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-language

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

, produced by A. Venkat Rami Reddy under L V S Productions and directed by

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. It stars

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, Pratibha Sinha,

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with music by

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. Venkatesh played a double role in the film. It was a remake of the Hindi film '' Aankhen '' which was inspired from Kannada film ''

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'' which itself was based on Tamil film ''

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''. The film was Average at the box office.

Plot

The story begins with the arrest of international stock market broker Ashok Kumar (K. Ashok Kumar), who has cheated the public of 2000 crores, the court decides to keep him under the supervision of Chief Minister (

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). A mafia gang leader Vicky (Mohan Raj) plans to help Ashok Kumar escape from jail, by doing plastic surgery on his younger brother Bhadram (again

), to look like the CM. Simultaneously, a rich industrialist Ananda Rao Naidu ( Satyanarayana) is always having problems with his mischievous son Chanti (

) and nephew Nani (

). The two are notorious slackers, always up to no good, and involved in elaborate practical jokes, they fall in love with Prathiba ( Pratibha Sinha) and Nikita ( Subhashri). It comes to Ananda Rao's attention that his son and nephew have been lying to him about their college grades in studies and sports. As a result, they are kicked out of college and ultimately from their home. Later, they protect the CM's son from an accident and the CM invites them for coffee, at the same time Vicky plans an attack on the CM in which his wife and son die and the CM is injured. Chanti and Nani follow them and come to know everything regarding their plan, in the attack Nani escapes, but Chanti disappears, presumed dead, Nani gets involved with a conspiracy to kill Chanti and he is arrested. At the same time, the gangsters change CM from the hospital and replace him with their duplicate. Meanwhile, in a small Indian village, Narasimha (again Satyanarayana), twin brother of Ananda Rao Naidu, who was separated in childhood, his son Balaraju (again Venkatesh) Chanti's identical cousin arrives in town with his fiancée Chandra Mukhi (

). At the same time, Chanti is also found alive, and both of them get exchanged which leads to hilarious misunderstandings and the remaining story is about who protects the CM in the climax.

Cast

as Chanti & Balaraju (Dual role) *

as Chandramukhi (Voice dubbed by

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) * Pratibha Sinha as Pratibha (Voice dubbed by Shilpa) *

as Nani * Satyanarayana as Ananda Rao Naidu & Narasimha (Dual role) *

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as Raja *

as CM & Brahmam (Dual role) *

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as Inspector Prem Chand *

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as Vicky * K. Ashok Kumar as Ashok Kumar * Chalapathi Rao as DCP *

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as Ashok Kumar's brother * Vidyasagar as Security officer * Chitti Babu as Lecturer *

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as Thief * Ananth Babu as Thief * Chitti Babu as Lecturer *

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as Principal * K. K. Sharma *

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as Thief * Ironleg Sastri as Raja's father *

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as Lecturer * Subhashri as Nikitha * Sudha as CM's wife *

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as Kanya Kumari *

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as Ananda Naidu's sister *

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as Chitra *

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as Ramulamma

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by

References

External links

* {{A. Kodandarami Reddy 1995 films Films directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy 1990s Telugu-language films Telugu remakes of Hindi films Films about twin brothers Indian comedy-drama films 1995 comedy-drama films Films scored by Raj–Koti Films shot in Hyderabad, India Films set in Hyderabad, India