''Trinetrudu'' () is a 1988 Indian 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 ...
,
Kaikala Satyanarayana
Kaikala Satyanarayana (25 July 1935 – 23 December 2022) was an Indian actor, producer, and politician who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He appeared in more than 750 films over six decades. He was a recipient of the Raghupathi Venkai ...
Nagendra Babu
Konidela Nagendra Rao (born 29 October 1961), popularly known as Nagendra Babu and Naga Babu, is an Indian actor, producer, and politician who works in Telugu cinema. He has received one National Film Award and two Nandi Awards for his work as ...
Nagendra Babu
Konidela Nagendra Rao (born 29 October 1961), popularly known as Nagendra Babu and Naga Babu, is an Indian actor, producer, and politician who works in Telugu cinema. He has received one National Film Award and two Nandi Awards for his work as ...
, it was Chiranjeevi's 100th film. It is a remake of the 1987 Hindi film ''
Jalwa
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'', itself based on the 1984 film ''
Beverly Hills Cop
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''.
Plot
Goa
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's beach is being exploited by a big-wig in the society, named D. D. He runs a big
ashram
An ashram (, ) is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery in Indian religions, not including Buddhism.
Etymology
The Sanskrit noun is a thematic nominal derivative from the root 'toil' (< drug-trafficking which cashes in upon the weakness of the youth. To investigate this ashram's dark secrets, the
Indian government
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appoints a CBI officer who prepares a complete report on its activities but is killed by D. D.'s men. When the CBI officer never returns, the CBI gets suspicious and sends another officer, Abhimanyu.
Abhimanyu lands in Goa and meets the D. I. G. to inform him about his mission, however the Goa Police and CBI are not on good terms and the D. I. G. appoints 2 Sub-Inspectors, to follow and observe Abhimanyu. Meanwhile, Bhanu's brother becomes a drug addict and to cure him she gets him admitted into a hospital. Hospital chief Ranganath meets Abhimanyu in a strange incident. When Bhanu's brother tries to jump off the top floor of the hospital, Abhimanyu saves him and thus meets Bhanu. Being clueless about the missing CBI officer, Abhimanyu manages to enter into the ashram and exposes the secret activities carried out there. He witnesses drugs being exported in dead bodies. When Abhimanyu informs this to the D.I.G, he doesn't believe him but under pressure he raids the ashram and finds nothing, much to the shock of Abhimanyu.
D. D. becomes more self-conscious and Goa Police stop co-operating with Abhimanyu. Abhimanyu is attacked in many ways and the Goa Police get rid of him by sending him off in a ship. However, Abhimanyu escapes and returns to Goa, this time more determined to complete his mission. Abhimanyu realizes that the hospital chief is D. D.'s right hand and sets a trap in which he is killed by D. D. himself. He also succeeds in donating D. D.'s money to a homeless people's fund. D. D. gets furious and kidnaps Abhimanyu's mother. Abhimanyu informs this to the Goa Police but they don't believe him. So, Abhimanyu himself as a one-man army, attacks the ashram, destroys it, rescues his mother and marries Bhanupriya.
Cast
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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 ...
as Abhimanyu, a
Central Bureau of Investigation
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the domestic crime investigating agency of India. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Originally set up to investigate bribery and gover ...
officer
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Bhanupriya
Bhanupriya (born Manga Bhanu; 15 January 1967) is an Indian actress and dancer. In a four decade old career, she has appeared in 155 feature films, predominantly in Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema, Tamil, and a few in Malayalam cinema, M ...
as Bhanu
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Kaikala Satyanarayana
Kaikala Satyanarayana (25 July 1935 – 23 December 2022) was an Indian actor, producer, and politician who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He appeared in more than 750 films over six decades. He was a recipient of the Raghupathi Venkai ...
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Kulbhushan Kharbanda (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. He is best known for his role as the antagonist Shakaal in '' Shaan'' (1980), Starting off with the Delhi-based theatre group ' Yatrik' in the ...
as D. D.
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Nagendra Babu
Konidela Nagendra Rao (born 29 October 1961), popularly known as Nagendra Babu and Naga Babu, is an Indian actor, producer, and politician who works in Telugu cinema. He has received one National Film Award and two Nandi Awards for his work as ...
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Babu Antony
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Nutan Prasad
Tadinada Varaprasad popularly known as Nutan Prasad (12 December 1945 – 30 March 2011) was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was a native of Kaikaluru, Andhra Pradesh, India. He started his fil ...
as Sub-Inspector
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Annapurna
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as Abhimanyu's mother
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Prasad Babu
Prasad Babu is an Indian actor who acts predominantly in Telugu language, Telugu films and also TV serials.
Filmography
Telugu
* ''Anthuleni Katha'' (1976) as Thilak
* ''Mana Voori Pandavulu'' (1978)
* ''Dongala Veta'' (1978) as Anand
* ...