''Rikshavodu'' () is a 1995 Telugu language film starring

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 ...

Nagma Nagma Arvind Morarji (born Nandita Arvind Morarji; 25 December 1974), known mononyomusly as Nagma. is an Indian politician and former actress. She gained prominence as a leading actress in the 1990s and appeared in films across various India ...

and

Soundarya Sowmya Sathyanarayana (18 July 1972 – 17 April 2004), better known by her stage name Soundarya, was an Indian actress known for her works primarily in Telugu cinema. She was regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Telugu ...

, directed by

Kodi Ramakrishna Kodi Ramakrishna (23 July 1949 – 22 February 2019) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, and actor, known for his work in Telugu cinema. Over the course of his career, he directed more than 100 films across various genres, earning a repu ...

and produced by Kranthi Kumar. Chiranjeevi played a dual role in the film. It was dubbed in

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

as ''Devaa The Power Man'' and in

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as ''Veeraputhran''.

Plot

Raju moves to the city in search of a livelihood with his grandmother Manorama. He is befriended by Brahmanandam and taken to Soundarya, who rents rickshaws. One day while driving passengers in his rickshaw, he has a confrontation with Nagma, who hit it by driving her car aggressively. He files a suit against her in the court, but fails due to the influence of Nagma's wealthy father Paresh Rawal. After some scenes, Paresh Rawal forces his daughter to marry Chiranjeevi to build up his political career as Chiru has a good mass following in his area. Manorama sees Paresh and then reveals his past. His father (also Chiranjeevi) a good human being and also a village head. Envied by the good name he has in the village, Paresh Rawal traps his sister and sees that she commits suicide and also blames his wife Jayasudha that she is illicit. He kills Chiranjeevi in a village fight and that blame is taken by Jayasudha and she is in jail and all the villagers think that she is the actual cause of all this. Now the son takes revenge on the villain and opens the truth before the villagers. Also Nagma transforms into his loving wife after knowing her fathers' deeds.

Cast

Music

Music scored by Raj-Koti; Lyrics written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy and Bhuvana Chandra.

Release

''Rikshavodu'' clashed with Dasari Narayana Rao and R. Narayana Murthy's major production ''

Orey Rikshaw ''Orey Rickshaw'' () is a 1995 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao, and produced by Dasari Film University. It stars R. Narayana Murthy, Ravali and Raghunatha Reddy. It features music composed by V ...

'' that released in December 1995. While both ''Orey Rikshaw'' and ''Rikshavodu'' featured a

rickshaw puller A pulled rickshaw (from Japanese language, Japanese ) is a mode of human-powered transport by which a runner draws a two-wheeled cart which seats one or two people. In recent times the use of human-powered rickshaws has been discouraged or outl ...

as its protagonist, only ''Orey Rikshaw'' emerged successful at the box office.

References

External links

* 1995 films 1990s Telugu-language films Films directed by Kodi Ramakrishna Films scored by Raj–Koti 1990s masala films Indian action films Indian films about revenge Films scored by Koti (composer) 1995 action films {{1990s-Telugu-film-stub