Tirugu Leni Manishi
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Tirugu Leni Manishi is a 1981 Telugu film, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao
. The film stars Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Chiranjeevi
, and Rati Agnihotri
in the lead roles. For the first time and only time, Rama Rao and Chiranjeevi acted in a film together.
He is the son of a bigshot Sasibhushan rao (Jaggayya) and brother of Padma (Jayalakshmi).
Padma falls in love with Kishore (Chiranjeevi) who is a singer playing guitar at local clubs.
Sasibhushan rao doesn’t accept their love and insult Kishore for his poverty. Padma attempts suicide by consuming sleeping pills but her brother Rajasekhar saves her on time and performs her marriage with Kishore during the absence of their father. Their father gets angry on them but excuses his daughter and gets close to them when she gives birth to a kid. Rajasekhar on the other hand keeps meeting a girl, Rati and her uncle Allu, who cheat people for money. He tries to reform them and employs them in his own office. In an unexpected incident, Rajasekhar realises that his father was related to a smuggling gang who deals with gold and diamonds. His father gets killed but doesn’t reveal anything about the gang. Rajasekhar meets Gangulu(Satyanarayana) who was once helped by his father and tries to take his advice in bursting the gang. In his attempts he is shocked to know that Kishore (Chiru) is involved with the gang. He warns Kishore to quit this and help him to trace their boss. Kishore doesn’t listen to him but when his boss kidnaps his kid and asks him to kill Rajasekhar, Kishore understands where he is standing and decides to turn in favour of his brother-in-law. Both heroes cheat the gang and enter their den to realise that their boss is none other than Gangulu, who was acting all the way by being on Rajasekhar’s side. Movie ends with heroes fighting the gang out and saving Kishore’s child.
K. Raghavendra Rao
Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao shortly K. Raghavendra is a renowned director. He is one of the most commercially successful directors of Telugu cinema, and many believe that his contribution has been instrumental to the success of Telugu cinema. As of 2006, Raghavendra Rao has directed 103 films...
. The film stars Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Chiranjeevi
Chiranjeevi
Chiranjeevi is a Telugu film actor and a politician. He has appeared primarily in Telugu Cinema along with a few Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Punadhirallu . However, Pranam Khareedu released at the box office earlier...
, and Rati Agnihotri
Rati Agnihotri
Rati Agnihotri is a veteran Indian actress. Her portfolio mainly includes films in Hindi-Urdu, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She was born to a Sikh family.-Film career:...
in the lead roles. For the first time and only time, Rama Rao and Chiranjeevi acted in a film together.
Plot
NTR plays Rajasekhar, a young lawyer who starts his practice and wins his first case.He is the son of a bigshot Sasibhushan rao (Jaggayya) and brother of Padma (Jayalakshmi).
Padma falls in love with Kishore (Chiranjeevi) who is a singer playing guitar at local clubs.
Sasibhushan rao doesn’t accept their love and insult Kishore for his poverty. Padma attempts suicide by consuming sleeping pills but her brother Rajasekhar saves her on time and performs her marriage with Kishore during the absence of their father. Their father gets angry on them but excuses his daughter and gets close to them when she gives birth to a kid. Rajasekhar on the other hand keeps meeting a girl, Rati and her uncle Allu, who cheat people for money. He tries to reform them and employs them in his own office. In an unexpected incident, Rajasekhar realises that his father was related to a smuggling gang who deals with gold and diamonds. His father gets killed but doesn’t reveal anything about the gang. Rajasekhar meets Gangulu(Satyanarayana) who was once helped by his father and tries to take his advice in bursting the gang. In his attempts he is shocked to know that Kishore (Chiru) is involved with the gang. He warns Kishore to quit this and help him to trace their boss. Kishore doesn’t listen to him but when his boss kidnaps his kid and asks him to kill Rajasekhar, Kishore understands where he is standing and decides to turn in favour of his brother-in-law. Both heroes cheat the gang and enter their den to realise that their boss is none other than Gangulu, who was acting all the way by being on Rajasekhar’s side. Movie ends with heroes fighting the gang out and saving Kishore’s child.