''Agni Poolu'' () is a 1981 Indian

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India ** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language. * Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...

-language

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

K. Bapayya Kovelamudi Bapayya is an Indian film director. He has directed about 80 films in Telugu language, Telugu and Hindi languages. He is the cousin of noted director K. Raghavendra Rao and nephew of director and producer K. S. Prakash Rao. Early ...

and produced by D. Ramanaidu. The film stars

Krishnam Raju Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju (20 January 1940 – 11 September 2022) was an Indian actor and politician. He was known for his works in Telugu cinema and was widely known as "''Rebel Star''" for his rebellious acting style. He was also th ...

Jayasudha Jayasudha Kapoor (born Sujatha Nidudavolu), known mononyomusly as Jayasudha is an Indian actress and politician known for her works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil cinema. She has also worked in few Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films. Known ...

Jaya Prada Jaya Prada Nahata (born Lalitha Rani Rao; 3 April 1962) is an Indian actress and politician known for her works majorly in Telugu cinema and Hindi cinema as well as in Tamil films in late '70s, '80s and early '90s. Jayaprada is the recipient ...

, Jayanthi,

Sarath Babu Sathyam Babu Dixithulu (31 July 1951 – 22 May 2023), known by his stage name Sarath Babu, was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Tamil and Telugu cinema. He appeared in more than 300 films, including in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and ...

, Sudhakar and

Kaikala Satyanarayana Kaikala Satyanarayana (25 July 1935 – 23 December 2022) was an Indian actor, producer, and politician who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He appeared in more than 750 films over six decades. He was a recipient of the Raghupathi Venkai ...

. It was based on

Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani (2 April 1940 – 18 May 2018) was an Indian Telugu language, 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 film ...

's novel of the same name.

Cast

as Virupaksha Raja & Krishna Chaitanya (Dual role) *

as Janaki "Jany" *

as Rukmini * Jayanthi as Rajeshwari * Satyanayana as Vishwam * Gummadi as Rajeshwari's father *

Nirmalamma Nirmalamma (18 July 1920 – 19 February 2009) was an Indian actress in the Telugu cinema. She appeared in more than 1000 films and was well known for her grandmother roles in several films. She won two Nandi Awards. Early life She was born in ...

as Annapurna *

Sreedhar Sreedhar (born Sreedhar Surapaneni; 1939–2007) was an Indian actor who worked in Telugu films. He started acting in small roles in early 1970s. He became popular with ''Mutyala Muggu'' in 1975 directed by Bapu. He played heroes, villains an ...

as Prasad *

as Rahul * Sudhakar as Bobby Shivam *

Sumalatha Sumalatha Ambareesh (born 27 August 1963) is an Indian actress and politician. She has acted in over 220 films across multiple languages, primarily in Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada, with a few appearances in Tamil and Hindi cinema. She received ...

as Bhavani "Beena" *

Subhashini Subhashini is an Indian actress who works in South Indian films and television. Career Her notable films include '' Sivaranjani'' (1978), '' Johnny'' (1980), '' Doctor Cine Actor'' (1982), '' Meghasandesam'' (1982), and '' Arundhati'' (20 ...

as Neeli * R. Narayana Murthy as Raju * Baby Anju *

Allu Rama Lingaiah Allu Ramalingaiah (1 October 1922 – 31 July 2004) was an Indian character actor, comedian, and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. In 1990, he was honoured with the Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema. In 1998, he rec ...

Soundtrack

K. V Mahadevan Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyan, P. Susheela 1 "Abbai Abbai Nuvventha" 2 "Priyudaa Paraaka 3 "Vayasu Kothi Vantidi" 4 "Idi Whisky-Adi Brandy

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1981 films Films based on Telugu novels Indian drama films Films directed by K. Bapayya Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Films based on novels by Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani Indian films about revenge 1980s Telugu-language films 1980s Indian films 1981 drama films Suresh Productions films {{1980s-Telugu-film-stub