''Surya IPS'' is a 1991
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
-language
action crime
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
film produced by
T. Subbarami Reddy
T. Subbarami Reddy (born 17 September 1943) is an Indian industrialist, politician, Telugu cinema, film producer, and a philanthropist. In 1993 he produced the Sanskrit film ''Bhagavad Gita (film), Bhagavad Gita'', which garnered the National Fi ...
under the Maheswari Parameswari Productions banner and directed by
A. Kodandarami Reddy
A. Kodandarami Reddy (born 1 July 1950) is an Indian film director best known for his works in Telugu cinema.
His association with Chiranjeevi created blockbusters in multiple genres such as ''Nyayam Kavali'' (1981), ''Khaidi (1983 film), Khaidi ...
.
Venkatesh Venkatesh is a given name and family name from the Indian subcontinent derived from Venkateswara, a Hindu deity.
Notable persons with the name include:
* A. Venkatesh Naik (born 1936), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
* A. Venkatesh (directo ...
and
Vijayashanti
Vijayashanti (born 24 June 1966) is an Indian actress, producer and politician. In a film career spanning 40 years, she has acted in 187 feature films in a variety of roles in various languages predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, in addition to Hi ...
played the lead roles, and the music was composed by
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one of ...
. The film was recorded as ''Average'' at the box office. It was later dubbed in Tamil as ''Mudhalamaichar Jayanthi''.
Plot
Surya (Venkatesh) is a carefree, irreponsible young man. His grandfather (Satyanarayana) forces him to join the police force. Sirisha (Vijayashanti), Surya's college mate is also selected as a police cadet. After various quarrels between them and misbehavior of Surya, his grandfather narrates Surya his reason behind making him a police officer. During Surya's childhood, his father Jagadeswara Rao (Charanraj) killed his mother to marry C.M. Ekambareswara Rao's (Gokina Rama Rao) sister and framed his own father for it. Once this is revealed, Surya decides to take revenge, completes his training and becomes a police officer. Meanwhile, Rajeswara Rao (Charuhasan), Sirisha's father contests election against C.M. Jagadeswara Rao. He murders Rajeswara Rao & his entire family and Surya takes up the case, but Jagadeswara Rao and C.M.'s tactics make Surya land in jail, which forms the rest of story.
Cast
*
Venkatesh Venkatesh is a given name and family name from the Indian subcontinent derived from Venkateswara, a Hindu deity.
Notable persons with the name include:
* A. Venkatesh Naik (born 1936), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
* A. Venkatesh (directo ...
as Surya
*
Vijayshanti
Vijayashanti (born 24 June 1966) is an Indian actress, producer and politician. In a film career spanning 40 years, she has acted in 187 feature films in a variety of roles in various languages predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, in addition to H ...
as Sirisha
*
Satyanayana as Surya's grandfather
*
Nutan Prasad
Tadinada Varaprasad popularly known as Nutan Prasad (12 December 1945 – 30 March 2011) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was a native of Kaikaluru, Andhra Pradesh, India. He started his film ...
as Ranganayakulu
*
Sarath Kumar
Sarathkumar Ramanathan (born 14 July 1954) is an Indian actor, politician, filmmaker, and singer. He has acted in more than 130 Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He has won two Tamil Nadu State Film A ...
as Pruthvi Raj
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Charanraj
Charan Raj is an Indian actor, director, film producer, and writer who works in Kannada, Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia language, Odia and Hindi movies.
Career
Charan Raj is a versatile actor who is popular for ...
as Jagadeswara Rao
*
Charuhasan
S. Charuhasan (born 5 January 1931) is an Indian actor, director and retired lawyer who has acted in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films. He won the National Film Award for Best ActorSubha J Rao,Entertainment for a cause, The Hind ...
as Rajeswara Rao
*
Rallapalli as P.A.
* Vallabhaneni Janardhan as Jailor
*
Gokina Rama Rao
Gokina Rama Rao is an Indian film, character actor, known for his works in Telugu cinema.
Awards
;Nandi Awards
*Nandi Award for Best Actor - Punadhirallu (1979)
Selected filmography
*Kaani
*2008 Ganapathi
*1999 Sultan
*1998 Kanyadanam ...
as C.M. Eekambraswara Rao
* Kota Shankar Rao as Commissioner
* Narayana Rao as Sirisha's brother-in-law
* Bhimeswara Rao as Judge
*
Jyothi as Parvathi
* Sudha Rani as Savitri
* Tatineni Rajeswari as P.A's wife
*
Tarun
Tarun or Tharun is a word from Sanskrit. It is a male given name, meaning "young male". Notable people with the given name Tarun include:
* Tarun (Telugu actor) (born 1981), Indian actor in Telugu and Tamil cinema
* Tarun Arora, Indian actor in Hi ...
as Surya's step brother
Soundtrack
Music composed by
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one of ...
. Music released on LEO Audio company.
References
External links
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{{A. Kodandarami Reddy
1991 films
1990s Telugu-language films
Films directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy
Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja
Indian drama films
1991 drama films