''Jai Jawan'' () is a 1970 Telugu-language

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produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao under the

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banner and directed by

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. It stars

Akkineni Nageswara Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1923 – 22 January 2014), widely known as ANR, was an Indian actor and producer, known for his works majorly in Telugu cinema. He starred in many landmark films in his seventy five-year career, and became on ...

, Bharathi and

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, with music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao.

Plot

The film begins with India - China war when a true patriot Madhava Rao toils for the welfare of the public with his daughter Bharati, niece Kasthuri, and his son Ravindra Nath serves in the Indian Army. Besides, his malicious brother-in-law Narasimham is a secret agent of the traitors but purports himself as a patriot. On the war front, Ravi is mislaid and seriously injured when a nurse Susheela rescues him and they fall in love. Grief-stricken Madhava Rao shifts to the residence of Ravi's bestie, Dr. Raghu a handicapped. Nevertheless, Bharathi endears and nuptials him. Parallelly, Narasimham's son Babu arrives from the states knitting a foreign girl Lilly. After some time, Ravi returns along with Susheela and conveys his intention to marry her which is opposed by Narasimham & his wife Sundaramma as they aspire to couple up Kasthuri with him. Despite Ravi moving ahead, just before the wedding, Susheela dies in a car accident when dispirited Ravi tours all over the country. During, as a flabbergast, he spots Susheela alive. Later he realizes her as Sujatha the twin sister of Susheela who enhances him and he proposes to her which she denies. However, Ravi follows her, when he learns Sujatha's alliance is already fixed with her fosterer's son Ramu whose whereabouts are not known. At present, the elders convince Sujatha to espousal when, unfortunately, the Indian army declares an emergency, so, Ravi pauses the wedding and leaves for the battlefield. At the same time, it is revealed, that Raghu is the only Ramu who stayed behind due to his disability. Meanwhile, Narasimham intrigues to destroy important runways of the country when Ravi breaks out his ploy. Here, surprisingly, Lilly turns into a CBI officer and apprehends him. Finally, Ravi is honored by Govt of India and the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Ravi & Sujatha.

Cast

as Captain Ravindranath "Ravi" * Bharathi as Susheela & Sujatha (Dual role) *

as Dr. Raghu Ram * Gummadi as Madhava Rao * Nagabhushanam as Narasimha Rao *

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as Venkatramaiah *

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as Babu *

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as Rahim *Bhanu Prakash as Sivaiah *

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as Kasthuri *

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as Bharathi * Suryakantham as Sundaramma * G. Varalakshmi as Lakshmi *Lilly as Lilly

Crew

*Art: G. V. Subba Rao *Choreography: Tangappan *Dialogues:

D. V. Narasa Raju D.V. Narasaraju or Datla Venkata Narasaraju (Telugu language, Telugu: డి.వి.నరసరాజు) (15 July 1920 – 28 August 2006) was a writer and director of South India films and playwright. He wrote stories such as Gundamma Katha, ...

*Lyrics:

Dasaradhi . Daasarathi krishnamacharya, popularly known as Daasarathi, also spelled as Daasharathi (22 July 1925 – 5 November 1987) () was a Telugu poet and writer. Daasarathi holds the titles ''Abhyudhaya kavi'' and ''Kalaprapurna''. He was also the ...

, Sri Sri, C. Narayana Reddy, Kosaraju *Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela,

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*Music: S. Rajeswara Rao *Story:

Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani (2 April 1940 – 18 May 2018) was an Indian Telugu language novelist. She had a strong fan following since the 1970s and early 1980s, especially among women. Several of her stories were made into films and television ...

*Editing: M. S. Mani *Cinematography: P. S. Selvaraj *Producer: D. Madhusudhana Rao *Screenplay - Director:

*Banner: Annapurna Pictures *Release Date: 1970

Soundtrack

Music composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. Music released on Audio Company.

References

{{reflist 1970 films 1970s Telugu-language films 1970s war drama films Indian war drama films Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao Films based on novels by Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani 1970 drama films