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Alluri Sitarama Raju remains a classic in Telugu cinema to date. Krishna took a big risk in producing this movie. No duets, no heroine( dies early), he himself dies. Yet kudos to him for giving the character it's due dignity without any commercial compromise. This was Krishna's 100th movie, first Telugu movie in Cinemascope and was a massive success. More than that the movie has endured across decades, it's dialogues, scenes referenced in other movies making it a cultural phenomenon. In fact I believe he even directed this movie after the main director passed away suddenly during shooting. Tripuraneni Maharathi's fiery dialogues give goosebumps to date. This is one of Krishna's best performances to date, he owned the role so much. Jagayya Gaaru as Rutherford made an equally powerful antagonist, the scenes between them were some of the movie's best. The movie also had a strong supporting cast of Gummadi, Prabhakar Reddy, Kantha Rao, Balayya, Rao Gopal Rao who elevated it. Adinarayana Rao's music played an equally important role be it the BGM or that iconic Telugu Veera Levara song penned by Sri Sri.