Pratighatana is a 1986 Telugu film about a woman's (Vijayshanti) fight against corruption and criminalization of politics in India. Vijayshanti acted the leading role while Chandra Mohan

Chandra Mohan (actor)

Chandra Mohan or Chandramohan is a Telugu film actor. He acted as Hero, comedy, support character roles in many Telugu films.-Early life:...

 acted as her husband. This film was directed by a noted Telugu director T. Krishna who was famous for revolutionary Telugu movies under the banner of Eetaram Films.

Story

Vijayshanti was the wife of a lawyer Chandra Mohan

Chandra Mohan (actor)

Chandra Mohan or Chandramohan is a Telugu film actor. He acted as Hero, comedy, support character roles in many Telugu films.-Early life:...

. The city life was always disrupted by a group of street criminals supported by the ruling party. These criminals humuliate Vijayshanti in front of a large crowd by showing her nude on the street when she refuses to have sex with gang leader of the criminals. Her husband remains helpless despite being a lawyer fearing of the consequences that they may face in future if they went to court for justice. Meanwhile the leader of the criminals, the villain, gets elected to the legislative assembly and arranges an open meeting to celebrate his election. Vijayshanti with frustration kills the villain in that open meeting.

Features

• The film was a big hit at the box office and brought fame to T. Krishna and Vijayshanti.

• This film was later remade in Hindi
  Hindi
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   as Pratighaat (1987) starred by Sujata Mehta
  Sujata Mehta
  Sujata Mehta is an Indian actress of Gujarati origin who has acted in plays and Bollywood films.Sujata started her acting career by participating in Gujarati stage plays wherein she played small cameos and alter on sheer hardwork and perseverance graduated to playing lead roles.Her first big break...
  
   and Nana Patekar
  Nana Patekar
  Vishwanath "Nana" Patekar is an Indian actor and filmmaker.-Biography:Born Vishwanath Patekar in Murud-Janjira, Maharashtra, to Dinkar Patekar and his wife Sanjanabai Patekar. He is an alumnus of the Sir J.J...
  
  .

Awards

• Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) won by Ramoji Rao
  Ramoji Rao
  Cherukuri Ramoji Rao, better known as Ramoji Rao , is an Indian businessman and media entrepreneur. He is head of the Ramoji Group which owns, among other things, the world's largest film production facility, Ramoji Film City....
  
  .
• S. Janaki
  S. Janaki
  S. Janaki is an Indian female playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, she has won four National Film Awards and 35...
  
   won the Nandi Award for Best Female Playback Singer
  Nandi Award for Best Female Playback Singer
  The Nandi Award for Best Female Playback Singer winners:...
  
   for her Ee Duryadhana Dussasana.
• Vijayashanti
  Vijayashanti
  Vijayashanti is an Indian film actress and a politician from Andhra Pradesh. She has acted in over 185 movies in seven languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. She was born in Anaparti, India on 24 June 1966. She is credited as "The Lady Superstar" of South Indian cinema...
  
   won Nandi Award for Best Actress
  Nandi Award for Best Actress
  The Nandi Award for Best Actress winners:-See also:* Nandi Awards* Cinema of Andhra Pradesh...
  
   and Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) for her performance in this film

External links

• Pratighatana at IMDb.