshadri as Hema
• Jandhyala as Teacher (Hema and Lalitha's father)
• Sarath Babu as Sripati
• Geetha as Lalita
• Allu Ramalingaiah as Sripati's father
• Brahmanandam as Madhava's friend
• Nirmalamma as Brahmanandam's grandmother
• Kaikala Satyanarayana as Village President
• Vijayachander as Baba
• Silpa as Mental Asylum Nurse
• Kalpana Rai as Mental Asylum Nurse
• Suthi Velu as Mental Asylum Patient
• Prasad Babu as Mental Asylum Guard
• Mukku Raju as Dancer (cameo appearance)

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| title1 = Odiyappa

| lyrics1 = Bhuvanachandra

| extra1 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

| length1 = 3:55

| title2 = Aura Ammaka Chella

| lyrics2 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

| extra2 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra

| length2 = 5:45

| title3 = Chukkallara (Female Version)

| lyrics3 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

| extra3 = K. S. Chithra

| length3 = 2:40

| title4 = Chukkallara (Duet)

| lyrics4 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra

| length4 = 4:53

| title5 = Puvvunavve Guvvanavve

| lyrics5 = C. Narayana Reddy

| extra5 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra

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| title6 = Athala Vithala

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| extra6 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

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| title7 = Parameswaruni

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;Nandi Awards{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=21 August 2020}}(in Telugu)

• Third Best Feature Film - Bronze – Edida Nageswara Rao
• Best Actor – Chiranjeevi
• Best Dialogue Writer – Jandhyala
• Best Art Director – B. Chalam & Arun D Ghodgavnkar
• Best Choreographer – Bhushan Lakhandri

;Filmfare Awards South

• Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu – Chiranjeevi [https://archive.org/download/40thFilmfareSouthBestActorActress/40th%20Filmfare%20South%20Best%20Actor%20Actress.jpg Best actor/actress] archive.org[https://archive.org/download/40thFilmfareSouthBestActorActressFilmsLifetimeMusicDirector/40th%20filmfare%20south%20best%20actor%20actress%20films%20lifetime%20music%20director.jpg Music director] archive.org
• Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu – K. Viswanath
• Nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu - Meenakshi Sheshadri

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Category:1992 films

Category:Films directed by K. Viswanath

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Category:1990s Telugu-language films

Category:1990s Indian films

Category:Films about rape in India

Category:Films about women in India

Category:Medical-themed films

Category:1990s avant-garde and experimental films

Category:Indian romantic drama films

Category:Films set in psychiatric hospitals

Category:Films about depression

Category:Indian nonlinear narrative films

Category:Psychiatry in fiction