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1965 172’ b&w Telugu d Tapi Chanakya pc Vijaya co-p B. Nagi Reddy co-p/sc Chakrapani dial D.V. Narasaraju lyr Pingali Nagendra Rao c Madhav Bulbule m Ghantasala Venkateshwara Rao lp N.T. Rama Rao, Jamuna, Gummadi Venkateshwara Rao, Pandharibai, Ramana Reddy, Meena Kumari, Mikkilineni, Rajanala

The gamber Chalapathi (Gummadi) is presumed dead by the police when they find a corpse wearing his clothes on a railway track. His wife and son are supported by Ramadasu (Mikkilineni) and the son grows up to become a policeman (NTR). Chalapathi, who is not dead, has become the leader of a gang of thieves and becomes the prey of his own son. The film was considered a major let-down from Telugu cinema’s most high-profile banner.

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