''Rikshavodu'' () is a 1995 Telugu language film starring

Chiranjeevi Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, film producer and former politician, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Chiranjeevi starred in over 150 feature films in Telugu, as well as some film ...

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and

Soundarya K. S. Sowmya (18 July 1972 – 17 April 2004), better known by her stage name Soundarya, was an Indian actress who worked predominantly in Telugu films and has also worked in Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam films. She was regarded as one o ...

, directed by

Kodi Ramakrishna Kodi Ramakrishna (23 July 1949 – 22 February 2019) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. One of the most prolific film directors of Telugu film industry, Kodi Ramakrishna has d ...

and produced by

Kranthi Kumar Talasila Kranthi Kumar was an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He won two Filmfare Awards and four Nandi Awards. In 1985, he directed '' Sravanthi'', which won the National F ...

. Chiranjeevi played a dual role in the film. It was dubbed in Hindi as ''Devaa The Power Man'' and in Tamil as ''Veeraputhran''.

Plot

Chiranjeevi has enacted a dual role in this film. The film opens with a scene where Chiranjeevi come to the city in search of a livelihood with his grandmother Manorama. He is befriended by Brahmanandam and taken to Soundarya, who rents rickshaws. One day while driving passengers in his rickshaw, he has a confrontation with Nagma, who hit it by driving her car aggressively. He files a suit against her in the court, but fails due to the influence of Nagma's wealthy father Paresh Rawal. After some scenes, Paresh Rawal forces his daughter to marry Chiranjeevi to build up his political career as Chiru has a good mass following in his area. Manorama sees Paresh and then reveals his past. His father (also Chiranjeevi) a good human being and also a village head. Envied by the good name he has in the village, Paresh Rawal traps his sister and sees that she commits suicide and also blames his wife Jayasudha that she is illicit. He kills Chiranjeevi in a village fight and that blame is taken by Jayasudha and she is in jail and all the villagers think that she is the actual cause of all this. Now the son takes revenge on the villain and opens the truth before the villagers. Also Nagma transforms into his loving wife after knowing her fathers' deeds.

Cast

as Raju & Dharma Rayudu (dual role) *

as Rani *

as Narsakka *

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as Raju's Mother * Manorama as Bamma *

Brahmanandam Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956), known mononymously as Brahmanandam, is an Indian actor, comedian, impersonator, and voice actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is particularly known for his comic perform ...

as Ramakrishna, Raju's Rickshaw Friend *

Paresh Rawal Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer and politician known for his works notably in Hindi films, and Telugu, and a few Gujarati and a few Tamil films. He has appeared in over 240 films and is the recipien ...

as G. K. Rao * A.V.S as G. K. Rao's Assistant *

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Music

Music scored by Raj-Koti; Lyrics penned by Veturi Sundararama Murthy and Bhuvana Chandra.

References

External links

* 1995 films 1990s Telugu-language films Films directed by Kodi Ramakrishna Films scored by Raj–Koti 1990s masala films Indian action films Indian films about revenge Films scored by Koti 1995 action films {{1990s-Telugu-film-stub