Director: Kodi Ramakrishna; Producer: M. Shyam Prasad Reddy; Cinematographer: C. Vijayakumar; Cast: Suresh, Soundarya, Ramya Krishna, Baby Sunayana, Rami Reddy, Babu Mohan, Chidambaram
Duration: 02:04:42; Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1; Hue: 343.504; Saturation: 0.055; Lightness: 0.278; Volume: 0.187; Cuts per Minute: 46.775; Words per Minute: 46.751
Summary: The main Telugu box office success of 1995,
esp. for its special effects. Bhawani
(Soundarya), a lower caste orphan and devotee
of the goddess Ammoru, is responsible for the
arrest of the evil Gorakh (Reddy). When
Gorakh is released from prison, vowing
revenge, Bhawani is married to a doctor
(Suresh) who happens to be related to the
villain. The doctor goes abroad to study,
leaving his wife unprotected. When Gorakh’s
sister Leelamma tries to kill Bhawani, the
goddess Ammoru (Ramya) descends to earth
and takes the form of Bhawani’s maid servant
in order to protect her. Gorakh finds a way for
the servant to be dismissed, kills Bhawani’s
infant son and tortures her husband, with the
help of the evil spirit Chenda. Eventually the
goddess returns, and in a spectacular finale
featuring the special effects, kills Gorakh.
Beginning with an idiom resembling the
mythological, the film transforms into a
domestic family drama while maintaining its
allegience to folk legends about female village
deities. The big-budget hit was also known for
its music often using folk tunes and established
the newcomer Soundarya as a major star. A
dubbed version in Tamil, Amman, was also a
hit.
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