''Collector Gari Abbayi'' () is a 1987 Indian

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-language action drama film, produced by Yarlagadda Surendra under S. S. Creations and directed by

B. Gopal Bejawada Gopal is an Indian film director who works in Telugu cinema. He has directed over 30 Telugu films, including successful films such as ''Bobbili Raja'', '' Lorry Driver'', ''Assembly Rowdy'', ''State Rowdy'', ''Rowdy Inspector'', ''Samar ...

. It stars

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and Rajani, with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was recorded as a ''Super Hit'' at the box office and remade as

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film ''

Kanoon Apna Apna ''Kanoon Apna Apna'' () is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language action-drama film starring Dilip Kumar, Nutan, Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit in pivotal roles. The film was a remake of Telugu film '' Collector Gari Abbai''. Plot The Collector of Anokhapur, ...

'' (1989).

Plot

The film begins with Collector Rama Kantha Rao a stickler for law & order leads a happy family life with his ideal wife Lakshmi Devi, son Ravi, and daughter Jyothi. Here, always a rift arises between father & son as Ravi believes that sometimes out-of-law can be initiated to justify the truth. Besides, businessman Appa Rao & his acolyte Eelimudrala Ellayah remorselessly carry out their barbarities with their sons Kanna Rao & Chinna Rao respectively. The collector hinders them when thwarting their bid to bribe him but fails. Meanwhile, an Ellayah contest the election, with the support of Appa Rao becomes Minister and is determined to humiliate & crush the collector but he courageously persists. Parallelly, Ravi falls for Bharati the sister of his bestie Satyam. Satyam is a journalist and his father Srinivasa Rao is an editor of a newspaper who tries to expose the nefarious face of the Minister. Once, Satyam smokes out the flingings of the Minister when Kanna Rao & Chinna Rao slaughter him. Ravi witnesses the crime but the malefactors are acquitted with fake alibis. At that juncture, enraged Ravi stabs to kill them when Collector bars him and a clash ensues between them which makes Ravi leave the house. Right now, Collector starts a secret investigation and gathers the pieces of evidence against baddies. Thereupon, surprisingly, Ravi returns as a Police officer to support his father but they still move in their paths. Thereafter, they unmask the Minister and downswing him from power. Begrudged Ellayah & gang attacks Ravi in which, and unfortunately, Jyothi dies. At last, Collector fuses with Ravi and ceases the culprits. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with Collector appreciating Ravi.

Cast

as Collector Rama Kantha Rao *

as Ravi * Rajani as Bharati *

as Lakshmi Devi *

Nutan Prasad Tadinada Varaprasad popularly known as Nutan Prasad (12 December 1945 – 30 March 2011) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was a native of Kaikaluru, Andhra Pradesh, India. He started his film ...

as Eelimudrala Ellaiah *

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 ...

as Appa Rao *

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as Kanna Rao * Subhalekha Sudhakar as Satyam * Surya as Chinna Rao * Suthi Velu as Mallepula Madhava Rao *

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as Srinivasa Rao *

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as Doctor * Srilakshmi *

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* Varalakshmi as Jyothi

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were 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 AVM Audio Company.

References

External links

* {{B. Gopal 1987 films 1980s action drama films Indian action drama films 1980s Telugu-language films Films directed by B. Gopal Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Telugu films remade in other languages 1987 drama films