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-language

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

produced by C. Venkat Raju and B. Sivaraju under the Sri Vijaya Lakshmi Productions banner and directed by

Dasari Narayana Rao Dasari Narayana Rao (4 May 1947 – 30 May 2017) was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, lyricist, and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, in addition to Hindi cinema. He has directed more than 150 ...

. It stars

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and

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, with music composed by

Raj–Koti Thotakura Somaraju and Saluri Koteswara Rao, popularly known as Raj–Koti were Indian film music composers, singer-songwriters, record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalists duo in Telugu cinema, In a notable career spanning a decade ...

. It is a remake of the Hindi film ''

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''. The film was ''average at the box-office.

Plot

Inspector Ranjith Kumar (

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) gets a tip about an infamous exiled criminal Shakthi (

), entering his jurisdiction, so he checks Shakthi's file. Ranjith Kumar is shocked to find that Shakthi is none other than NCC Cadet, an aspiring officer, whom he had met years ago in a bank. In front of the eyes of Ranjith Kumar and Shakthi, a robbery took place, and Shakthi's parents were killed. Ranjith Kumar never got to know what happened to Shakthi. Nevertheless, Ranjith Kumar tracks down Shakthi and asks him to surrender. Shakthi tells him that he has to save his love Padmini / Puppy (

) from the clutches of dreaded gangster Baba Sab (

Mohan Babu Manchu Bhakthavatsalam, credited and also known as Mohan Babu, is an Indian actor and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. An alumnus of the Madras Film Institute, Mohan Babu has acted in more than 500 films in lead, sup ...

). Then, he reveals the past, after the death of his parents, he shifted to Madras with his sister Jyothi (Sudha Rani. He met a girl named Padmini / Puppy and fell in love with her. Puppy's father, Appa Rao (Pradeep Shakthi), didn't like this relationship. Appa Rao was a drunkard who mooched off the money earned by his dancer's wife. When she finally stood up to him, Appa Rao burned her face with

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. She died soon afterward, following which Appa Rao forced Puppy to follow in her mother's steps. Appa Rao has taken a loan from Baba Sab, and the only way to repay it is to make Puppy dance. But Puppy does not give up and continues meeting Shakthi. Appa Rao meets the younger brother of Baba Sab (

Ahuti Prasad Ahuti Prasad (born Adusumilli Janardhan Vara Prasad; 2 January 1958 – 4 January 2015) was an Indian actor who worked in Telugu film industry. He was renowned for the wide variety of roles he played, including father-figure, comedian, and anta ...

), who joined him after completing his term for robbery, and he was arrested due to Shakthi. Baba Sab doesn't know Shakthi's identity. Appa Rao instantly recognizes Shakthi and explains everything to Baba Sab. Chote goes to Shakthi's house and tries to rape Jyothi as revenge. Shakthi averts this and kills Chotu. Shakthi is arrested and sentenced to one year in jail, after which he becomes Shakthi and gets exiled. After serving his sentence, Shakthi starts destroying Baba Sab's empire with the help of his friends. As revenge, Baba Sab kidnaps Puppy. Appa Rao now deals with Shakthi to get Puppy rescued. Shakthi rescues her, but she is shocked to see that Shakthi is sending her back to her father. On learning the whole story from Shakthi, Ranjith Kumar allows him to complete his task. After saving Puppy, Shakthi surrenders unconditionally to Ranjith Kumar, whereupon he gets arrested and sent to prison. After a retrial, Shakthi is acquitted of his charges and plans to start a new life in Goa. However, Jyoti convinces him to accept Puppy again. Naresh ( Naresh) reaches Puppy's home and explains Shakthi's actions to her. Appa Rao is enraged and tries to stop Puppy from leaving and tries to throw acid on her face, but accidentally he only dies. Puppy meets Shakthi again. However, Baba Sab, learning of Shakthi's acquittal, conspires to kill him at a dockyard. Naresh gets the tip of Baba Sab's conspiracy and challenges Baba Sab. Baba Sab gets enraged, and a fight between him and Naresh ends in Baba Sab getting defeated. Naresh wants to kill Baba Sab in a fit of rage, but Shakthi intercepts him and stops him from committing murder. Meanwhile, Baba Sab regains his strength and goes to attack Shakthi with a club. Naresh dies, deflecting the attack. Shakthi fought back Baba Sab and was about to kill him. But Inspector Ranjith Kumar stops him from killing Baba Sab. In another attempt by Baba Sab trying to kill Shakthi, Inspector Ranjith Kumar kills Baba Sab with his service revolver, and the movie comes to an end.

Cast

as Shakthi *

as Padmini / Puppy *

as Inspector Ranjeeth Kumar *

as Baba Sab * Naresh as Naresh *

Pradeep Shakthi Pradeep Shakthi (25 July 1954 – 20 February 2016) was an Indian Telugu actor, director and businessman. Pradeep Shakthi, born as Raja Vasireddy, was from the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. He was introduced to Telugu cinema by director ...

as Appa Rao * Chandra Mohan as Canteen singer *

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as Shakthi's friend *

as Chota Sab *

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as Goon *

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as Inspector Prakash *

Sakshi Ranga Rao Sakshi Ranga Rao (born Rangavajhula Ranga Rao; 15 September 1942 – 27 June 2005) was an Indian character actor who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He appeared in about 450 films over a career spanning four decades, majority of ...

as Canteen owner *

Suthivelu Kurumaddali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (7 August 1947 – 16 September 2012), better known by his stage name Suthi Velu, was an Indian actor and comedian known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has acted in more than 200 films, and won four state ...

as Marvadi *Ramana Reddy as Shakthi's friend *

P. J. Sarma Pudipeddi Jogeswara Sarma was an Indian film dubbing artist, turned actor and writer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has worked for over 500 films as an actor and dubbing artist. He is the father of actors Sai Kumar (Ka ...

as Public Prosecutor *Hema Sundar as Shakthi's father *Telephone Satyanarayana as Judge *Maganti Sudhakar as Navanitha Rao *

Srihari Srihari (15 August 1964 – 9 October 2013) was an Indian actor who was active mainly in Telugu cinema. He appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films as well. He won seven Nandi Awards and one Filmfare Award. Early life Srihari was born ...

as Shakthi's friend *

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as Padmini's mother *Sudha Rani as Jyothi *Reshma Singh as Preethi

Soundtrack

The musical soundtrack was composed by

. The lyrics were written by

. The music was released on AMC Audio Company. The songs "One Two Three" and "Ding Dong Ding" were both remakes of the famous song " Ek Do Teen" from the original Hindi version.

References

External links

{{Dasari Narayana Rao 1989 films Indian romantic action films Indian vigilante films Films directed by Dasari Narayana Rao Films scored by Raj–Koti Telugu remakes of Hindi films Indian crime thriller films Indian romantic thriller films 1980s Telugu-language films Indian nonlinear narrative films 1980s crime thriller films 1980s romantic action films 1980s romantic thriller films 1980s vigilante films