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-language

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film directed by

Priyadarshan Priyadarshan (born 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam and Hindi films, while also having done six films in Tamil and two films in Telugu. He has done about 31 films in Hi ...

in his Telugu debut, produced by D. Kishore on Jayabheri Art Productions banner, presented by M.Murali Mohan, starring

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and music composed by

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. The movie was dubbed in Tamil and Hindi languages as ''Sambavam'' and ''Girafthari'' respectively. This film is a remake of Priyadarshan's own 1989

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'' starring

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which itself was based on the 1987 movie ''

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''.

Plot

A sincere cop named Vamsi Krishna (

) is sent undercover along with two other cops. Shivram (

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) is one of those cops and is a close friend and associate of Vamsi. The cops are sent by the Police Commissioner (

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) to track down a vicious and dangerous criminal named Raghuram (

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). Vamsi performs surveillance on Raghuram's daughter Geetha (

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) by getting into her opposite building's flat in a residential complex to gather details and whereabouts of her criminal father. Geeta lives with her aunt Jolly (

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). When Vamsi, in the guise of a telephone department inspector, pursues Geetha and falls in love with her, she reciprocates his love interest initially but refuses after she gets to know the truth that he is a cop and is about to drag her father to prison. Vamsi gets hold of Raghuram through Geetha and finds out that he is an innocent victim. The real criminal, Prahlad (

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), deceives Raghuram and plans a crime operation. The misunderstanding between Geetha and Vamsi gets cleared up, and Vamsi banishes Prahlad.

Cast

as Inspector Vamsi Krishna *

as Geetha *

as Raghuram *

as Prahlad Rao *

as Inspector Shivram *

as Police Commissioner Narahari * Annapoorna as Vamsi's mother *

as Jolly, Geetha's aunt * Jyothi as Nalini *

Suthivelu Kurumaddali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (7 August 1947 – 16 September 2012), better known by his stage name Suthi Velu, was an Indian actor and comedian known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has acted in more than 200 films, and won four state ...

as Yadagiri *

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in a cameo appearance *

Chota K. Naidu Chota K. Naidu (born 1962) is an Indian cinematographer, best known for his distinct style of cinematography for films like, ''Matru Devo Bhava'', ''Choodalani Vundi'', and ''Kotha Bangaru Lokam''. Naidu is part of the Indian Society of Cinemat ...

*Bhimeswara Rao as Principal *Prasanna Kumar as Vinod *Rajeevi as Anarkali *Potti Veeraiyah *Husain

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Music released on ECHO Audio Company.

References

External links

* {{Priyadarshan 1991 films 1990s Telugu-language films Telugu remakes of Malayalam films Indian action films Films directed by Priyadarshan Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja 1991 action films