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romantic action film
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, produced by K. Krishnamohana Rao under R.K. Film Associates and directed by
K. Raghavendra Rao
Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao (born 23 May 1942) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema besides having directed a few Hindi films. He has garnered four state Nandi Awards and five ...
. It stars
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Notable persons with the name include:
* A. Venkatesh Naik (born 1936), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
* A. Venkatesh (director) ...
,
Ramya Krishna
Ramya Krishnan (born 15 September 1970), also credited as Ramya Krishna (in the Telugu and Kannada film industries) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in over 260 films in five languages: Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi. Ram ...
and
Rambha , with music composed by
M. M. Keeravani. The film was a ''Hit'' at the box office. It was dubbed in Tamil as ''Sabash Ramu'', in Hindi as ''Sajna Doli Leke Aana'' and in Malayalam as ''Ini Oru Pranayakadha''.
Plot
Ramu leads a carefree life, living along with his widowed mother in a village. He was in love with Usha, daughter of Dharmaiah, village president. He is often involved in petty quarrels with Bujjulu, son of Kobbarikayala Subbaiah, who happens to be the brother-in-law of Dharmaiah. Subbaiah was a landlord and a moneylender who often torments villagers for money and domination. He wants to marry Usha to his son to ensure power over the entire village. But Ramu always comes in between and he decides to get rid of him by involving him in a thievery case. But Ramu manages to prove the truth and sends Subbaiah to jail.
Enraged, Subbaiah pledges revenge on Ramu. Meanwhile, Ramu and Usha's marriage settles with the consent of their families. Ramu leaves for town to bring things for the marriage, but gets attacked by Subbaiah's goons on the way. They beat him and throw him in a river believing that he is dead. Everybody including Usha thinks that he is dead and lose all hope.
But Ramu was alive and rescued by boatmen and nursed back to health. When he regains his consciousness, he forgets everything about the past and settles as Raju. Later he gets the job to tutor grandchildren of Major Narayana Murthy. Though those kids are naughty and mischievous, through patience and love Raju slowly gains their confidence. Sandhya, eldest of them and Raju fall in love and Narayana Murthy happily gives consent for their marriage. But fate takes him back to Subbaiah's goons and they again try to kill him. Raju gradually regains his memory, but forgets the time he spent with Sandhya. He goes back to his village and reconciles with Usha.
Sandhya desperately organizes the search for him and at last finds him in his village with the help of her servant and friend Gundu. She goes there and tries to get in contact with Ramu, who already forgot all about Sandhya. Misunderstandings ensue and finally Ramu remembers his past with Sandhya and becomes confused about what to do. Meanwhile, Major Narayana Murthy arrives in Village and says Dharmaiah about dark secret of Sandhya that she got married and her husband died on that day by Holy Fire and Sandhya goes to Shock after that incident and forgot about her Some part of past life. Subbaiah gets released from prison and directly comes to take revenge on Ramu. He kidnaps Usha and tries to forcefully marry her to his son Bujjulu. Ramu manages to defeat all those goons and save Usha. In the climax, Sandhya accepts her fate and leaves for her home, leaving Usha and Ramu to marry and have a regular life.
Cast
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Venkatesh Venkatesh is a given name and family name from the Indian subcontinent derived from Venkateswara, a Hindu deity.
Notable persons with the name include:
* A. Venkatesh Naik (born 1936), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
* A. Venkatesh (director) ...
as Ramu / Raju
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Ramya Krishna
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as Sandhya
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Rambha as Usha
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Satyanarayana as Major Narayana Murthy
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Kota Srinivasa Rao
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as Kobbarikayala Subbaiah
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Gollapudi Maruti Rao
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as Dharmaiah
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Annapoorna as Parvathamma, Ramu's mother
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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 performa ...
as Gundu
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Babu Mohan
Pally Babu Mohan known as Babu Mohanis an Indian actor and politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. He prominently works in Telugu films as a comedian and is a former Minister for Labour in Andhra Pradesh. He won Nandi Award for Best Male Come ...
as Thannula Swamy
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Ali
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...
as Bujjulu
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Suthivelu
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 Gundu's Uncle
*Ratnasagar as Gundu's Mother
*Chidatala Apparao
Soundtrack
Music composed by
M. M. Keeravani. Music released on SUPREME Music Company.
References
External links
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{{K. Raghavendra Rao
1994 films
1990s Telugu-language films
Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao
Films scored by M. M. Keeravani
Indian romantic comedy films
Indian romantic musical films
1994 romantic comedy films
1990s romantic musical films