Rakshasudu

Rakshasudu
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Directed by	A. Kodandarami Reddy
Produced by	K. S. Rama Rao
Written by	M. V. S. Haranatha Rao (dialogues)
Screenplay by	A. Kodandarami Reddy
Story by	Yandamuri Veerendranath
Based on	Rakshasudu (Novel)
Starring	Chiranjeevi Radha Suhasini
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	Lok Singh
Edited by	M. Vallai Swamy
Production company	Creative Commercials
Release date	2 October 1986 (1986-10-02)
Running time	146 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Rakshasudu (English: Demon) is a 1986 Telugu action crime film produced by K. S. Rama Rao on the Creative Commercials banner and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. It stars Chiranjeevi, Radha and Suhasini in the lead roles as well as Rajendra Prasad and Sumalatha in special appearances. Music composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja. The film is based on Yandamuri Veerendranath's novel of the same name. The film is the debut of K. Naga Babu into the film industry.

Plot

The film opens with a widowed woman giving birth to a baby boy. The landlord does not approve of this and has the baby disposed of. A drunkard finds the baby and keeps him for a couple of years until he sells the boy to a labor camp, in exchange for money. 20 years later, that boy Pursha (Chiranjeevi) and his friend Simham (K. Naga Babu) escape from the labor camp, to see Pursha's mother. But when Pursha goes to the landlord's house, the landlord says that Pursha's mother left a long time and for Pursha to get the details, the landlord must be bribed with Rs. 10,000 /-. Pursha and Simham sneak into somebody's house and steal the necessary Rs. 10,000. At the moment, they are caught by JK (Rao Gopal Rao). He tells them that it is alright for them to take the money for their use. By the time Pursha and Simham get to the landlord, the landlord sold the information of Pursha's mother to JK for Rs. 50,000. Pursha angered, goes to JK for an explanation. JK wants to use Pursha to stop his rival, who sells drugs. Pursha reluctantly refuses at first but later is convinced. While Pursha, Simham, and Inspector Vijay (Rajendra Prasad) fight some bad guys, Pursha gets injured and jumps into a river. He is saved by a school teacher Sumathi (Suhasini) who is an orphan. Sumathi is the sister of Vijay. Pursha comes up with a plan to raid important documents to imprison Shailaja's (Radha) father, who is JK's rival but in the process, Vijay is killed. How Pursha gets his revenge and meets his mother forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. All the songs were chartbusters. Music released on Echo Audio Company. The following is the track listing.^[1]

Reception

This is the 3rd movie made by K.S. Rama Rao in the Chiranjeevi-Yandamuri Veerendranath-Ilaiyaraaja-A. Kodandarami Reddy combination under Creative Commercials after the blockbusters Abhilasha & Challenge. With blockbuster songs , this movie also went on to become a huge success and ran for 100 days in many centers that the movie was released. It was also dubbed into Tamil and did well in Tamilnadu as well. The Telugu version did well in re-runs too.

References

External links

• Rakshasudu on IMDb