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, produced by

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under the

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banner and directed by A. Mohan Gandhi. It stars

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and music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Paasathai Thirudathe''.

Cast

as Venu Gopal *

as Madhu * Rao Gopal Rao as Mukkamala Chakrapani *

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as Sunnam Chinna Rao * Murali Mohan as Rama Rao * Nutan Prasad as Rayudu *Siva Krishna as Shivam *

Subhalekha Sudhakar Suravajhala Sudhakar (born 19 November 1960), known by his stage name Subhalekha Sudhakar, is an Indian actor who works in Telugu and Tamil language films and television. Sudhakar's first Telugu film '' Subhalekha'' (1982) gained him wide reco ...

as Satyam *

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as Parvathalu *

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as Panakaalu * Gundu Hanumantha Rao *Telephone Satyanarayana as I.G. *Tata Appa Rao as Minister *Dham *

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as Lakshmi * Malashri as Poorna *Kakinada Shyamala as Durgamma *Mamatha as Parvatamma *Chandrika as Jaya

Crew

*Art: G. V. Subba Rao *Choreography: K. S. Raghuram *Fights: Vijayan *Story & Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers *Lyrics:

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*Playback: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,

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, S. P. Sailaja *Editing: K. A. Marthand *Cinematography: P. S. Prakash *Music: Chakravarthy *Producer:

*Director: A. Mohana Gandhi *Banner:

*Release Date: 6 May 1988

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by

and Bhuvana Chandra. Music released on AVM Audio Company.

References

External links

* Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Indian action drama films 1980s Telugu-language films 1980s action drama films Suresh Productions films Films directed by A. Mohan Gandhi {{1980s-Telugu-film-stub