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-language

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film directed by

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. It stars

Jagapati Babu Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Rao Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in a few Tamil, , Kannada and Malayalam films. ...

Soundarya K. S. Sowmya (18 July 1972 – 17 April 2004), better known by her stage name Soundarya, was an Indian actress who worked predominantly in Telugu_cinema, Telugu films and has also worked in Kannada, Tamil language, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam f ...

with music composed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. It is produced by

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under the Jagapati Art Pictures banner. The film was recorded as a ''Super Hit'' at the box office. Upon release, the film received positive reviews, and remained a musical hit. The film was a remake of the Malayalam film '' Ee Puzhayum Kadannu'' (1996), and is also remade in Kannada as ''

Sambhrama ''Sambhrama'' is a 1999 Kannada-language romance film directed by Mahesh Sukhadare and produced by Srinivasa Combines banner. The story is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Ee Puzhayum Kadannu'' (1996). The film stars Ramesh Aravind and Kaveri ...

'' (1999).

Plot

The film begins with Gopi a simple and self-respect guy, who runs a watch shop in his hometown. He loves his neighbor Anjali that lives with her elder sisters Aswini, Aruna, and their grandmother. She is the only breadwinner of the family and they are vexed by their stepbrother Raghu. Gopi & Anjali run into each other a few times and they fall in love. However, Anjali backs up due to her unmarried elder sisters. At that point, Gopi takes up her responsibilities and performs dumb Aswini's nuptials with his close friend Brahmaji. Thereafter, he learns Aruna is in love with a guy Ravindra but his greedy mother demands 1 lakh as dowry. Hence, Gopi sells his business and liens his self-respect by accepting a job proposal. Just before the wedding, unfortunately, Raghu steals the ornaments. In that quarrel, accidentally Gopi kills Raghu. Right now, Gopi and Anjali cross many difficulties for the completion of marriage by hiding the truth. Soon after, Gopi surrenders to Police and is sentenced to 5 years. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with Gopi returning and Anjali giving him a warm welcome.

Cast

Jagapathi Babu Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Rao Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in a few Tamil, , Kannada and Malayalam films. ...

as Gopi *

as Anjali * Chandra Mohan as Chandram *

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as Raghavayya *

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as Tatabbai *

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as Veera Babu *

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as Brahmaji *

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as Ravindra *

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* Hemanth as Raghu *

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* Subbaraya Sharma * Chitti Babu as a bus conductor * Mithai Chitti as a vegetable seller *

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* Sudha as Chandram's wife *

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as Veera Babu's wife *

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as Aruna * Shilpa ( Chippy) as Aswini * Tatineni Rajeswari as Anjali's Mother *

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as Ravindra's Mother *

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as Anjali's grandmother * Master Anand Vardhan as Cable

Music

Music was composed by

. Lyrics written by Chandrabose. The music released on Music Two Thousand Company. Legendary singer

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has sung five songs for this film.

References

{{S. V. Krishna Reddy 1998 romantic comedy films 1990s Telugu-language films 1998 films Films about Indian weddings Films about women in India Films directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy Films scored by S. V. Krishna Reddy Films shot in Hyderabad, India Indian romantic comedy films Telugu remakes of Malayalam films