Rakshana (1993 film)

Rakshana
Rakshana
Film score by M. M. Keeravani
Released	1993
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	25:13
Label	Akash Audio
Producer	M. M. Keeravani
M. M. Keeravani chronology

Rakshana
Rakshana
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Uppalapati Narayana Rao
Written by	Posani Krishna Murali (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Akkineni Venkat ; Uppalapati Narayana Rao
Story by	Akkineni Venkat ; Uppalapati Narayana Rao
Produced by	Akkineni Venkat
Starring	Nagarjuna; Shobhana; Roja; Salim Ghouse
Cinematography	Teja
Edited by	Shankar
Music by	M. M. Keeravani
Production; company	Annapurna Studios
Release date	18 February 1993;
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Rakshana (transl. Indemnity) is a 1993 Telugu-language action film written and directed by Uppalapati Narayana Rao. It was produced by Venkat Akkineni under Annapurna Studios. It stars Nagarjuna and Shobhana, with music composed M. M. Keeravani. Upon release, the film received widely positive reviews and remained a box office hit.^[1] Regarded as one of the top cop movies in Telugu, it was subsequently dubbed in Tamil and released as Kaaval Thurai. The film was remade in Bengali Bangladesh as Banglar Hero (1998).

Plot

Assistant commissioner of police Bose (Nagarjuna) gets transferred from Visakhapatnam and takes charge of Hyderabad in his relentless fight to apprehend crime lord brothers Chinna (Salim Ghouse), and Nalla Seenu (Kota Srinivasa Rao) who is also a prominent politician. Chinna kills Bose's friend through his political influence, when the latter and Bose apprehend Chinna for interrogation. Eventually, Chinna kidnaps Bose's daughter. How Bose saves his daughter and banishes the mafia ring forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Nagarjuna as A.C.P. Bose
Shobhana as Padma
Salim Ghouse as Chinna
Kota Srinivasa Rao as Nalla Sreenu
Nassar as Bose's friend
Brahmanandam
M. Balaiah
Banerjee
Nirmalamma
Chinni Jayanth
Chinna
Kadambari Kiran
Ananth
Teja in a cameo
J. D. Chakravarthy in a cameo
M. M. Keeravani in a cameo
Prabhu Deva in a cameo
Roja special appearance in the song "Ghallumandhi"
Silk Smitha special appearance in the song "Neeku Naaku"

Soundtrack

The film songs were composed by M. M. Keeravani. Music released on AKASH Audio Company.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Guppu Guppu"	Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra	4:30
2.	"Kannepapa Anduko"	M. M. Keeravani	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra	5:21
3.	"Ghallumandhi"	Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra	4:54
4.	"Ye Janmadho"	Veturi	M. M. Keeravani, Chitra	6:10
5.	"Neeku Naaku"	Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry	Malgudi Subha	4:18
Total length:				25:13

Awards

Nandi Award for Best Choreographer - Prabhu Deva^[2]

References

^ "Rakshana 100 days centers". idlebrain.com.
^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

External links

Rakshana at IMDb

[1] "Rakshana 100 days centers". idlebrain.com.

[2] "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

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