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Rakshasudu (1986 film)

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Rakshasudu
Movie Poster
Directed byA. Kodandarami Reddy
Written byM. V. S. Haranatha Rao (dialogues)
Screenplay byA. Kodandarami Reddy
Story byYandamuri Veerendranath
Based onRakshasudu (Novel)
Produced byK. S. Rama Rao
StarringChiranjeevi
Suhasini
Radha
CinematographyLok Singh
Edited byM. Vellaiswamy
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Release date
  • 2 October 1986 (1986-10-02)
Running time
146 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Rakshasudu (transl.Demon) is a 1986 Telugu-language action crime film produced by K. S. Rama Rao under the Creative Commercials banner and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. It stars Chiranjeevi, Radha, Suhasini while Rajendra Prasad, Sumalatha in special appearances and music composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja. The film is based on Yandamuri Veerendranath's novel of the same name.[citation needed] The film is the debut of K. Naga Babu in the film industry. The film was recorded as a "superHit" at the box office.

Plot

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The film opens with a widowed woman giving birth to a baby boy. The landlord disapproves 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. Twenty years later, that boy, Purusha, and his friend Simham escape from the labor camp to see Purusha's mother. However, when Purusha goes to the landlord's house, the landlord says that Purusha's mother left a long time ago, and for Purusha to get the details, the landlord must be bribed with Rs. 10,000. Purusha and Simham sneak into somebody's house and steal the necessary Rs. 10,000. At the moment, they are caught by J. Krishna Murthy alias JK. He tells them it is alright for them to take the money for their use. By the time Purusha and Simham got to the landlord, the landlord sold the information of Purusha's mother to JK for Rs. 50,000. Purusha, angered, goes to JK for an explanation. JK wants to use Purusha to stop his rival, who sells drugs. Pursha reluctantly refuses at first but is later convinced. While Purusha, Simham, and Inspector Vijay fight some bad guys, Purusha gets injured and jumps into a river. He is saved by a school teacher named Sumathi, an orphan. Sumathi also happens to be Vijay's sister. Purusha comes up with a plan to raid important documents to imprison Shailaja's father, who is JK's rival, but in the process, Vijay is killed. How Purusha gets his revenge and meets his mother forms the rest of the story.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Rakshasudu
Film score by
Released1986
GenreSoundtrack
Length24:40
LabelEcho Audio
ProducerIlaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja chronology
Swathi Muthyam
(1986)
Rakshasudu
(1986)
Kirathakudu
(1986)

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

No.TitleLyricsSingersLength
1."Hey Naughty"VeturiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki4:24
2."Malli Malli"VeturiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki4:30
3."Acha Acha"VeturiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki4:28
4."Giliga Gili"VeturiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki4:26
5."Nee Meeda"VeturiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki4:31
6."Jaya Jaya"Devulapalli Krishna SastryS. Janaki2:04

Reception

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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 Abhilasha and Challenge. It was also dubbed into Tamil as Raatshashan and did well in Tamil Nadu as well. The Telugu version did well in reruns too.

References

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  1. ^ "Rakshasudu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP". iTunes Store. 2 October 1986. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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