''Chiranjeevi'' is a Tollywood film which released on 18 April 1985. This film was directed by C. V. Rajendran. This film stars

Chiranjeevi Konidela Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, philanthropist and former politician known for his work in Telugu cinema. Known as the "Mega Star", he is widely regarded as one of the most succe ...

in the titular role. The film was a remake of director's own 1984 Kannada film '' Naane Raja''.

Plot

The story revolves around a man, Chiranjeevi (

), who is the son of a sincere Police officer (

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 ...

). Chiranjeevi's mother dies in his childhood, and his father brings him up. Chiranjeevi admires his dad very much and his weakness is he cannot tolerate anyone talking ill about his father. He falls in love with

Vijayashanti Moturi Vijaya Shanthi (born 24 June 1966) is an Indian actress, film producer and politician. In a film career spanning 40 years, she has acted in 187 feature films in a variety of roles in various languages predominantly in Telugu language, Te ...

and expresses his love.

Bhanupriya Bhanupriya (born Manga Bhanu; 15 January 1967) is an Indian actress and dancer. In a four decade old career, she has appeared in 155 feature films, predominantly in Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema, Tamil, and a few in Malayalam cinema, M ...

plays the blind sister of Vijayashanti and

Murali Mohan Maganti Murali Mohan (born as Maganti Raja Ram Mohan Roy; 24 June 1940) is an Indian actor, producer, politician, and business executive from Telugu cinema. In 1973, Murali Mohan debuted in ''Jagame Maya'', produced by Atluri Poornachandra Rao. ...

is her lover. In a bank robbery, a thief hides money in Murali Mohan's bag. Vijayashanti accuses Chiranjeevi's father of wrongfully arresting Murali Mohan. She requests Chiranjeevi to help her, but their argument leads him to anger, and he hits her. Vijayshanti dies on the spot. What follows next is a series of murders that Chiranjeevi commits in his attempt at hiding the accidental death caused by him, as he does not want to fall lower in the eyes of his father. The movie ends when his father kills Chiranjeevi.

Cast

as Chiranjeevi *

as Lalitha, Chiranjeevi's lover *

as Shanti, Vijayashanti's blind sister *

as Commissioner Narayana Rao, Chiranjeevi's father *

as Venu, Bhanupriya's lover * Ranganath as Kumar *

Nutan Prasad Tadinada Varaprasad popularly known as Nutan Prasad (12 December 1945 – 30 March 2011) was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was a native of Kaikaluru, Andhra Pradesh, India. He started his fil ...

as Pala Ramudu *

Suthi Veerabhadra Rao Mamidipalli Veerabhadra Rao (1947–1988), commonly known as Sutti Veerabhadra Rao, was an Indian actor known for his comic and character roles in Telugu cinema. He was also a radio and theatre artist. Early life Veerabhadra Rao was the only s ...

as Thirupathayya *

Suthi Velu Kurumaddali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (7 August 1947 – 16 September 2012), better known by his stage name Suthi Velu, was an Indian actor and comedian known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has acted in more than 200 films, and won four state ...

as Chitti *Bheemaraju as Head of Eagles gang

References

External links

* 1985 films Films scored by K. Chakravarthy 1980s Telugu-language films 1980s Indian films Telugu remakes of Kannada films Films directed by C. V. Rajendran {{1980s-Telugu-film-stub