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produced by Y. V. Rao and directed by S. D. Lal. The film stars

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, with music composed by Satyam. It is a remake of the

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film '' Vishwanath'' (1978).

Plot

Vishwanath is a middle-class public prosecutor with a penchant for justice and a soft corner for the common man that endears him to the masses. But then he commits the unpardonable sin of awarding life imprisonment to Prabhu – the son of industrialist G.N.K. – and his henchman Shakka on charges of rape and murder. Not many in the city know that G.N.K. is also an underworld don involved in all sorts of criminal activities. Fuming revenge, and using every trick of the trade, he gets him implicated in a bribery case, and condemned to short-term imprisonment. Once he is released and determined to seek revenge, by taking the law into his own hands, he lets loose a war against G.N.K. by systematically attacking his business interests, helped in the process by Kacheri Kondaiah.

Cast

as Lawyer Viswanath *

as Geeta * Satyanarayana as Kacheri Kondaiah *

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G.N.K *

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as Pakshiraju Seetaramaiah / Pakshi *

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as Kamalakar *

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as Judge * Rajanala as Lawyer D. P. Rao * Mukkamala as Raghavaiah * Ramana Murthy as Lawyer Varma * Ranganath as Bhaskar *

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as Prabhu *Tyagaraju * Sri Lanka Manohar as Shakka *

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as Johny Jalaiah *

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*K.V.Chalam as Varahala Shetty *

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as Kondaiah henchmen *

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as Jail Warden *K. K. Sarma as Prisoner *

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as Shanthamma * Kavitha as Gowri *

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as Soda Jaggu *Pushpa Kumari

Soundtrack

Music composed by Satyam.

Reception

Venkatrao of ''

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'', in his review dated 23 November 1978, appreciated Rama Rao's performance and production values. He added that Lal's adaptation stands up to the original.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt0371788 1970s Telugu-language films 1978 action films 1978 films Films scored by Satyam (composer) Indian action films Indian films about revenge Telugu remakes of Hindi films Films directed by S. D. Lal