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, produced by A. Pundarikakshaiah under the Sri Bhaskara Chitra and directed by B. V. Prasad. It stars

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, Jaya Prada, K. R. Vijaya and music composed by

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. The film is a remake of the

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movie ''Jagriti'' (1977).

Plot

The film begins with two petty thieves Dayanidhi & Parabrahmam acquitting from prison. Soon, they wear the mask of hypocritical social workers and forge as honorable. Plus, they perpetrate many activities such as exploiting orphan children as criminals, and women trafficking under the umbra of social welfare. Ramu & Chitti Babu are a few of them. Once, Ramu is acquainted with a court dancer Susheela who doesn’t have any taint. Ramu gets affectionate towards her and takes care of her as his sister. The Govt. appoints a special CID Officer Shekar to bar these scandals. Once, Ramu is caught and sent to a Juvenile home where he reforms under the guidance of Principal Shanti Devi. Meanwhile, Shekar is behind Dayanidhi & Brahmam and waiting for a shot to seize them. Amid of sentence, Ramu gets out to meet Susheela when Shekar is behind him and is surprised to spot Susheela as she is his past love. As of now, Shekar wholeheartedly accepts Susheela and relives her prison. Parallelly, Ramu releases and aims to straighten the remaining. So, he reenters and imparts their activities to Shekar. Moreover, he succeeds in transforming the remaining and enacts them as good citizens. Simultaneously, Dayanidhi's racket is about to collapse, so, he abducts Susheela to withhold Shekar. Finally, the movie ends with Shekar ceasing Dayanidhi with the aid of Ramu & Shanti Devi.

Cast

as Shekar * Jaya Prada as Susheela * K. R. Vijaya as Shanti Devi * Nagabhushanam as Dayanidhi * Prabhakar Reddy as Parabrahmam *

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as Master * Chalam as Chitti Babu *Jaya Bhaskar as Doctor *

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*Halam as item number *Master Raja Krishna as Ramu

Soundtrack

Music composed by

References

{{reflist Indian drama films Telugu remakes of Hindi films