C. I. D. (1965 film)

C. I. D.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tapi Chanakya
Written by	D. V. Narasa Raju (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Chakrapani
Story by	K.Balachander
Based on	Dheiva Thaai (Tamil)
Produced by	Chakrapani Nagi Reddy
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao Jamuna
Cinematography	Madhav Bulbule
Edited by	G. Kalyana Sunder D. G. Jayaram
Music by	Ghantasala
Production company	Vijaya Productions
Release date	23 September 1965 (1965-09-23)
Running time	172 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

C. I. D. is a 1965 Indian Telugu-language action film, produced by Nagireddy-Chakrapani under the Vijaya Productions banner and directed by Tapi Chanakya.^[1] The film stars N. T. Rama Rao and Jamuna, with the music composed by Ghantasala.^[2] The film is a remake of the Tamil movie Dheiva Thaai (1964).

The film begins with a high-stakes poker player, Chalapati, who perturbs his benevolent wife, Parvati. Once, in a brawl, he kills his fellow gambler, Kumar, younger of SP Ramadasu, and flees. Following, he is declared dead in an accident. During that plight, Ramadasu aids Parvati and civilizes her son, Ravi. Years roll by, and startlingly, Chalapati becomes a deadly gangster Baba who forges as honorable. Ravi molded spirited CID in his mother's nurture, unbeknownst to his father's dark shade. Currently, he is appointed to capture these gangsters when Baba & his acolyte Uddandam intrigue to clutch him repeatedly, but Ravi gallantly encounters them. Parallelly, he falls for Ramadasu's daughter, Vasantha, and elders fix their alliance. However, Ramadasu's mother denies it since Ravi's father is Kumar's homicide, which settles with Parvati's plea.

Later, Ravi discerns Baba is the monster and walks to meet him when he wiles to slay him by backstabbing via Uddandam. In the eleventh hour, Baba detects Ravi as his son by Parvati's photograph in his pocket watch, severely wounded while guarding him against danger. Nurse Parvati recognizes her husband at the hospital but quiets and implores Baba to be silent because she cannot divulge the fact to Ravi. After recovery, Baba invites Ravi & Vasantha and forcefully bestows a necklace on him. Here, sly Uddandam incriminates Ravi for bribery and is suspended. Ravi takes a final shot and furiously moves to seek vengeance against Baba. Simultaneously, Baba strikes Uddandam, learning the status of those who revolt against him. In that battle, Baba slaughters him and runs when Ravi chases him. Now he lands at Parvati, who begs her son not to apprehend him, but Ravi stands for righteousness: Ergo, Parvati's breath's last on Baba's lap. At last, Ravi affirms the actuality through Ramadasu and perceives his mother's holiness. Finally, the movie ends happily with the marriage of Ravi & Vasantha.

• N. T. Rama Rao as Ravi
• Jamuna as Vasantha
• Gummadi as Chalapathi / Baba
• Rajanala as Udandam
• Mikkilineni as S. P. Ramadasu
• Ramana Reddy as Vyaghreswara Bhagavatar
• Pandari Bai as Parvathi
• Hemalatha as Avva
• Meena Kumari as Chenchela

Music composed by Ghantasala. Lyrics were written by Pingali Nagendra Rao.

• Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). British Film Institute and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.

• C. I. D. at IMDb