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-language action drama film directed by N. Shankar and produced by D. Suresh Babu under the Suresh Productions banner. It stars Venkatesh,

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and Bhanupriya, with music composed by

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. The film was successful at the box office. The film won two

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and one

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. The film was also remade in Tamil as ''

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''.

Plot

Abhiram is a fun-loving man who stays with his parents in London. Eight people win the Thumbs Up contest which allows them to tour Europe. Uma is one of the contest winners. Abhiram likes Uma and acts as their tour companion during their stay in Europe. A shy Uma could not express her love for him, so she leaves a message on his answering machine. But Abhiram could not listen to the message at the right time. Hence, Uma presumes that Abhiram does not love her and returns to India with her companions. But Abhiram hears the message after Uma left, and calls her. But it's too late for him, as Uma's father arranges his daughter's marriage with Jasjit, the brother of the main villain. Meanwhile, Jasjit and his gang of goons are searching for a persona named Mahadeva Naidu. When Subramanyam's father sees the photograph of Abhiram, he feels frightened and approaches Narasimha Naidu. Narasimha wants to eliminate Mahadeva Naidu. When Abhiram discovers that Uma may be forcibly married to another man, he goes to her village to elope with her. Just when he reaches the railway station, a gang that is after his life chases him and Uma, but the couple evades the goons and flees. They are saved by Bhavani (Jhansi) in the nick of time. She takes him to a hideout where a group of people in hiding. They explain to him about his past. He is the son of Mahadeva Naidu (also Venkatesh), who was the savior of the Dalits (untouchables) and downtrodden people of Karamchedu. He liberated the Dalits in that area and he was killed by the villains, who are none other than his relatives. Rudrama Naidu (son) and Jhansi (daughter) are taken away by Mahadeva Naidu's lieutenants so that they can be saved. Mahadeva Naidu swears that his son Rudrama Naidu would come back to destroy the villains and save the poor people. Rudrama Naidu, who was raised as Abhiraam, learns about his past and the rest of the film is about his revenge.

Cast

* Venkatesh as Mahadeva Naidu and Rudraman Naidu / Abhiram (dual role) *

as Uma * Bhanupriya as Bhuvaneswari * Jaya Prakash Reddy as Narasimha Naidu *

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as Basavayah *

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as Bhavani *

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as Krupakaram *

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as Malesh Yadav * M. S. Narayana as Lingam * AVS as Sonthi Paramahamsa *

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as Mathayah * Ahuti Prasad as Gangadharam Naidu *

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as Subramanyam * Meena Kumari as Maheswari * Kolla Ashok Kumar as Vyakuntha Naidu *

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as Kesava Naidu * Ravi Babu as Ravindra Naidu * Surya as Purushothama Naidu *

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as Damodara Naidu *

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as Priest *

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as Uma's Bamma * Venniradi Nirmala as Parvathi * Hema as Chandramma *

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as Uma's friend *

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as Police Officer * Siva Parvathi as Narasimha Naidu's mother * Indu Anand as Narasima Naidu's wife * Ramyasri as Kesava Naidu's wife * Gadiraju Subba Rao as Villager *

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as Janardhan Naidu * Navabharat Balaji as Suridu * Harika as Rangamma * Bangalore Padma * Sumalata * Shobha * Sunitha * Srija * Sweety

Production

The film began production under the name ''Rudrama Naidu''.

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.

Awards

; Filmfare Awards South * Best Actor - Telugu - Venkatesh (2000). ;

- 2000 *

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- Jaya Prakash Reddy * Best Supporting Actress -

Release

*The film released with 114 prints in 149 centres.

Box office

The film collected a distributors' share of Rs. 12 crore in its lifetime theatrical run,{{cite web , url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/starhomes/venky/boxoffice.html , title=Venky telugu cinema idlebrain - box office and a distributors' share of Rs. 3.04 crore in its opening week.

References

2000s Telugu-language films 2000 action drama films 2000 films Indian action drama films Films set in Telangana Telugu films remade in other languages Films directed by N. Shankar Films set in Andhra Pradesh Films shot in Andhra Pradesh Suresh Productions films