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produced by D. Rama Naidu of Suresh Productions and directed by K. Bapaiah, starring

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Sobhan Babu Sobhan Babu (born Uppu Sobhana Chalapathi Rao; 14 January 1937 – 20 March 2008) was an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema.Bangaru Panjaram in Venditera Paatalu, Krishnasastri Sahityam, third volume, Vishalandhra Publishing House ...

, Sridevi and Jaya Prada. It is remade in Hindi language in 1984 as ''

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Plot

Gummadi and Sivakrishna are brothers. Sivakrishna is a socialist and wants to spend the property for the poor, whereas Gummadi is a very selfish man. Their differences lead to the death of Sivakrishna as planned by Raogopal Rao, Allu and Chalapati Rao. Chakravarthi (Sobhan Babu) is the son of Gummadi and Tilak (Krishna) is the son of Sivakrishna. Tilak joins as a worker in the company of Gummadi. Jaya Prada is the niece of Gummadi and she falls in love with Tilak. Chakravarthi loves Sridevi, daughter of a teacher in their company. The villains have issues with Tilak. The resulting conflict between Chakravarthi and Tilak finally leads to the revelation of their relationship and a happy ending.

Cast

as Balagangadhara Tilak *

Shobhan Babu Sobhan Babu (born Uppu Sobhana Chalapathi Rao; 14 January 1937 – 20 March 2008) was an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema.Bangaru Panjaram in Venditera Paatalu, Krishnasastri Sahityam, third volume, Vishalandhra Publishing House ...

as Chakravarthi * Sridevi as Bharati * Jaya Prada as Rani *

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 Kamaraju *

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as Phanibhushan Rao *

Allu Ramalingaiah Allu Ramalingaiah (1 October 1922 – 31 July 2004) was an Indian character actor, comedian, and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. In 1990, He was honoured with the Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema. In 1998, he r ...

as Bhujangam * Sivakrishna as father of Balagangadhar Tilak * Giribabu as Lingamurthy * Chalapathi Rao as Nagendra *

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as Mohan * Gummadi as Dharma Rao *

Nutan Prasad Tadinada Varaprasad popularly known as Nutan Prasad (12 December 1945 – 30 March 2011) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was a native of Kaikaluru, Andhra Pradesh, India. He started his film ...

as Dasu * Suryakantham as wife of Bhujangam * Annapoorna as Sharada * M. Prabhakar Reddy as Vishnumurthy *

Raavi Kondala Rao Raavi Kondala Rao (11 February 1932 – 28 July 2020) was an Indian actor, screenwriter, playwright, and journalist who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acted in over 400 films. He won Nandi Award for Best Story Writer for '' ...

as Sarma *

Sakshi Ranga Rao Sakshi Ranga Rao (born Rangavajhula Ranga Rao; 15 September 1942 – 27 June 2005) was an Indian character actor who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He appeared in about 450 films over a career spanning four decades, majority of ...

Radha Kumari Radha Kumari was an Indian veteran film actress who appeared in Telugu-language films. She acted in over 600 films in over four decades. She is well known for her humor and played mother or grandmother roles in most of her films. Film career R ...

as mother of Rani *

Narra Venkateswara Rao Narra Venkateswara Rao was an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He hailed from Agraharam village (Ramachandrapuram) in Zarugumalli Mandal, Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Career He acted in over 500 films spanning ...

as Inspector

Soundtrack

Box office

The film ran for more than 50 days in all the released centers. It also ran for more than 100 days and celebrated Silver Jubilee.Boxoffice results of Shobhan Babu films.
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References

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* 1983 films Telugu films remade in other languages Indian action drama films Films with screenplays by the Paruchuri brothers Films directed by K. Bapayya Films scored by K. Chakravarthy 1980s Telugu-language films 1980s action drama films Suresh Productions films {{1980s-Telugu-film-stub