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-language

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directed by

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and produced by K. V. V. Satyanarayana under Saudhamini Creations. It stars

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and Suman, with music composed by M. M. Keeravani. The film is a remake of the 1987 Hindi movie ''

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'' which in turn was based on

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's 1979 novel '' Kane and Abel''. This is the second Telugu remake of ''

'' after ''

Prana Snehithulu ''Prana Snehithulu'' () is a 1988 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao. It is a remake of the 1987 Hindi film '' Khudgarz'', which itself was based on Jeffrey Archer's 1979 novel '' Kane and Abel''. The film ...

'' (1988). The film was a ''Super Hit'' at the box office.

Plot

Raja and Ashok have been best friends since childhood. Raja is a milkman while Ashok is the son of a rich businessman and hotelier Gangadharam. When Ashok falls in love with Shanthi, a poor girl, his father is against the wedding, Raja holds the wedding and earns his ire. Meanwhile, Raja falls in love with Subbu/Subbalakshmi, whom he subsequently marries. Gangadhar, plotting to divide his son and Raja, hints that he would like to build a hotel on Raja's land, he gives the land to Ashok without even accepting money for it. When Gangadharam later talks about bringing down his house, he slaps Gangadharam in anger and even Ashok slaps Raja which breaks up their friendship. Gangadhar orders Raja's house to be bulldozed, which angers Raja and he blames Ashok. Raja boasts that he will become a bigger and more successful hotelier than Ashok. Raja, with his hard work and honesty, becomes the biggest businessman in the city. Ashok's younger brother Srikanth and Raja's younger sister Kamala study in the same college, Srikanth traps Kamala and marries her to take revenge against Raja; he often harasses her. Meanwhile, during an auction, Raja tricks Ashok to buy a plot for 12 crores, which was not worth more than 3 crores, Raja buys out the entire property Ashok including his house. But with goodness in their heart and the old friendship in mind, Raja gives back the property to Ashok. Meanwhile, Ashok becomes aware of the tricks played by his father by his cousin Prabhakar. Meanwhile, Daniel, the common enemy of Raja and Ashok, joins Gangadharam. Both of them plan to kill Raja by mixing poison in his milk factory; information is passed to Ashok by Kamala, that's why she is tortured by Srikanth and Gangadharam, Raja saves her and discovers their plan to put poison in the milk. At the same time, Ashok goes to stop Daniel, but he is injured, Raja saves him, and both of them join and see the end of Daniel and Gangadharam, which changes Srikanth and their friendship resumes.

Cast

as Raja * Suman as Ashok *

as Subbalakshmi * Srikanth as Srikanth *

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as Gangadharam *

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as Daniel *

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as Hotel Server * Sujatha as Raja's mother *Vinod as Prabhakar *

Yuvarani Yuvarani (born 30 November 1974) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in several Tamil films in the female lead role while she has also featured in television serials. She played Rajinikanth's sister in ''Baashha'', Prabhavathy in the Tamil ...

as Kamala *

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as Muddu Krishna * Costumes Krishna as Minister Simhadri Appanna *

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as Shanthi * Narsing Yadav as Rowdy *

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Soundtrack

Music composed by M. M. Keeravani. Music released on Surya Audio.

Production

Actress

Divya Bharti Divya Bharti (; 25 February 1974 – 5 April 1993) was an Indian actress who worked predominantly in Hindi and Telugu films. Known for her acting versatility and beauty, she was considered one of the most popular and highest paid Indian actres ...

was offered the female role. But she insisted on the director to cast

as she was already busy with her film '' Tholi Muddu.''

References

External links

* {{Ravi Raja Pinisetty 1993 films Films scored by M. M. Keeravani 1990s Telugu-language films Films based on British novels Films directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty Indian buddy films Films about friendship Indian action drama films Telugu remakes of Hindi films