Buddhimanthudu is a 1969 Telugu-language Action Comedy motion picture written by Arudra, Mullapudi Venkata Ramana and C. Narayana Reddy. The movie is directed by Bapu and produced by N. S. Murthy under the banner of Chitra Kalpana. Buddhimanthudu features Akkineni Nageswara Rao in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Vijaya Nirmala, Sobhan Babu, Krishnam Raju, Nagabhushanam, Allu Ramalingaiah and Varalakshmi G. The screenplay is written by Bapu. The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Cinematography was done by S. Venkataratnam and editing by A. Sanjeevi. The movie has a running time of 176 mins. It was released on 20th September 1969.