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-language film directed by

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and produced by D. Ramanaidu under the

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banner. It stars Venkatesh and Rajani, with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was a remake of the Tamil film '' Michael Raj''. The film was a ''Super Hit'' at the box office. Venkatesh won Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu.

Plot

Sreedevi (

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) is a daughter of Kiranmayi (

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), a mad woman. Everyone makes fun of Sreedevi for not knowing who her father is, and the doctor says that her mother can become normal only when she sees the person who is responsible for her pregnancy. In the process of searching for her father, Sreedevi meets Shakthi ( Venkatesh), a kind-hearted gentleman who always thinks of helping others. After listening to her story, he decides to help her at any cost. Shakthi falls in the same category as Sreedevi: when Shakthi was a child, his mother was imprisoned because of trickery played by his deceitful father and he has lost her whereabouts. Ammadu ( Rajani) and Shakthi both love each other. Will Shakthi succeed in finding Sreedevi's father? Will he be able to meet his mother?

Cast

* Venkatesh as Shakthi * Rajani as Ammadu *

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as Ranjeeth Kumar *

as Kiranmayi *

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as Guru Murthy *

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as Janaki *

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as Sridevi * Allu Ramalingaiyah as Tatarao *

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as S. I. Simham *

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as Constable Engeenayalu * Mada as Tailor * Ramana Reddy as Shakthi's assistant * Potti Veeraiah as Shakthi's assistant *

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as Constable *

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as S.P. * Prabha as Rekha * Radhakumari as Rekha's Mother *

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as Constable Geeta * Y. Vijaya as Sundari * D. Ramanaidu as Dr. Naidu * Arja Janardhana Rao as Stall Owner

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics written by

. Music released on Annapurna Music Company.

Awards

won the Nandi Award for Best Child Actress (1988)(in

)

References

External links

1988 films Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Films directed by Dasari Narayana Rao Telugu remakes of Tamil films Indian drama films 1980s Telugu-language films 1980s Indian films Suresh Productions films {{1980s-Telugu-film-stub