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produced by S. Gopal Reddy under the Bhargav Art Productions banner and directed by

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. It stars

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and musical score by K. V. Mahadevan. The film was a remake of the Tamil film ''

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'' which was also remade in

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as ''

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'' starring

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; in Kannada as ''

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'' starring

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and in Bengali as '' Pabitra Papi'' starring

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Plot

The film begins in a village where Zamindar Ranga Rao is a vandal who complots to squat it for the construction of his liquor factory. An inspector is new to the place, receives quietude from the public, and precedes Ranga Rao when he is debased. Accordingly he priors a case of criminal Raja who is under a penalty on murder convict. Aside from that, Ranga Rao hounds the villagers to nullify whilst Raja backs and finger-wages Ranga Rao with valor. Forthwith, the Inspector questions Raja then, he reels the rearward. Raja is wholehearted in his life for his sibling Lakshmi. The two are left alone in childhood and for their life-support, Raja befits as the pickpocket. Furthermore, he crushes a beauty, Vidya. Meanwhile, Lakshmi arrives and observes the oppression of Ranga Rao on villagers which she defies. After admonition by Raja, she gets back to college. To pay back, Ranga Rao works with his son Chinna the mate of Lakshmi who artifices love with her. He silently knits her with the blessing of Raja and flees. Following, afflicted Lakshmi conceives, and over a course of time, she finds Chinna’s presence at his residence. Pronto, Lakshmi rushes when she is aware of Ranga Rao’s malice. Unfortunately, they detect and stab her, and when outraged Raja kills Chinna. Lakshmi passes away giving birth to the child and before dying, she takes a word from Raja to free the slave-driven villagers from Ranga Rao. Listening to it, Inspector promises to support Raja in his fight against tyranny. Initially, Raja gleefully embraces his nephew growing under the guardianship of Vidya. In the next step, Raja takes possession of testaments written by villagers for that Ranga Rao abduct the child. Moreover, Inspector losses his life while rescuing him. At last, Raja hiatus his rues and ceases him. Finally, the movie ends with Raja making the boy conduct the funeral rites of Ranga Rao.

Cast

as Raja *

as Vidya * Seeta as Lakshmi *

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as Vidya's grandfather *

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as Ranga Rao *

Anandaraj Anandaraj (born May 15, 1959) is an Indian actor. He has acted in villain roles in several Tamil films and has appeared in over a two hundred films in different languages including Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. Career Anandaraj was bor ...

as Gaja *

Subhalekha Sudhakar Suravajhala Sudhakar (born 19 November 1960), known by his stage name Subhalekha Sudhakar, is an Indian actor who works in Telugu and Tamil language films and television. Sudhakar's first Telugu film '' Subhalekha'' (1982) gained him wide reco ...

as Raja's friend *

Ahuti Prasad Ahuti Prasad (born Adusumilli Janardhan Vara Prasad; 2 January 1958 – 4 January 2015) was an Indian actor who worked in Telugu film industry. He was renowned for the wide variety of roles he played, including father-figure, comedian, and anta ...

as New Inspector *

Brahmaji Brahmaji (born 25 April 1965) is an Indian actor best known for his work in Telugu cinema. He is a regular actor in director Krishna Vamsi's films. Brahmaji appeared in an important role in Krishna Vamsi's debut film as a director, '' Gulabi''. ...

as Drunkard * Hema *Eeswar Rao as Subba Rao Master *Balaji as Villager *Ravi Kiran as Chinna *KK Sarma as Constable *Telephone Satyanarayana as Old Inspector *Chidatala Appa Rao as Butler Bajana Sundaram *Kallu Chidambaram as Panthulu *Juttu Narasimham as Butler Gajakarna *Anitha as Raja's mother *Chandrika as Servant *Master Amith as Raja's son-in-law

Soundtrack

Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Music released on LEO Audio Company.

References

External links

* {{Kodi Ramakrishna 1989 films Films directed by Kodi Ramakrishna Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Telugu remakes of Tamil films 1980s Telugu-language films