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 |
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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 Creative Commercials banner and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. Starring Chiranjeevi, Radha, Suhasini in the lead roles and Rajendra Prasad, Sumalatha in special appearance. Music composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja. The film is based on Yandamuri Veerendranath's novel of the same name. The film is first debut to K. Naga Babu into film industry. The film recorded as Blockbuster at the box office.
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 labour 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. Sumatri 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
- Chiranjeevi as Purusha / Friend
- Radha as Shailaja / Shailu
- Suhasini as Sumatri
- Kanada Prabhakar as Vakanchakra Ram Murthy / VR
- Rao Gopal Rao as JK
- Allu Ramalingaiah as Narasimham
- K. Naga Babu as Simham
- Rajendra Prasad as Inspector Vijay
- Vasudeva Rao as Rajan
- M. V. S. Harinatha Rao as Narakasurudu
- Narra Venkateswara Rao
- P. J. Sarma as SP Bhujanga Rao
- Bhimeswara Rao
- Vankayala Satyanarayana
- Jagga Rao
- Sumalatha as Vani
- Samyuktha as JK's daughter
- Annapurna
- Jayamala as Tarakeswari
Soundtrack
| Rakshasudu | ||||
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| Film score by Ilaiyaraaja | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 24:40 | |||
| Label | Echo Audio | |||
| Producer | Ilaiyaraaja | |||
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Music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. All the songs were chartbusters. Music released on Echo Audio Company.
| S.No | Song Title | Lyrics | Singers | length |
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| 1 | "Hey Naughty" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, S. Janaki | 4:24 |
| 2 | "Malli Malli" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu,S. Janaki | 4:31 |
| 3 | "Nee Meeda Naaku" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu,S. Janaki | 4:32 |
| 4 | "Giliga Gili" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu,S. Janaki | 4:27 |
| 5 | "Acha Acha" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu,S. Janaki | 4:28 |
| 6 | "Jaya Jaya" | Devulapalli Krishnasastri | S. Janaki | 2:05 |