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-language romantic

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film produced, written and directed by

Dasari Narayana Rao Dasari Narayana Rao (4 May 1947 – 30 May 2017) was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, lyricist, and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, in addition to Hindi cinema. He has directed more than 150 ...

. It stars

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and Rajani, with music composed by

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. The film released on 14 January 1987 alongside

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's ''Punnami Chandrudu'',

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's '' Bhargava Ramudu'' and

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'' was recorded as a ''Blockbuster'' at the box office outperforming the other films. The film was remade in Tamil as '' Anand''.

Plot

Rajesh (

) is a racy youngster who falls in love with Alekhya ( Rajani). Things go well when Rajesh and Alekhya plan to get married, and that is when a root of suspicion lands in Rajesh's mind through a friend. The suspicion is something about Alekhya's character, and when Rajesh inquires about it, the latter gets furious. She questions Rajesh, asking him about how he can suspect her by believing a friend's word. She also comes to the conclusion that his love is not worth accepting. The impulsive-natured Rajesh also finds her questioning arrogant, and the couple breaks up. The real trouble starts for Rajesh after Alekhya leaves him, and he starts feeling sorry for his impulsive nature. There Rajesh is absolutely worried about Alekhya & gets into depression. To get all the ducks into row, Rajesh's mother goes to Alekhya's house to fix the gap between Rajesh & Alekhya, where she finds out about Alekhya's senseless decision to marry Kapil Dev (

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), shown by her parents. Then Rajesh's mother coming to back to the house, concerned about Rajesh's mental health deterioration, she lies to him that Alekhya is ready to marry him & there after she feeds him stomach full & is delighted. Then she spills the beans out about the actual scenario that happened at Alekhya's house & her decision to marry Kapil Dev. Listening to everything Rajesh is distraught. While his mother tries to console him. Meanwhile, Rajesh goes to a sink & starts vomiting everything that he ate & quotes that he cannot live happily without Alekhya. The rest of the story is about what would happen to Rajesh and whether Alekhya forgives him or not. Final Caption Love Remains forever

Cast

as Rajesh * Rajani as Alekhya *

as Kapil Dev, Alekhya's husband *

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as Shalini *

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 Sa ...

as Rajesh's father *

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as Gopala Krishna * Gummadi as Alekhya's grandfather *

Sowcar Janaki Sankaramanchi Janaki (born T. Janaki; 12 December 1931), popularly known as Sowcar Janaki (Tamil) or Shavukaru Janaki (Telugu) or Sahukar Janaki (Kannada), is an Indian actress who has appeared in over 300, films, predominantly in Tamil, Tel ...

as Alekhya's mother * K. R. Vijaya as Rajesh's mother * Suthi Velu *

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by

. Lyrics were written by

. Music was released on Lahari Music.

References

External links

* {{Dasari Narayana Rao 1987 films Indian romantic drama films Films directed by Dasari Narayana Rao Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Telugu films remade in other languages 1980s Telugu-language films 1987 romantic drama films