Katakatala Rudrayya

Katakatala Rudrayya is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language film written and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. It stars Krishnam Raju, Jayasudha, Ramakrishna and Jayachitra. The film has music composed by J. V. Raghavulu. It is remade in Tamil as Pattakkathi Bhairavan (1979) with Sivaji Ganesan and in Hindi (1980) as Jyoti Bane Jwala with Jeetendra.^[1]

Katakataala Rudrayya
Promotional poster
Directed by	Dasari Narayana Rao
Written by	Dasari Narayana Rao
Produced by	Vadde Shobhanadri
Starring	Krishnam Raju Jayasudha Ramakrishna Jayachitra
Music by	J. V. Raghavulu
Production company	Vijaya Madhavi Pictures
Release date	11 October 1978 (1978-10-11)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Cast

• Krishnam Raju
• Jayasudha
• Ramakrishna
• Jayachitra
• Jamuna
• Kaikala Satyanarayana
• Rao Gopal Rao
• Prabhakar Reddy
• J. V. Ramana Murthi

Reception

Critical reception

Griddaluru Gopalrao writing for Zamin Ryot on 27 October 1978 opined that the film was cut off from reality, and would remain as "an old coin which is no longer a legal tender." He added that the screenplay by Dasari and soundtrack composed by Raghavulu are forgettable.^[2]

Box office

Katakataala Rudrayya and Mana Voori Pandavulu were released within a gap of 10 days.^[3] The film was a blockbuster at the box office.