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-language

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film, produced by

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under the

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banner and directed by

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. It stars Jagapati Babu,

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, Rambha, Raasi and music composed by

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Plot

Shanti Swaroop is a handsome college lecturer. Shravani is a librarian in the same college. Lahari and Aliveni are students studying there. These three girls fall in love with Shanti Swaroop and he loves Shravani. Shravani is staying with her married sister, in which her brother-in-law Paramahamsa has

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uous tendencies and secretly dreams of marrying Shravani by hook or by crook. Shravani's sister is paralyzed. Later, it is revealed that it is Paramahamsa who slowly poisoned his wife so that he can marry Shravani on that pretext. Lahari is a pampered sister of industrialist tycoon and millionaire Yugandhar. She misinterprets that Shanti loves her due to some incidents. When Lahari learns that he loves Shravani, she attempts suicide. Yugandhar, who learns of the incident threatens Shanti that he will kill Shanti's mother if he does not marry his sister. To avoid this, Shanti agrees to marry Lahari. Aliveni is the only daughter of Barrela Bala Raju, a famous rowdy. After coming to know that Aliveni loves Shanti, he makes her perform a drama that she got pregnant because of Shanti. To avoid the suicide of Aliveni, Shanti agrees to marry her. Shanti has agreed to marry the three damsels and Paramahamsa, Yugandhar and Bala Raju are after his life. How he manages them and how he marries Shravani forms the crux of the story.

Cast

* Jagapati Babu as Shanti Swaroop *

as Shravani * Rambha as Lahari * Raasi as Aliveni * Prakash Raj as Paramahamsa *

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as Yugandhar Prasad *

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as Barrela Bala Raju *

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as Pandu *

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as priest *

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as Bala Raju's assistant * A.V.S. as Gottam Govinda Raju * Chitti Babu as priest * L.B. Sriram as Yugandhar's assistant *

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as Bala Raju's assistant * Annapoorna as Shanti Swaroop's mother *

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as Paramahamsa's wife * Varsha as Bhaskara Lakshmi *

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as Nivas * Sana as Amrita * Delhi Rajeswari as Bala Raju's wife

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Music released on Mayuri Audio Company.

References

External links

{{K. Raghavendra Rao 2000 films 2000s Telugu-language films 2000 romantic comedy films Indian romantic comedy films Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao Films scored by M. M. Srilekha