''Sahasame Naa Oopiri'' () is a 1989 Indian Telugu satirical

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based on the murder of the political leader

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. The film directed by Vijaya Nirmala features

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alongside herself, Naresh, Vani Vishwanath and

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in the lead roles. Vijaya Nirmala also wrote the screenplay for a story by P. Chandrasekhara Reddy while Tripuraneni Maharathi penned the dialogues. Vidyasagar scored and composed the film's soundtrack while Adurthi Haranath edited the film and Lakshman Gore handled the cinematography.

Cast

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* Vijaya Nirmala * Naresh * Vani Viswanath *

* Giribabu * Ranganath *

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* Bob Christo * Radha Ravi * Rajesh

Soundtrack

Release

The film was released on 25 May 1989. It was released when the cold war between Krishna and actor-politician and the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, NTR, reached its peak. The film emphasised on how NTR might have played a role in the brutal murder of the then rising political leader

as alleged by a few newspapers and the latter's political party at that time. Hence, the film garnered generally mixed reviews. Nevertheless, the film turned out to be a money spinner at the box office and ended up as a commercially safe venture. The film had a direct run of 50 days in a few centres, with 4 of them being from the Ceded region which was surprisingly high for a Krishna film and 100 days run in

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1989 films Indian crime action films 1980s Telugu-language films 1980s crime action films Films directed by Vijaya Nirmala