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-language

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film co-written and directed by

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. Produced by D. Suresh under his banner

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, it stars

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and

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(in her

debut) while

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, Satyanarayana and Sumithra appear in the supporting roles.

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composed the film's

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Plot

The film begins with election campaigning in the village ''Bobbili''. Sundarayya and Rajeswari Devi are strong opponents in elections. Rajeswari and her elder brother Ahobala Rao use various tactics to win the elections. Still, their younger brother Suryam supports Sundarayya and also loves his daughter Rajyalakshmi, and she becomes pregnant. Everybody dishonors her, and Ahobala wants to take an advantage of the situation in the election campaign. When Suryam decides to reveal the truth to everyone, Ahobala tries to stop him. In that quarrel, Suryam accidentally dies. Ahobala plays a game and keeps the blame on Sundarayya and Rajyalakshmi. Both of them are arrested, but they escape from jail and reach a forest. After 25 years, Raja, Rajyalakshmi's son, has always lived in the jungle with his mother and grandfather. Rani is Rajeswari's daughter, and she is the minister of forests who has been brought up amidst wealth. Once, Rani visits the forest along with her friends for a tour. Raja guides them into the forest, both of them having silly fights with each other along the way. One day, both are lost in the deep forest. After several adventures, they fall for each other. Meanwhile, Rajeswari reaches the forest in search of Rani. During the search, she finds that Raja is the Sundarayya's grandson. She catches Sundarayya and Rajyalakshmi and interrogates them. Rajyalakshmi and Rajeswari challenge each other; that she will get her son married to Rani, but Rajeswari says it will never happen. Finally, Rajeswari finds Rani and takes her back. Once Rani learns that Raja is her maternal uncle's son (her ''Bava''), she escapes from home with her father Appa Rao's help and returns to the forest where Rajeswari follows her. Rajyalakshmi hands Rani over to her mother and tells her son will get Rani back honorably, and he will prove his mother is innocent. Raja enters into ''Bobbili'' after listening to his mother's past and decides to teach Rajeswari a lesson. Raja starts the game with Rajeswari by making a threat to her ministry, but she double-crosses him by arresting Rajyalakshmi in the old murder case. Raja tries for bail, but when the policeman misbehaves with him, Raja fights with them and is arrested. Raja reveals the truth in court, and in his words, the government reacts to Rajyalakshmi and removes her from the ministry. Meanwhile, Ahobala also cheats on Rajeswari and forcefully makes Rani's marriage arrangements with his son Amurtha Rao. The incident opens Rajeswari's eyes, and she apologizes to Raja and Rajyalakshmi. Finally, Ahobala admits his mistake, and Raja and Rani get married.

Cast

The cast is listed below: *

as Raja *

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as Rani *

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as Sundarayya *

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as Minister Rajeswari Devi *

as Ahobala Rao * Satyanarayana as Appa Rao *

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as Forest Officer *

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as Rajyalakshmi *

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as Amurtha Rao * Vidya Sagar as Suryam *

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as Bajanappa *

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as Inspector *

Jaya Prakash Reddy Jaya Prakash Reddy (8 May 1946 – 8 September 2020) was an Indian actor who predominantly appeared in Telugu films. Born in Sirvel of Andhra Pradesh, he came into the limelight with the film ''Samarasimha Reddy'' (1999) where he played the ro ...

as Tribal * Bhimeswara Rao as Judge * Chidatala Appa Rao as Forest Guard * Heera as Servant Rathalu

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Lyrics written by

Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (born Chembolu Seetharama Sastry; 20 May 1955 – 30 November 2021) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acquired the stage name Sirivennela after writing th ...

. Music released on ECHO Music Company.

Release

The film upon release was a major commercial success, and was declared a 'All Time Blockbuster'. Having a 175-day run in 3 centres, it is considered Venkatesh's first silver-jubilee hit movie. It was later dubbed and released in Tamil as ''Valiban'' in June 1992 and in Hindi as ''Rampur Ka Raja'' in 1993.

Awards

Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu The Telugu Filmfare Best Music Director Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Telugu films. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won. Superlatives Winners See also ...

- Ilaiyaraaja

References

External links

* {{B. Gopal 1990 films Indian romantic action films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Telugu films remade in other languages 1990s masala films Films directed by B. Gopal 1990s Telugu-language films Films shot in Belgium Films shot in Brussels Films shot in the Netherlands Films shot in Amsterdam Suresh Productions films