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''Sathruvu'' () is a 1991 Indian
Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...
-language
crime thriller film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combin ...
directed by Kodi Ramakrishna and produced by
M. S. Raju M. S. Raju is an Indian film producer, screenwriter, and director who works in Telugu cinema. He is the founder and owner of the film production company Sumanth Art Productions. He won three Filmfare Awards becoming the first producer to recei ...
under Sumanth Art Productions. It stars Venkatesh, Vijayashanti, and
Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has ...
with music composed by Raj–Koti. Released on 2 January 1991, the film received positive reviews and was successful at the box office. The film was remade in Hindi as '' Vijeta'' (1996).


Plot

Ashok is an advocate who works as a junior along with his two friends Raghava and Bhaskar for advocate Durga Prasad, who always fights for Justice. Durga Prasad and his wife Lakshmi treat them as their children. Venkataratnam is a powerful contractor who has the entire system in his hands. Once, Venkataratnam cheats the Govt. by saying that he has constructed the hostel for poor people without doing it, just showing it on papers. Durga Prasad takes up the case and gathers all the proofs against him. Venkataratnam threatens Durga Prasad a lot who does not yield to it. Finally, Venkataratnam kills Durga Prasad and his wife Lakshmi in front of the court and destroys all the evidence. Before dying, Durga Prasad takes a word from Ashok, that he should win this case under any circumstances. Ashok gives respect to his words and takes up the case, but he fails to get the case admitted because there is no evidence. In that frustration, Ashok reacts to Venkataratnam publicly in court. Finally, he is suspended from court and arrested. Now Ashok decides to take revenge against Venkataratnam and his gang. He eliminates Venkataratnam's men one by one which creates fear in Venkataratnam. So he sends his henchmen DIG Prakash Rao to hand over the case to ACP Vijaya, who was none other than Ashok's lover in his college days. Both of them challenge each other. Ashok challenges her to complete his mission, while Vijaya challenges that she will stop him under any circumstance. During the process, Vijaya finds out that DIG works for Venkataratnam and collects all the proof for Venkatratnam's arrest. When she gets ready to arrest them, they plan to kill her. Ashok comes to her rescue and eliminates Venkataratnam and his entire gang. Finally, Ashok completes his mission and the movie ends.


Cast

* Venkatesh as Ex Advocate Ashok * Vijayashanti as ACP Vijaya *
Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has ...
as Venkataratnam * Captain Raju as DIG Prakash Rao * Vijay Kumar as Durga Prasad *
Jaya Prakash Reddy Jaya Prakash Reddy (8 May 1946 – 8 September 2020) was an Indian actor who predominantly appeared in Telugu films. Born in Sirvel of Andhra Pradesh, he came into the limelight with the film ''Samarasimha Reddy'' (1999) where he played the ro ...
as Mayor Gowdappa * Anand Raj as Satya Murthy * Babu Antony as Jorge * Maharshi Raghava as Raghava *
Nagesh Nagesh (born Cheyur Krishnarao Nageshwaran; (27 September 1933 – 31 January 2009) was an Indian actor, mostly remembered for his roles as a comedian in Tamil films during the 1960s. Nagesh was born in Dharapuram. He acted in over 1,000 Cine ...
as Contestable Ramayah * Brahmanandam as Contestable Sambayah * Babu Mohan as House Owner * P. L. Narayana as Major Michel (Chintu's grandfather) * Sangeetha as Lakshmi (Durga Prasad's wife) * Kalpana Rai as House Owner's Wife * Master Satish as Chintu


Production

M. S. Raju provided the basic story idea of the film and he chose Satya Murthy as the writer and together worked to develop the story line. The team hired Vijaya Shanti as heroine. During the making of the film, Vijayashanti had the film '' Karthavyam''. Venky had two other films - '' Dhruva Nakshatram'' and '' Bobbili Raja'' - released at the same time. Initially, Kodi Rama Krishna opted for a newcomer for Kota's character, but Raju convinced Kodi Rama Krishna to take Kota for that character.


Soundtrack

Music composed by Raj–Koti. Music released on CAUVERY Audio Company.


References


External links

* {{Kodi Ramakrishna 1990s Telugu-language films 1991 films Indian courtroom films Indian legal films Indian action films Indian crime thriller films Films about corruption in India 1991 crime thriller films Films scored by Raj–Koti Telugu films remade in other languages