''Laati'' () is a 1992 Indian

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-language

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directed by

Gunasekhar Gunasekhar (born 2 June 1964) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has directed films in action, romance, mythological, and historical drama genres. He has won a National Film Award, multiple Nand ...

in his debut, starring

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, Samyuktha Singh, and

Raghuvaran Raghuvaran Velayuthan Nair (11 December 1958 – 19 March 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in films made in South India. He has acted in more than 200 Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi ...

. The film won three

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. The film was released on 5 November 1992. It was later dubbed in

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as ''Dawood Ibrahim''.

Plot

Srinivas is a young boy (

) who dreams of becoming a police officer. He eventually joins a police training college and gets posted as a

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in an area, where don Avinash (

) rules over the area. Srinivas wins over Avinash, encountering ordeals. He falls in love with Sangeetha (played by debutant Samyuktha).

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by M. M. Keeravani.

Awards

;

* Best Editor – Shankar * Best First Film Director –

* Best Cinematographer – K. C. Divakar

References

External links

* {{Gunasekhar 1990s Indian films 1990s police films 1990s romantic action films 1990s Telugu-language films 1992 directorial debut films 1992 films Films directed by Gunasekhar Films scored by M. M. Keeravani Indian police films Indian romantic action films