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-language action drama film, produced and directed by

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under his Jagapathi Art Pictures banner. It stars

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, Jayasudha and Jaya Prada, with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film borrows shades of the

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film '' Hera Pheri'' (1976).

Plot

The film begins with Kondandam a nefarious person who envies a woman Meenakshi for spurning his love and marrying a wise person Ramanandam. So, he spills acid into her eyes with his two acolytes Tyagaraju & Nagaraju and they also conceal Ramanandam in the dark. Sub-inspector Satyanandam a man of righteousness takes up the case and convicts Tyagaraju & Nagaraju. Keeping the grudge, they kill Satyananda's wife Chandramati when their son Ramu witnesses the crime and runs away from home. On his way, he gets acquainted with an orphan Krishna who makes petty thefts to feed his orphanage maintained by a noble person Baba. Even blind Meenakshi, the mother of Krishna hides her identity and stays in the same orphanage. Years roll by, Ramu joins Krishna and they become soulmates, bounty hunters, and small-time crooks to nourish the poor. Ongoing, Ramu & Krishna fall for Lakshmi and Jaya. Here Ramu is still longing to avenge against homicide of his mother. Then, Krishna finds out that Meenakshi is his mother and learns about the past when Ramu & Krishna realizes that both of them are subjected to the injustice of the same criminals. There onwards, they start eliminating them one after another and are in search of the third heinous Kondandam. During that time, Ramu meets his father Satyanandam but he decides to hold back until he accomplishes his mission. Terror-stricken Kondandam ploys and forges as Krishna's father when war erupts between Ramakrishnulu. At last, it is affirmed that all this is a play to cease Kondandam. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriages of Ramu & Lakshmi and Krishna & Jaya.

Cast

as Ramu *

as Krishna * Jaya Prada as Jaya * Jayasudha as Lakshmi * Satyanarayana as Kondandam *

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as Thyagaraju *

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as Jaya's father * Raja Babu as Jaya's brother *

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as Sakshala Sub-Inspector Satyanandam *

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as Ramanandam * Anjali Devi as Chandramathi * Pushpalatha as Meenakshi *

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as Baba * Mukkamala as I.G. *K. V. Chalam as Lakshmi's brother *

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as Nagaraju * Chalapathi Rao as Jaggu

Soundtrack

Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Lyrics were written by Acharya Aatreya.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0390416 Indian action drama films Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Films directed by V. B. Rajendra Prasad 1970s action drama films 1970s Telugu-language films