Gaddar ((full))

There are singers, and then there are voices that become weapons. In the annals of Indian cultural history, few figures loom as large, or as controversially, as Gummadi Vittal Rao, known to the world simply as (Telugu for “rebellion” or “revolution”).

Unlike many contemporaries who focused solely on armed struggle, Gaddar focused on Jana Natya Mandali (People’s Song and Drama Troupe). He recognized the power of folk traditions—specifically the Oggu Katha and Burra Katha —to disseminate revolutionary ideas to the illiterate rural masses. gaddar