

The film is such a big success that people of that generation speak volumes of it and feel nostalgic even today, wherever I go. After completing the shooting, he just complemented us saying that shooting of this film shall remain as one of the best memories in his life. But Ramarao gaaru knew KRR well enough since the time Raghavendra Rao assisted ' pouraaNika brahma' Kamalakara Kameswara Rao in Pandava Vanavasamu and agreed readily to do the film. His much-celebrated Jyothi didn't start by that time. Producer Suryanarayana speaks:"After a disastrous Prema Bandham, we planned Adavi Ramudu with Ramarao gaaru, and a two-films old Raghavendra Rao. The story finally leads to the arrest of criminals. Later half reveals that Ramu was in fact a Forest officer in secret mission to investigate the case of Forest affairs. Nagabhushanam takes the help of Jaggu (Sridhar) to sent Ramu away from the forest. One tribal lady Chilakamma (Jayasudha) also loves him as a brother.

Padma (Jayaprada) Daughter of Forest officer (Jaggayya) loves him.

Ramu (NTR) opposes and raises the villagers to fight against him. Nagabhushanam and his son Nagaraju (Satyanarayana) runs smuggling and Illegal transport of forest produce in the Forest. Some scenes in the film were taken from superhit Kannada movie Gandhada Gudi (1973) starring Rajkumar. NTR, Jayaprada, and Jayasudha played important roles and this film won Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu). Adavi Ramudu is a Telugu Drama film which released on 28 April 1977 and was directed by K.
