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-language

action thriller film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

written and directed by Suresh Krissna, and produced by

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under the Suresh Productions banner. The film stars

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, and Prema while

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plays a pivotal role. The music was composed by

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. Venkatesh received the

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and won the Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu). The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Nakkeeran''. The film was successful at the box office.

Plot

Rakesh (

) is an angry young man who is an honest lawyer, a disciple of justice, and treated as a great personality by poor people. He lives with his mother Sarada (

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), she is not only a mother but also a good friend to him. Rakesh has strong animosity toward his father Mahendra (

), a MLA, that's why he is separated from him. Sandhya ( Ramya Krishnan), a journalist tries for an interview with Rakesh, but he does not cooperate, so she follows him like white on rice and falls in love with him. Sandhya tells of her love for Rakesh's mother Sarada, then she reveals Rakesh's past. 4 years back, Rakesh is an energetic guy who enjoys day-to-day life, he falls in love with a middle-class girl Surekha ( Prema), but his father Mahendra fixes his marriage with a big politician's daughter for his political growth. Rakesh rejects that match and makes marriage arrangements with Surekha, and to stop it, Mahendra traps Surekha and proves her as a prostitute in court, and for that, Surekha commits suicide. In anger, Rakesh goes to kill Mahendra, but he leaves him for his mother's sake and they both get separated from his father. After listening to this, Sandhya still loves him, she expresses her love to him and slowly he also starts liking her and prepares himself to marry her. Meanwhile, Mahendra gets a problem with his political career because of his family disturbances, he tries again to patch up with his family, but Rakesh turns down him, so in frustration, he kills his keep Balamani (Krishnaveni). To escape from the murder case, he asks Rakesh to take up the case, but Rakesh refuses, he blackmails him a lot, and even then Rakesh doesn't come down. At last, Mahendra plays with Sarada's emotions, which influence Rakesh to take up Mahendra's case, which irritates Rakesh a lot because he knows that he is doing injustice. Finally, his mother gives freedom to him to fight against Mahendra. Ultimately, Rakesh proves that Mahendra is a culprit and preserves justice.

Cast

as Rakesh *

as Sandhya (Voice dubbed by

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) * Prema as Surekha (Voice dubbed by Silpa) *

as Mahendra *

as Sarada *

as Party President *

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* AVS as Gumastha Gurulingam * Rallapalli as Anjibabu *

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as Judge * Subbaraya Sarma as Surekha's father * MVS Harinath Rao as Singaram * Kota Shankar Rao as Public Prosecutor * Ananth Babu as Singaram's Henchman *

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as TV Shop Owner *

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* Krishnaveni as Balamani * Ratna Sagar *

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Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Music released on SUPREME Music Company.

Box office

* It had a 100-day run in 19 centres.

Awards

;

Nandi Awards The Nandi Awards are the awards that recognise the excellence in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu television, and Lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. Presented annually by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the award is named after ...

(in

) * Best Actor -

* Best Cinematographer - Ravindra Babu * Best Art Director - Chanti

References

External links

* {{Suresh Krissna 1996 films Indian courtroom films Indian legal films Indian crime thriller films Films about corruption in India Indian films about revenge Films directed by Suresh Krissna Indian action drama films 1990s Telugu-language films 1990s action drama films 1996 crime thriller films Suresh Productions films Films scored by M. M. Srilekha