''Trinetrudu'' () is a 1988 Indian

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film starring

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, Ranganath and

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. It is based on the Hindi movie ''

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'' (1987), and was directed by

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and produced by

himself and his brother

. The film was Chiranjeevi's 100th movie. The film is a remake of the 1984 film ''

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''. It was dubbed in Hindi as ''Aaj Ka Shahenshah'' in 1997.

Plot

Goa's beach is being exploited by a big-wig in the society, named D.D. (

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). He runs a big ashram on Goa's beach, and under this Aashram's mask, he runs his underworld. His underworld is the channel for drug-trafficking, which cashes in upon the weakness of the youth. To investigate this Aashram's dark secrets, the

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appoints a CBI officer (

), who prepares a complete report on its activities, but is killed by D.D's men. When the CBI officer never returns, the CBI gets suspicious and sends another officer, who is Abhimanyu (

). Abhimanyu lands in Goa and meets D.I.G. (

) to inform him about his mission. But Goa police and CBI don't share good terms, and the D.I.G. appoints 2 Sub-Inspectors, (Nuthan Prasad and Prasad Babu) to follow and observe Abhimanyu. Meanwhile, Bhanupriya's brother becomes a drug addict, and to cure him, she gets him admitted into a hospital. Hospital chief Ranganath meets Abhimanyu in a strange incident. When Bhanu's brother tries to jump off the top floor of the hospital, Abhimanyu saves him and thus meets Bhanu. Being clueless about the missing CBI officer, Abhimanyu manages to enter into the ashram and exposes the secret activities carried out there. He witnesses drugs being exported in dead bodies. When Abhimanyu informs about these to D.I.G, he doesn't believe him, but under pressure, he raids the ashram, but finds nothing, much to the shock of Abhimanyu. D.D. becomes more self-conscious and Goa police stop co-operating with Abhimanyu. Abhimanyu is attacked in many ways, and the Goa police get rid of him by sending him off in a ship. However, Abhimanyu escapes and returns to Goa, this time more determined to complete his mission. Abhimanyu realizes that Ranganath is D.D.'s right hand, and he sets a trap in which Ranganath is killed by D.D. himself. He also succeeds in donating D.D.'s money to a homeless people's fund. D.D. gets furious, and kidnaps Chiru's mother (Annapurna). Abhimanyu informs this to the Goa police, but they don't believe him. So, Abhimanyu himself, as a one-man army, attacks the aashram, destroys it, rescues his mother and marries Bhanupriya.

Cast

Bhanupriya Bhanupriya (born Mangabhanu; 15 January 1967) is an Indian actress, Kuchipudi dancer, and voice artist. In a career spanning over 4 decades, Bhanupriya has appeared in 155 feature films- predominantly in Telugu & Tamil, in addition to occasiona ...

* Ranganath *

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* {{A. Kodandarami Reddy 1988 films Films directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy 1980s Telugu-language films Indian remakes of American films Indian action thriller films Police detective films Films set in Goa Films shot in Goa 1988 action thriller films Films scored by Raj–Koti