''Prananiki Pranam'' is a 1990

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-language

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produced by D. Vijaya Saradhi under the Harish Enterprises banner, directed by Chalasani Rama Rao. It stars

Nandamuri Balakrishna Nandamuri Balakrishna (born 10 June 1960), also known as Balayya or NBK, is an Indian actor, film producer, politician and philanthropist known for his works in Telugu cinema. Balakrishna is an elected member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative A ...

, Rajani and music composed by Chakravarthy.

Plot

The film begins with Raja, an orphan brought up by a netherworld kingpin, Nagu Dada, who is his mentor and idol. He loathes his birth mother, who is unfamiliar to him, as she had thrown him in the dustbin soon after giving birth. Rasool is the contender of Dada, for whom Raja is the die-harder, and a jeopardy gang war continues. Justice Jayanti Devi, a woman of righteousness, arrives in the town. Once, Raja rescues her from danger when an unknown bond builds between them. Knowing it, Dada dismays because Raja is the son of Jayanti Devi. Twenty-five years ago, Giri, son of Nagu Dada, mauled his fellow collegian, and Gayatri Devi destined him to hang. To pay back, Dada abducted Raja, reared him with cupboard love, and forged his mother as vile. In tandem, Raja crushes Lalitha, the niece of Jayanti Devi, which she opposes because Raja is the foster of Nagu Dada. Accordingly, Dada counterfeits as reformed and shuts down his nefarious activities on behalf of Raja. After a while, Bahadoor, the past acolyte of Dada, mingles with Rasool and spells ill about him. So, Raja on fire revolts and challenges to kill him. Exploiting it, Nagu Dada slays Bahadoor and incriminates Raja. In that dilemma, Raja suspects Rasool strikes on him, but getting knowledge of his virtue, the two befriend him. Later, upon Jayanti Devi's advice, Raja surrenders, but in keeping with witnesses, she penalizes him with a death sentence. Anyhow, he absconds with the help of Rasool. Then, Nagu Dada reveals the actuality to Jayanti Devi and announces to Raja that Jayanti Devi is his mother when he rebukes her. In the next step, Rasool brings out the satanic shade of Dada, the sacredness of his mother before Raja, by sacrificing his life. At last, Raja ceases Dada and pleads for pardon from his mother. Finally, the movie ends happily with Raja & Lalitha's marriage.

Cast

as Raja * Rajani as Lalitha *

Mohan Babu Manchu Bhakthavatsalam Naidu, credited and also known as Mohan Babu, is an Indian actor and film producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. An alumnus of the Madras Film Institute, Mohan Babu has acted in more than 500 films ...

as Rasool * Satyanarayana as Nagaraju aka Nagu Dada *

Vanisri Vanisri (born Rathna Kumari) is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. In a film career spanning 40 years, she has received three Filmfare Awards South, the Nandi Awards and the Tamil Nadu St ...

as Justice Jayanti Devi * Anand Raj as Bahadoor *

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as Jayanti Devi's husband *

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as Inspector *

Maharshi Raghava Raghava Gogineni, better known as Maharshi Raghava, is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films and television. Raghava acted in more than 170 films in various roles. He shot to fame as a lead actor with his first film '' Maharshi'' (1987), w ...

as Giri *

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 Santanam *

Brahmanandam Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956) is an Indian actor and comedian known for his work in Telugu cinema. Recognised as one of India's finest and highest-paid comic actors, he holds the Guinness World Record for the most screen cred ...

as Brahmanandam *Jaya Bhaskar *Bhimeswara Rao *Chidatala Appa Rao as pickpocket * Sri Lakshmi as Subbu *Tatineni Rajeswari *Bindu Ghosh *Sailaja

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by

Veturi Veturi Sundararama Murthy (29 January 1936 – 22 May 2010), known mononymously by his surname Veturi, was an Indian poet and lyricist who is known for his works in Telugu literature and cinema. Veturi is a recipient of the National Film Award, ...

. Music released on LEO Audio Company.

References

External links

* 1990 films 1990s Telugu-language films 1990s Indian films Films scored by K. Chakravarthy {{1990s-Telugu-film-stub