''Khaidi No. 786'' () is a 1988 Indian

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-language film, starring

Chiranjeevi Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, film producer and former politician, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Chiranjeevi starred in over 150 feature films in Telugu language, Telugu, as ...

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Nutan Prasad Tadinada Varaprasad popularly known as Nutan Prasad (12 December 1945 – 30 March 2011) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was a native of Kaikaluru, Andhra Pradesh, India. He started his film ...

and

Kaikala Satyanarayana Kaikala Satyanarayana (25 July 1935 – 23 December 2022) was an Indian actor, producer, director, and politician who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He appeared in over 750 films and served as the Member of Parliament in the 11th Lok S ...

. The film was directed by

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. It is the second film in Chiranjeevi's successful ''Khaidi'' trilogy. The film is a remake of the 1986 Tamil film ''

Amman Kovil Kizhakale ''Amman Kovil Kizhakale'' () is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by R. Sundarrajan, starring Vijayakanth and Radha. It was released on 24 April 1986, and emerged a commercial success. Vijayakanth also won ...

'', and was released on 10 June 1988.

Plot

Gopi (

) is a music master brought up by Satyanarayana and Nutan Prasad in a village. He wants to become a police constable. Surya Chandra Rao (

) is a rich man in the village with his daughter Radha (

), who is headstrong and proud of her riches. In a brawl with Gopi, she seeks revenge and acts as his disciple wanting to learn music and later accuses him of attempting to rape her with the help of the new SI of the village, Asirayya (

), but later realises her mistake and his good nature and falls in love with him. Though reluctant to marry her, Gopi is convinced to accept her into his life and they marry. Surya Chandra Rao is enraged by this and sends a goon to kill him and in the fight, the goon loses and Gopi leaves him at Surya Chandra Rao's house, warning him not to enter his life again. The goon is killed by Surya Chandra Rao and Gopi is accused of his murder and is put in jail. The rest of the story is formed on how Gopi proves his innocence and how he brings the villains to justice.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was Composed By

Raj–Koti Thotakura Somaraju and Saluri Koteswara Rao, popularly known as Raj–Koti were Indian film music composers, singer-songwriters, record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalists duo in Telugu cinema, In a notable career spanning a decade ...

and Released by

Aditya Music Aditya Music India Private Limited is a music company in India, which owns the label Aditya Music. It produces music for the Telugu cinema industry and is headquartered at Hyderabad, Telangana. Overview The company was founded by Umesh Gup ...

Trivia

The song "Guvva Gorinkato" was remixed in

Sai Dharam Tej Panja Sai Dharam Tej (born 15 October 1986) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. Related to the Allu–Konidela family, he made his acting debut with the box office success ''Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham'' (2014) for which he received S ...

's ''

Subramanyam for Sale ''Subramanyam For Sale'' is a 2015 Telugu-language action romantic comedy film written and directed by Harish Shankar, produced by Dil Raju on Sri Venkateswara Creations banner. The film stars Sai Dharam Tej, Regina Cassandra, and Adah Sharma . ...

'' (2015). This is the second installment of the ''Khaidi'' franchise, the first being '' Khaidi'' released in 1983.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0245998, title=Khaidi No.786 1988 films Films scored by Raj–Koti Telugu remakes of Tamil films 1980s Telugu-language films