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directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao. It stars

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, with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film is produced by R. Gopal under the Lakshmi Vishnu Productions banner. It is based on the

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character of the same name. The film met with negative reviews.

Plot

The film begins with Raja the son of Zamindar Raghunath Rao, who is an advent devotee of Lord Hanuman. Once, on the eve of Hanuman Jayanthi, Raghunath Rao offers their heritage jewelry to the Lord. Parallelly, 3 blackguards Maharaj, Sardar, and Jaisingh slaughter Raja’s parents along with the temple priest and snatches it. Thus, Raja makes a penance when Lord Hanuman bestows him supernatural powers and he turns into Super Man. Plus, he takes care of the priest’s family as his own. As of today, his foster mother Sarada detects and oaths not reveal his strength. Years roll by, and Raja always utilizes his power to aid the public but hides his identity. He undertakes the mining business with a partner Bangariah and falls for his daughter Jaya. The 3 traitors are still conducting anti-social activities. Initially, Raja butchers Jaisingh. After that, Maharaj identifies gold stones in the mine, of which they are unbeknownst. Hence, to squat it they create a threat of demons in that region. Anyhow, Raja counterstrikes it and wipes out Sardar. In the interim, Raja's sister Lakshmi loves a guy, Mohan stunningly, the son of Maharaj, and becomes pregnant. Here Raja decides to knit them. Maharaj is acquainted with Raja in disguise takes his share as dowry, and absconds with Mohan. Now Lakshmi attempts suicide, Raja protects her giving an assurance to bring Mohan back. Being cognizant of their presence in Hong Kong, Raja moves. Meanwhile, Bangariah & Jaya also reach there to sell the remaining mine due to the luring of Maharaj who seizes them and Jaya escapes when Raja safeguards her. Simultaneously, Maharaj tries to kill Raja but in vain. Ultimately, he sends a sorceress Lee who uses her black magic but she too is destroyed. At last, Raja recognizes Maharaj as the 3rd traitor, so, he eliminates him also, brings back Mohan, and performs his marriage with Lakshmi. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Raja & Jaya.

Cast

as Raja *

as Jaya * Satyanarayana as Maharaj Dharma Rao *

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as Bangaraiah *

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as Raghunatha Rao *Tyagaraju as Jai Singh *Chakarapani as Mohan *Arja Janardhan Rao as

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*Srilanka Manohar as Sardar *

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as Sarada * Geetha as Lakshmi *

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as Annapurnamma *

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as Lee

Music

Music was composed by Chakravarthy.

References

External links

* {{V. Madhusudhana Rao 1980s Indian superhero films Film superheroes Films directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Indian fantasy action films Indian superhero films Unofficial Superman films 1980s Telugu-language films