''Gemeni'' is a 2002 Indian

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directed by Saran and produced by M. Saravanan on

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.It stars

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and

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and music composed by

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. It is a remake of the Tamil film ''

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'', released the same year. The film's title was spelt ''Gemeni'' to differentiate from the original Tamil version.

Plot

Gemeni and Ladda, are two contemporary gangsters in

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. Gemeni's friend is murdered by Ladda's friend. Then Gemeni and his gang search for the person who murdered his friend and kills him. This incident marks the start of their rivalry. Meanwhile, Gemeni meets Manisha Natwarlal and falls in love with her. To gain her affections, he goes to study in an evening college as her classmate, and eventually, she too falls in love with him. Gemeni and Ladda clash again for a market holdout. Using his brilliant tactics, Gemeni fools and wins against Ladda which drives him crazy. In the meantime, Vijayawada gets a new Police Commissioner in Narendranath Chowdary. He arrests both Gemeni and Ladda. Understanding their rivalry, Viswanath puts them in a private cell so they can beat each other to death and at the same time can put a finish line to rowdyism. But instead, Gemeni convinces Ladda to plead Narendranath Chowdary to give them a chance to lead a normal life. Gemeni's trick works and they both are given a chance. While Gemeni changes his life, Ladda does not change his life. He keeps on disturbing Gemeni and wants him to help him out in his business. But instead, Gemeni informs about Ladda and his activities to Narendranath Chowdary. So, now Ladda is in jail. Meanwhile, Gemeni tries to reunite with Manisha as he had changed now and eventually she does forgive him. After some months, Chowdary gets transferred as the transport DG of

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and the new Police Commissioner, Kumaraswamy arrives, but to Gemeni's bad luck he is corrupt and releases Ladda from jail. Now, Ladda and the new Commissioner urge Gemeni to help him in his business. But, he still tries to stay away from them. Forcing Gemeni to return to his old business, he would later kill Gemeni's right hand and who's also a best friend to him. Then in the climax, Gemeni tricks the Kumaraswamy to kill Ladda. Then, Kumaraswamy is transferred as transport DGP and Viswanath becomes the new Commissioner of Police. The film ends with Gemeni starting to lead a fresh life with Manisha.

Cast

as "Patamatalanka" Gemeni *

as Manisha Natwarlal (credited as Bhairavi) *

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as Ladda *

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as Police Commissioner Kumaraswamy * Murali as Police Commissioner Narendranath Chowdary / Transport DG *

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as Car Mechanic *

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as Hand *

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as Kanna *

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as Kamini * Sujatha as Annamma * Venu Madhav as Car Mechanic *

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as ASP *

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as Gemeni's lawyer *

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as Krishna Babu *

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as Night College Principal *

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as Kandula Satyam *

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as Annamma's slain son and Ladda's gang member * Kadambari Kiran as Manikyam * Devi Charan as College student * TK Hari * Kandal Rao * Babar * Balaji * Bhargav * Ramana * Chandu * Ramesh * Murali * Madhu * Radha Krishna * Sravan Kumar * Nagaraju * Srikanth Rao * Anil * Pavan * Ashalata * Preethi * Manu Shetty

Soundtrack

Music composed by

(referred to as S. P. Patnayak). Music released on Aditya Music Company.

References

External links

* {{Posani Krishna Murali 2000s Telugu-language films 2002 films Films directed by Saran Telugu remakes of Tamil films