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, produced by Akkineni Venkat under the

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banner and directed by Uppalapati Narayana Rao. It stars

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, with music composed M. M. Keeravani. Dubbed into Tamil and released as ''Kaaval Thurai''.

Plot

Bose is an A.C.P. from Visakhapatnam who comes to Hyderabad. He stays with his friend. He is known for his righteous but raging actions, and his friend gets worried about it. Bose tries to stop Chinna and Nalla Sreenu, who are both brothers and underworld dons. Bose arrests Chinna as he seeks revenge on him. Meanwhile, Padma falls in love with Bose as they eventually get married and have a daughter. Nalla Sreenu becomes a party president. Bose and his friend try to end Chinna and Nalla Sreenu's schemes and stop their crimes. Chinna kills Bose's friend when the latter and Bose kidnap Chinna. Eventually, Chinna kidnaps Bose's daughter. How Bose saves his daughter and finishes the villains forms the rest of the story.

Cast

as A.C.P. Bose *

as Padma *

Salim Ghouse Salim Ahmad Ghouse (10 January 1952 – 28 April 2022) was an Indian film, television and theatre actor, theatre director, and martial artist. He has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English films. Early life Salim Ghouse was born ...

as Chinna *

Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has s ...

as Nalla Sreenu *

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as Bose's friend *

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* J. D. Chakravarthy *

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* Chinna * Kadambari Kiran * Ananth * M. M. Keeravani in a special appearance *

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in a special appearance *

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in a special appearance *

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as an item number

Soundtrack

The film songs were composed by M. M. Keeravani. Music released on AKASH Audio Company.

Awards

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References

External links

* 1993 films 1990s Telugu-language films 1990s police procedural films Films scored by M. M. Keeravani {{1990s-Telugu-film-stub