Chiranjeevi (1985 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Chiranjeevi
| image = Chiranjeevi poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = C. V. Rajendran
| producer = K. Lakshmi Narayana
K. V. Rama Rao
| writer =
| narrator =
| starring = Chiranjeevi
Vijayashanti
Bhanupriya
Kaikala Satyanarayana
Murali Mohan
| music = K. Chakravarthy
| editing =
| studio = Ajay Creations
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1985}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
}}
Chiranjeevi is a Tollywood film which released on 18 April 1985. This film was directed by C. V. Rajendran.{{cite book|last=Srinivas|first=S. V.|title=Megastar: Chiranjeevi and Telugu cinema after N.T. Rama Rao|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2dgqAQAAIAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-569308-9}} This film stars Chiranjeevi in the titular role alongwith
Plot
Thandot revolves around a man, Chiranjeevi (Chiranjeevi), who is the son of a sincere Police officer (Kaikala Satyanarayana). Chiranjeevi's mother dies in his childhood, and his father brings him up. Chiranjeevi admires his dad very much and his weakness is he cannot tolerate anyone talking ill about his father. He falls in love with Vijayashanti and expresses his love. Bhanupriya plays the blind sister of Vijayashanti and Murali Mohan is her lover. In a bank robbery, a thief hides money in Murali Mohan's bag. Vijayashanti accuses Chiranjeevi's father of wrongfully arresting Murali Mohan. She requests Chiranjeevi to help her, but their argument leads him to anger, and he hits her. Vijayshanti dies on the spot. What follows next is a series of murders that Chiranjeevi commits in his attempt at hiding the accidental death caused by him, as he does not want to fall lower in the eyes of his father. The movie ends when his father kills Chiranjeevi.
Cast
- Chiranjeevi as himself
- Vijayashanti as Lalitha, Chiranjeevi's lover
- Bhanupriya as Shanti, Vijayashanti's blind sister
- Kaikala Satyanarayana as Commissioner Narayana Rao, Chiranjeevi's father
- Murali Mohan as Venu, Bhanupriya's lover
- Ranganath as Kumar
- Nutan Prasad as Pala Ramudu
- Suthi Veerabhadra Rao as Thirupathayya
- Suthi Velu as Chitti
- Bheemaraju as Head of Eagles gang
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0245833|title=Chiranjeevi}}
{{C. V. Rajendran}}
Category:Films scored by K. Chakravarthy
Category:1980s Telugu-language films
Category:Telugu remakes of Kannada films
Category:Films directed by C. V. Rajendran
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