''Puli'' ( Tiger) is a 1985

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-language

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, produced by Anam Gopala Krishna Reddy under the Sri Venkata Krishna Films banner and directed by Raj Bharat. It stars

Chiranjeevi Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, film producer and former politician, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Chiranjeevi starred in over 150 feature films in Telugu language, Telugu, as ...

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and music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was a

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at the box office.

Plot

Kranthi (Chiranjeevi) is an honest police officer who is deputed to the special branch. He has a sister named Lakshmi. Inspector Shyam is a corrupt officer and works for Smuggler JK. One day, Shyam causes an accident and as a result of which Lakshmi loses her eyesight and her fiancée gets murdered. Kranthi goes on the hunt and catches corrupt inspector Shyam and his associate James. Meanwhile, JK Kidnaps Radha and Lakshmi. The rest of the movie is about how all ends well.

Cast

as Kranthi *

as Radha *

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as J.K. * Satyanarayana as Pratap Rao *

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as Narasimham *

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as Inspector Prasad *

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as Inspector Shyam *

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as Gopi * Sudarshan as Jaggu *

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as Savitri *Samyuktha as Lakshmi *

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Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by

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. Music released on AVM Audio Company.

Other

* VCDs and DVDs on - SHALIMAR Video Company,

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References

{{reflist Indian action films Films scored by K. Chakravarthy 1980s Telugu-language films 1985 action films 1985 films