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-language

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starring

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and

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. This film was directed by V. N. Aditya and produced by Burugapally Siva Rama Krishna. Music was scored by

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. It is a remake of the Tamil film, ''

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'', which starred Vikram,

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and

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in critical roles. The film was an average grosser at the box office. The film was later dubbed into Hindi as ''Ghera Ghaav'' by Goldmines Telefilms.

Plot

Sriram (Uday Kiran) wants to become a cop. Madhu (Anitha) is the sister of Sriram's brother-in-law. C.I. "Encounter" Shankar misbehaves with Madhu which causes a fight between Sriram and Shankar. Shankar decides to take revenge on Sriram by filing a false report during police verification about S.I selections and also kills Sriram's dearest friend. Finally Sriram fights with him and kills him.

Cast

as Sreeram Kumar *

as Madhu *

as C.I. "Encounter" Shankar * Siva Krishna as Police Officer Narayana * Sunil as Bose * Sudha as Sreeram's mother * Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as Sreeram's father *

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as Kamala, Sreeram's sister *

Tanikella Bharani Tanikella Bharani (born 14 July 1954) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, poet, playwright and director who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has worked as an actor in more than 750 films, including some in Tamil and Hindi; while he was ...

as Minister Subba Rayudu *

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as Constable Shiva * Narsing Yadav as Das, Subba Rayudu's henchman *

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as Sreeram's friend *

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as Lakshmipathi * Kadambari Kiran as Politician *

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in a special appearance in the song ''Pedavullo Pepsicola''

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

. Chandrabose and Kulasekhar wrote 2 songs each, Kulasekhar wrote one more song in collaboration with

Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (born Chembolu Seetharama Sastry; 20 May 1955 – 30 November 2021) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acquired the stage name Sirivennela after writing the ...

wrote one song. Music was released by

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company.

Reception

Gudipoodi Srihari of ''

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'' wrote that "The film can be summed up in two words: Violence Unlimited".

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2002 films 2000s Telugu-language films Telugu remakes of Tamil films Films directed by V. N. Aditya