Director: Dwarkeesh; Writer: Dwarkeesh; Producer: Dwarkeesh; Cinematographer: R. Deviprasad; Cast: Vinodraj, Divya, Sangeeta, Srinath, Sundarraj, Devaraj, Kirtiraj, Ravikiran, Master Ravi Shankar, Narasimhraju, Ratnakar, Chetan Ramarao, Sundaresh Singh, Negro Jani
Summary: An attempt at a Hollywood-type dance movie
(mediated by the B. Subhash style, cf. Dance
Dance, 1987) interspersed with more
conventional melodrama. The villain
J.K. (Devaraj) kills the popular leader of a
music band (Srinath) and tries to rape the
band-leader’s wife. The film shifts into a
second generation as the band-leader’s widow
brings up her son Raja (Vinodraj) and a music
manager (Sundarraj) makes him into a rock
star. The villain’s daughter (Divya) is the film’s
female lead, while Uncle Andrew, a former
drummer and now a legless beggar, seeks
revenge against J.K. Among the film’s
highlights is Raja being forced to dance on
broken glass to save his mother’s life, a distant
echo of Pakeezah (1971). Others include
Raja’s somewhat inept breakdance numbers.
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