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directed by Tatineni Prasad. It stars

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and

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, with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was produced by N. R. Anuradha Devi under the Lakshmi Films Combines banner. It is a remake of

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's debut

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film ''

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'' (1982).

Plot

Gopi Krishna (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) a middle-class guy leads a joyful life with his wife Lakshmi (Raadhika). Once it is diagnosed that Lakshmi is suffering from blood cancer, to protect her Gopi has to accumulate a huge amount for which he turns into a conman and misleads several people. In that process, he gets acquainted with a millionaire Durgamma (Annapurna) a shrew when he falsely, convinces her as their distinct relative and Radha (Bhanupriya), Durgamma's daughter falls for him. Learning it, Lakshmi requests to continue his friendship with Radha for her happiness he does so. Parallelly, the wheel of fortune makes Lakshmi & Radha friends when Lakshmi even cheers up Radha's love interest by hiding her identity. On the other side, trickster Gopi increases his plans day by day but unfortunately, once he was caught. At the same time, Lakshmi deteriorates and Gopi is unable to raise the fund when Radha arrives for his support. Here, Radha questions Gopi the reason behind his deeds then he reveals the entire truth. By the time, they reach hospital Lakshmi is terminally-ill. Finally, the movie ends Lakshmi uniting Gopi & Radha and breathes her last, happily.

Cast

as Gopi Krishna *

as Lakshmi *

as Radha *

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as Dr. Rao *

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as Bhupal Rao *

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as Damodaram *

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as Appala Raju *

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as Kalyana Ramudu *

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as Manager *

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as Attorney Babu Rao *Arun Kumar as Anand *Telephone Satyanarayana as Dr. Varma *

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as Durgamma *Anitha as Doctor *Mamatha as Nurse *

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as Doddamma

Crew

*Art: Bhaskara Raju *Choreography: Prakash, Surekha *Lyrics:

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*Playback:

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, S. P. Sailaja *Dialogues: Satyanand *Story: Palagummi Padmaraju *Music: Chakravarthy *Editing: Kotagiri Gopala Rao *Cinematography: S. Navakanth *Producer : N. R. Anuradha Devi *Direction: Tatineni Prasad *Banner: Lakshmi Films Combines *Release Date: 1 May 1985

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Chakravarthy. Music released on AVM Audio Company.

References

1985 drama films 1985 films Indian drama films Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Telugu remakes of Kannada films 1980s Telugu-language films {{1980s-Telugu-film-stub