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, produced by Venkat Akkineni,

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banner and directed by

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. It stars

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with music composed by Chakravarthy.

Plot

The film begins with Raja Shekaram an artist, lands at an estate for his portrayal and settles in a dock house. One night, he spots something suspicious and discovers it is a beautiful village girl Gowri whose night halts there. Raja praises her beauty and paints her picture when she starts loving him. It irks, Sandhya a vainglory woman, the daughter of a devious & materialistic person Janthuvula Jaganatham. So, she destroys the paintings when angered by Raja and moves to shut her down. At that moment, astonishingly, he gets remembrance of reincarnation and also makes Sandhya believe it. Eventually, Mohan a malicious nephew of Jaganatham performs anti-social activities in that area. He aspires to marry Sandhya and also keeps an evil eye on Gowri but Raja always puts a check on him. Meanwhile, learning about Raja & Sandhya's love affair Jaganatham gives his approval for their espousal. Parallelly, Raja couples up Gowri with a guy Kumar, but unfortunately, he turns henchman of Mohan. Right now, he surrenders Gowri to him when Raja rescues her. Exploiting it, Mohan denounces Raja when Jaganatham eagerly queries him. At that juncture, as a flabbergast, Raja declares himself as the son of the bungalow's previous owner Bhushaiah. Hearing it, Jaganatham dodges out and proclaims Raja as a defrauder before Sandhya when shockingly, she announces as pregnant. Here, Sandhya misconstrues Raja and decides to get aborted, knowing it, Gowri rushes to Raja. On the way, Mohan molests her, and before dying, she informs Raja, regarding the barbarous deed of Mohan and Sandhya too. Immediately, Raja moves and enlightens Sandhya by showing his insane sister Seeta still suffering in a mental hospital. Actually, in the past, Jaganatham deceived Seeta which lead to the destruction of their family. Hence, he made this play to teach Jaganatham a lesson. Listening to it, Sandhya understands Raja's virtue and both of them make Jaganatham repent. At present, Raja turns as a CBI officer who is specially appointed to catch the illegal activities of Mohan. Be cognizant of it, Mohan kidnaps Seeta along with Jaganatham when she retrieves her memory. At last, Raja ceases Mohan, and Jaganatham also pleads pardon. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Raja & Sandhya.

Cast

as Raja Shekaram *

as Sandhya *

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as Janthuvula Jaganatham * Satyanarayana as Bhushaiah *

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as All in all Anjaneyulu *

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as Mohan *

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as Veeraiah * Music Director Chakravarthy as Appa Rao *

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as Kumar *

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as Jaggu *Madhumalini as Gowri * Manorama as Aandallu *

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as Rani *Pushpalatha as Seeta * Master Harish as Young Raja Shekaram

Crew

*Art: G. V. Subba Rao *Choreography: Saleem *Fights: Raghavulu *Dialogues: Satyanand *Lyrics: Acharya Atreya *Playback:

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, S. P. Sailaja *Music: Chakravarthy *Story: Guhanathan *Editing:

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*Cinematography: K. S. Prakash *Producer: Venkat Akkineni,

*Screenplay - Director:

*Banner:

*Release Date: 27 June 1981

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by Acharya Atreya.

Others

* VCDs and DVDs on - VOLGA Videos,

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References

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* {{Nagarjuna (actor) Indian drama films Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao Films scored by K. Chakravarthy 1981 drama films 1981 films 1980s Telugu-language films