''Jwala'' () is a 1985 Indian
Telugu
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* 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 film, directed by
Ravi Raja Pinisetty
Ravi Raja Pinisetty is an Indian film director known for his works in the Telugu cinema with actors such as Chiranjeevi, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Mohan Babu, Rajasekhar (actor), Rajasekhar and Daggubati Venkatesh. Some of his major hits include ' ...
. The 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 a dual role,
Radhika
Radhika may refer to:
* Radha, a Hindu goddess and eternal consort of Krishna
* Radhika (given name), an Indian given name
* Radhika (Malayalam actress)
* Radhika (choreographer), in South Indian films
* Kalamandalam Radhika, Indian dancer and ...
,
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 ...
and
Kannada Prabhakar
Tiger Prabhakar (30 March 1948 – 25 March 2001) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Kannada and Telugu cinema. He has also acted in a few Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films. He was also known as Kannada Prabhakar.
Career
Prabhakar ...
. The film's music was composed by
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...
. The film was dubbed in
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...
as ''Prathikara Jwala''.
The film was remade in
Kannada
Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...
in 1987 as ''
Sathyam Shivam Sundaram'' starring
Vishnuvardhan in triple roles ( including the role of the father) unlike in ''Jwala''.
Cast
*
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 ...
as Raju and Yuvaraju (Double Role)
*
Radhika
Radhika may refer to:
* Radha, a Hindu goddess and eternal consort of Krishna
* Radhika (given name), an Indian given name
* Radhika (Malayalam actress)
* Radhika (choreographer), in South Indian films
* Kalamandalam Radhika, Indian dancer and ...
as Janaki
*
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 ...
as Bhanu
*
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 ...
as SP Chakravarthy
*
Kannada Prabhakar
Tiger Prabhakar (30 March 1948 – 25 March 2001) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Kannada and Telugu cinema. He has also acted in a few Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films. He was also known as Kannada Prabhakar.
Career
Prabhakar ...
as Sarvottama Rao
*
Gummadi
*
P. Sai Kumar as Sarvottama Rao's son
*
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 ...
as Pattabhi
*
Annapoorna as Poorna
*
Silk Smitha
Vadlapati Vijayalakshmi (2 December 1960 – 23 September 1996), better known by her stage name Silk Smitha, was an Indian actress and dancer who worked mainly in Tamil (over 200 films)and Telugu (over 100 films) cinema, in addition to some K ...
*
Jaya Malini
Jayamalini (or Jaya Malini) is an Indian actress who has acted in more than 500 Telugu, Tamil films, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies.
Personal life
She married Parthiban, a police inspector on 19 July 1994 and settled in Chennai wi ...
as Dancer in "Oka Jyothinai" Song
*
J.V. Ramana Murthi
*
Ceylon Manohar
Ceylon Manohar () ( – 22 January 2018), popular name of A. E. Manoharan (Anthony Pillai Emmanuel Manoharan) also known as Surangani Manohar (), was a pop singer and actor. He has played roles in Tamil films and other Sri Lankan Tamil works. ...
as Manohar
*
Rallapalli
*
Chitti Babu
*Vijaya Ranga Raju as Sarvottama Rao's henchman
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...
.
;Telugu version
References
External links
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1985 films
Indian action films
1980s masala films
1980s Telugu-language films
Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja
Telugu films remade in other languages
Films directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty
1985 action films
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