''Jhansi Rani'' is a 1988

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-language

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, produced by Midde Rama Rao under the Sri Rajyalakshmi Art Pictures banner and directed by Satyanand. It stars

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and music composed by Chakravarthy. The film is based on

Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy (born 13 November 1949 in Vijayawada) is a Telugu writer known for writing thriller plots. Writings Murthy wrote many novels and short stories. The film ''Jyothi Lakshmi'' (2015) is based on one of his novels, ...

's novel ''Mr. V''.

Plot

Jhansi Rani is a daring and dashing woman who always fights against anti-social issues in society. She is in love with an Advocate Dinakar (Daggupati Raja). Once, Jhansi got attacked by some goons and she is protected by a medical representative Sriraj (Rajendra Prasad), both of them become good friends. Jhansi's sister Sampoorna (Rajyalakshmi), a handicapped woman, marries an unknown person Viswanath, who dies within two days of marriage. Due to a weather problem, Jhansi not able to attend the marriage and does not see his face. After some time, Neelakantham (Kota Srinivasa Rao), a CBCID officer meets Jhansi and explains the case of Mr. V, a person who keep names starting with ''V'' and cheats the girls after marrying them and runs away with the dowry, proving that he has died. Surprisingly, he reveals that the person who has married Sampoorna is also Mr. V. Knowing this, Sampoorna commits suicide. Now Jhansi takes an oath to catch Mr. V under any circumstances with the help of Sriraj. The rest of the story is about the identity of Mr. V. and how is he caught?

Cast

as Sriraj *

as Jhansi Rani * Daggupati Raja as Dinakar *

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as Advocate Jadish Chandra *

Kanta Rao Tadepalli Lakshmi Kantha Rao (16 November 1923 – 22 March 2009) was an Indian actor and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. Regarded as one of the finest method actors, Rao starred in more than four hundred feature ...

as Jhansi's uncle *

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as Velu's uncle *

Suthi Velu Kurumaddali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (7 August 1947 – 16 September 2012), better known by his stage name Suthi Velu, was an Indian actor and comedian known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has acted in more than 200 films, and won four state ...

as Constable Velu *

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as Chanti *

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as Neelakantham *

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as Nani *

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as Advocate Jaganatham *

Sakshi Ranga Rao Sakshi Ranga Rao (born Rangavajhula Ranga Rao; 15 September 1942 – 27 June 2005) was an Indian character actor who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He appeared in about 450 films over a career spanning four decades, majority of ...

as Garudachalam *Benerjee as Raju *Balaji as Pratap Kumar *Hema Sundar as Judge *Potti Prasad *KK Sarma as Durvasa Murthy *

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as Lakshmi * Poornima as Radha *

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as Sampoorna *

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as Selvarani *Radha Kumari as Selvarani's mother * Srilakshmi as Velu's wife

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by

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. Music released on AVM Audio Company.

Other

* VCDs and DVDs on - SHALIMAR Video Company,

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References

{{reflist Indian drama films Films based on Indian novels Films scored by K. Chakravarthy 1980s Telugu-language films