Mama Bagunnava (transl. Father-in-law, Are You Fine) is a 1997 Telugu-language comedy film, produced by Jayakrishna under the Jayakrishna Movies banner^[3] and directed by Kodi Ramakrishna.^[4] It stars Rajendra Prasad, Naresh, Rambha, Mohini, Bhanupriya and music composed by Vidyasagar.^[5] The film is remake of the 1994 Tamil movie Vanaja Girija which itself was a remake of 1974 Tamil movie Engamma Sapatham which had already been remade earlier in Telugu in 1975 as Ammayila Sapatham. The film was recorded as a flop at the box office.^[6]

The film begins with avaricious, spiteful Dhanumjayam, a tycoon who lives with his wife, Sundarambal Iyer, and two sons, Gopala Krishna, a veterinarian & Janakiram, a doctor. Besides, the two brave siblings, Jaya & Vijaya, pledge to hit the male dominance, and they reside with their mother, Parthamma. Society blocklisted them by their father, Prakash Rao’s treacherous deed of heisting & fleeing with the workers’ bonus amount. Whereat, Jaya & Vijaya claim the fact when Parvatamma spins back. Prakash Rao antagonized Dhanumjayam a few years ago for workers’ communal rights despite being his General Manager. So, Dhanumjayam ruses with his acolyte Thokka. He consigns the bonus amount to Prakash Rao, conducts a burglary, and incriminates him. Thus, the sisters seek vengeance against Dhanumjayam by knitting his sons. Accordingly, they detect their diverse stipulations for nuptials. Gopala Krishna aims to unite two beneficial animals, and Janakiram wants to invite medicine to cure the still-existing disease. The two clutch & crush them based on their interests. Being mindful of it, Dhanumjayam enrages & imperils Parvatamma, but the catty girl deftly espouses his sons and sets foot into the house. From there, they ball up about daily household tasks, which go haywire, so Dhanumjayam decides to hire a maid. At that time, Jaya & Vijaya encounter Gowri, a naïve green whom they artfully intrude into the home and move the pawns, i.e., forging Dhanumjayam is an alcoholic, attributing an affair with Gowri, set the sons as rivals against father, etc. Now, the two sons dethrone Dhanumjayam by expelling him from power. Hearing it, Parvatamma rebukes her daughters, and Gowri also callowly makes them eat humble pie. Parallelly, Thokka backstabs Dhanumjayam and abducts to usurp his wealth, where he spots Prakash Rao also seized all these years. At last, the whole family shields them when remorseful Dhanumjayam pleads pardon and bestows workers’ dues. Finally, the movie ends happily with a complete house mingling Gowri.

• Rajendra Prasad as Gopala Krishna
• Naresh as Janaki Ram
• Rambha as Jaya
• Mohini as Vijaya
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Dhanumjayam
• Brahmanandam as Compounder
• Costume Krishna as Thokku
• Tanikella Bharani as Priest
• Rallapalli as Police Inspector
• Suthi Velu as Talupulu
• Eeswar Rao as Prakash Rao
• Bhanupriya as Gowri
• Kovai Sarala as Sundarambal Iyer
• Subha as Parvathamma

Music composed by Vidyasagar. Music released on Supreme Music Company.^[7]

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