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-language

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, produced by

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under the Anil Productions banner and directed by T. L. V. Prasad. It stars

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and music composed by Chakravarthy.

Plot

Vijayaram (N. T. Rama Rao) is a captain of a ship who has a habit of making challenges and succeeding them. Once on a journey from Singapore to India, he meets a beautiful girl, Aruna (Jaya Prada), daughter of Justice Rajashekaram (Gummadi) when Raju (Nutan Prasad) friend of Vijay challenges him to make her fall in his love and over time they really like each other. After reaching India, one day, Vijay takes Aruna and her younger brother Madhu / Bunty (Master Purushotham) to the picnic where Bunty is mislaid. Next day a video film was found in front of their house, in which an unknown person threatening Rajashekaram kidnapping Bunty to acquit his gangster who is presently prosecuting in the court, but Rajashekaram refuses to do so. Meanwhile, Vijay gets a clue by spotting a painting in the video film and finds out that Bunty is located at Cochin and decides to go there. At the same time, Vijay's guardian Gopalam (Mikkilineni) reveals the past that his entire family has been slaughtered by a hardcore criminal James (Satyanarayana) and the tragic incident happened at the same place Cochin itself. Now Vijay takes up both the tasks as the challenge, lands at Cochin along with Raju & Aruna and learns that James himself is a kidnapper who changed his name into Raghuram. At last, Vijay safeguards Bunty and takes his revenge against James. Finally, the movie ends with the marriage of Vijayram & Aruna.

Cast

as Vijayaram *

as Aruna * Satyanarayana as Raghuram / James *

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as Justice Raja Shekaram *

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as Raju * Mikkilineni as Gopalam *

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as Dr. Ranga Rao * Rallapalli as Thantha *

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as Gangulu *

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as Police Officer * Geetha as Prema *

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as Subhadra *Tatineni Rajeswari as Lakshmi *Satyakala as Suguna * Master Ravi Shankar as Young Raju *Master Ramu as Young Vijay Ram *Master Purushotham as Madhu / Bunty

Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by Chakravarthy. The song ''Pattuko Pattuko'' is a hit track which was remixed in

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's ''

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'' (2008). Music released by SAREGAMA Audio Company.

References

External links

* {{Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry Indian action films Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Films directed by T. L. V. Prasad 1980 action films 1980 films