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action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

, produced by G. Rajendra Prasad and directed by

T. Rama Rao Tatineni Rama Rao (1938 – 20 April 2022) was an Indian filmmaker. He directed 75 Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu feature films between 1966 and 2000. Career Rao started his work in the film industry in the late 1950s as the assistant direc ...

. It stars

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and

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, with music composed by Chakravarthy.

Plot

Gopi is a famous pop singer who performs in the Jolly club and all the young girls of the city are mad about him. The club owner Jagannatham (Mikkilineni) takes care of Gopi as his son. Once, Gopi gets acquainted with a petty thief, Vijaya, who kicks Gopi and runs away. Another time, Vijaya steals Gopi's car, but she is caught by him. She says that she is doing these robberies to feed her brother who suffers from polio. Gopi gives assurance to him that he will help her, gets her a job and both of them fall in love. In the same city, there are three traitors Sangeetha Rao, Gopal Rao and Papa Rao who do illegal business. Sangeetha Rao is a smuggler, Papa Rao does woman trafficking and Gopal Rao does liquor business. All clubs in the city have to follow their instructions, or they will ruin them. But they could not succeed to spoil the Jolly club because of Gopi and they develop an enmity against him. Meanwhile, Gopi introduces Vijaya to his mother Parvathi, and sister Padma and Vijaya learn that Gopi's father left them in his childhood. Vijaya has a past, her parents were brutally killed by one Aggi Ramudu, on whom she wants to take revenge, but he is presently in jail. Here, Vijaya wants to utilize Gopi in breaking Aggi Ramudu out of jail. So she plots a plan, she makes Gopi believe that Aggi Ramudu knows the whereabouts of his father; if they could bring him out, he can find his father. So, Gopi plans and succeeds in his attempt. After reaching home, Vijaya tries to kill Aggi Ramudu, but Gopi stops her. Surprisingly, Aggi Ramudu turns out to be Gopi's father, Parvathi recognizes him when Gopi questions them, then Aggi Ramudu starts revealing the past. He used to work as Manager Ramaiah, at the home of a millionaire, Dharma Rao, Ramaiah is most loyal and efficient towards him. In a contract, his three partners, none other than Sangeetha Rao, Gopal Rao, and Papa Rao commit a huge fraud, which was caught by Ramaiah. So, they kill Dharma Rao and blamed Ramaiah, for which he is sentenced. They also steal a golden idol of Lord Venkateswara, which came from the ancestors of Dharma Rao. Eventually, Vijaya turns out to be Dharma Rao's daughter, who mistakes Ramaiah as the murderer, that's why she wants to kill him. Meanwhile, the traitors place a bomb and demolish the club in which Jaganadham dies. Gopi takes an oath that he will see the end of the people who killed his foster father. Gopi turns as Aggi Ramudu changes his attire, in various forms of disguise, he sees the end of his enemies and protects the idol. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Gopi and Vijaya.

Cast

as Gopi *

as Vijaya *

Rao Gopala Rao Raavu Gopala Rao (14 January 1937 – 13 August 1994) was an Indian actor and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. In a film career spanning more than twenty five years, Rao starred in over four hundred feature fil ...

as Gopal Rao * Satyanarayana as Sangeeta Rao *

Allu Ramalingaiah Allu Ramalingaiah (1 October 1922 – 31 July 2004) was an Indian character actor, comedian, and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. In 1990, He was honoured with the Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema. In 1998, he rec ...

as Papa Rao * Jaggayya as Ramaiah / Aggi Ramudu *

Prabhakar Reddy Mandadi Prabhakar Reddy (1935–1997) was an Indian film character actor and doctor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He acted in over 472 films over three decades. He wrote stories for several acclaimed films, including '' Karthika Deepa ...

as Dharma Rao *

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as Kirai Kattula Rathaiah * Nutan Prasad as Ragala Rangaiah * Mikkilineni as Jagannatham *

Raavi Kondala Rao Raavi Kondala Rao (11 February 1932 – 28 July 2020) was an Indian actor, screenwriter, playwright, and journalist who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acted in over 400 films. He won Nandi Award for Best Story Writer for '' Pe ...

as Jailor Nageswara Rao *

Chalapathi Rao Chalapathi Rao (8 May 1944 – 24 December 2022) was an Indian actor and producer known for comedy and villainous roles in Telugu cinema. He acted in different roles in more than 600 films. Personal life and death Rao hailed from Baliparru, K ...

as Bhairava *Jagga Rao as Thief *

Pushpalatha Pushpalatha is an Indian actress, who has worked predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. She has acted as heroine and character roles in more than 100 films. Her debut film was '' Sengottai Singam'', released in 1958. When ...

as Parvathi *

Jayamalini Jayamalini (or Jaya Malini) is an Indian actress who has acted in more than 500 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies. Career She was introduced to Tollywood in 1975 by Vittalacharya in the movie he produced, ''Aadadani Adrustam ...

as an

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*Attili Lakshmi as Lakshmi

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by

Veturi Veturi Sundararama Murthy (29 January 1936 – 22 May 2010), known mononymously by his surname Veturi, was an Indian poet, lyricist and journalist who is popular for writing Telugu songs. His career in the Telugu cinema spanned more than four de ...

References

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