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directed by

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and screenplay was written by

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. The film was remake of the 1991 Malayalam film ''

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'' which was reported to have been inspired by the 1953 movie ''

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''. The story revolves around Nandini (

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), an orphan who comes to

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in search of her father, wherein she meets Taxi Driver cum Tourist guide Raju (

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) and his friend ( Chinna). It also stars

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, Chidathala Apparao and Eswara Rao in pivotal roles. The film is the 13th film produced by

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under the banner Bhargav Art Productions. and is received well at the box-office.

Plot

Raju (

) is a taxi driver cum tourist guide down on his luck. Nandini (

), a tourist with mental retardation makes her presence in

and meets Raju, then a series of events are intertwined with the lives of Raju and his friend Nethranandham ( Chinna). In the early part of the movie, hilarity ensues in their misguided attempts in getting rid of Nandini. However, Raju and Nethranandham happen to know that she is an escaped mental patient who has a bounty on her safe return. When they find that the bounty has been increasing for a while, they decide to hide Nandini for a while and surrender her to claim the bounty when it gets big enough. They also change her appearance by cutting her long hair short. Nandini reveals her true story to Raju that she was born to her unknown mother and retired Justice Pundarikam (

) but is brought up in orphanage. She used to call Pundarikam who used to visit her in orphanage as "Sweet Man" unaware of the fact that he was her father. After knowing the fact that he was her father, she obtains the address of her father from her warden and goes to see her father. In the absence of her father, she was drugged and sent to mental asylum by Pundarikam's sons and daughters-in-law. She managed to escape from the asylum and that is how she met Raju. Raju promises to help Nandini and appoints her as housemaid in her father's home. In time, they realize that things are not as they seem, and more complications are unraveled.

Cast

as Raju *

as Nandini * Chinna as Nethranandham, Photographer *

as Retired Justice Pundarikam * Chidathala Apparao as Kuppuswamy, Servant * Eswara Rao as Lawyer, Judge's elder son * Suryakala as Rajeswari, Judge's elder daughter in law * Lathasri as Santhi, Judge's handicapped daughter * Kalpana Rai as School Teacher * Phani * Jaggu

Music

The songs were composed by Vidyasagar and lyrics were penned by Vennelakanti Prasad.

References

External links

* {{Kodi Ramakrishna 1992 films 1990s Telugu-language films 1992 romantic comedy films Films directed by Kodi Ramakrishna Telugu remakes of Malayalam films Indian romantic comedy films Films scored by Vidyasagar