Vande Mataram (transl. Mother, I bow to thee) is a 1985 Indian Telugu-language film written and directed by T. Krishna, and produced Krishna Chitra. It stars Vijayashanti and Rajasekhar, with music composed by Chakravarthy.[1] The film is the debut of actor Rajasekhar into the Telugu film industry.
The popular song Vandemataram in the film, written by C. Narayana Reddy was first written much earlier, published in a magazine, made popular by singers of Praja Natya Mandali. The singer Srinivas who sang the song was later called Vandemataram Srinivas.[2] The film won two Nandi Awards.
Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by C. Narayana Reddy, Dasam Gopalakrishna (Allatappa) and Adrushta Deepak (Naa Peru Palleturu). Music released on AVM Audio Company.