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directed by

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. It stars

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and music composed by

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. It was produced by

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under the

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banner. The film was not commercially successful. The film was dubbed into

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as ''Akhiri Intaqam'' and into

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as ''Dharma Bhoomi''.

Plot

The film begins with SP Abhimanyu lion-hearted cop capturing a satanic terrorist Vyaghra. Accordingly, the entire police department is bedazzled with pride and honors his staunch. Abhimanyu builds a jaunty world with his pregnant wife Lakshmi and gallant brother Kiriti. After a while, Vyaghra absconds with the aid of his acolytes Rayudu and Avinash. Sowjanya an investigative journalist is behind these treacherous to bring their rackets to light. In that operation, she is often acquainted with Kiriti in contretemps and extricated by him, when they fall in love. However, Kiriti & Sowjanya get ahead in providing all the pieces of evidence against Vyaghra to Abhimanyu for which he abducts Lakshmi. Abhimanyu & Kiriti backfire on him and shield Lakshmi Vyaghra is slain by Abhimanyu. Here as a startle, Vyaghra returns proclaiming as Sunil Vyaghra the twin brother of deceased Anil Vyaghra. Thus far, they manage to portray themselves as one and deceived the world. Now, Vyaghra-II explodes with vengeance and pledges to destroy Abhimanyu & Kiriti. Forthwith, he victimizes Abhimanyu as a traitor before the department by backstabbing his friend DSP Giri when he receives severe ignominy. Kiriti toils to acquit him but in vain and benumbed Abhimanyu kills himself. In tandem, he is blessed with a baby boy. Hence, Kiriti ignites Vyaghra when they hard-hit him. Dr. Bharati the childhood friend of Kiriti saves him. Indeed, she too loves Kiriti but backs out cognizant of his love interest in Sowjanya. Then, Vyaghra makes a huge conspiracy to destroy the country at one goes in all states. Moreover, aware of Kiriti’s survival he plots by injecting him with a slow-killing poison within 24 hours and affirms his cabal. Despite a turbulent situation, Kiriti pulls up his vigor and starts his mission of spree killing. Bharati accompanies him to boost his strength and recover him. At last, Kiriti ceases Vyaghra and Bharati rescues him. Finally, the movie ends with Kiriti making the nation pay homage to Abhimanyu.

Cast

as Kireeti *

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as Abhimanyu IPS *

as Dr. Bharathi *

as Sowjanya *

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as Anil Vyaghra & Sunil Vyaghra (Dual role) *

Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has s ...

as Rayudu *

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 Tataji *

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as Sivanandam *

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as Kannayah *

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as Avinash *

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as Inspector Giri * Geeta as Lakshmi

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Lyrics 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 ...

. Music released on Surya Music Company.

References

External links

* {{K. Raghavendra Rao 1992 films Films shot in Rajasthan Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja 1990s Telugu-language films