''Guri'' is a 1986 Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

-language

action 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 ...

, directed by

P. Vasu Vasudevan Peethambharan, known professionally as P Vasu, is an Indian director, writer and actor who works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam language films. In a career spanning three decades, Vasu has directed over 64 films.

and produced by

Parvathamma Rajkumar Dr.Parvathamma Rajkumar (6 December 1939 – 31 May 2017) was an Indian film producer and distributor. She was the wife of veteran Kannada actor Dr. Rajkumar. She produced successful films featuring Rajkumar and their sons Shiva Rajkumar, Punee ...

. The film stars Rajkumar, Archana and

Jai Jagadish Jai Jagadish (born 29 June 1954) is an Indian actor, director and producer in the Kannada film industry. Starting his career as an actor in '' Phalitamsha'' (1976), he went on to feature in over 300 films as an actor. In 1998, he turned producer ...

, with

Pandari Bai Pandari Bai (1930 – 29 January 2003) was an Indian actress who worked in South Indian cinema, mostly in Kannada cinema during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She is considered Kannada cinema's first successful heroine. She has acted as both heroi ...

in a guest appearance. The film has musical score by

Rajan–Nagendra Rajan–Nagendra were an Indian musical duo who were prominent composers of film music in Kannada and Telugu cinema from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Rajan, along with his brother Nagendra, created a niche for themselves for nearly four de ...

. This was director

's second movie as independent director in any language. The film was remade in Tamil in 1991 by P. Vasu himself as ''

Adhikari Adhikari (Devanāgarī: अधिकारी, Sinhala: අදිකාරී) (also spelled Adhikary or Adhicary) belongs to Brahmins and Rajput caste native to the Indian subcontinent, mainly found in Nepal, India, and Sri Lanka.Adhikari of Kum ...

''. This was the last movie of Rajkumar which was remade in other language.

Plot

Customs Officer Kaliprasad is newly deputed and nabs a notorious gang of smugglers. While handing them over to police, he befriends the local police inspector. Living with his retired School Teacher father and young sister, he leads a contented life. His happiness doubles when the police inspector is engaged to his sister. However, Rudrayya, the corrupt mafia leader is irritated by Kaliprasad's efficiency. Kaliprasad's work is threatening his illegal business and he wants to set Kaliprasad right. Kaliprasad snubs Rudrayya and kicks him out of his house, when he invites to Kaliprasad to the wrong side of the law. Enraged, Rudrayya gets Kaliprasad framed on smuggling charges and is imprisoned, his sister's engagement gets broken. Kali's sister kills herself. Kali's father loses mental balance. Dejected as to where his ideals led him and his family, Kali escapes from Police imprisonment and plots his revenge against Rudrayya, taking the law into his own hands. Disguising himself as a Muslim Cleric, Military Officer and others, he breaks Rudrayya's illegal empire. He also rescues a village belle and loves her. However, nothing can deter him from his aim, Seeing Rudrayya's end. He kills Rudrayya, while he is watching the movie " Johnny Yuma" and himself succumbs to police fire.

Cast

Soundtrack

The songs by the

duo were instant hits and well received.

References

External links

* {{P. Vasu 1986 films 1980s Kannada-language films Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Films directed by P. Vasu Kannada films remade in other languages