Killer (1992 film)
Killer is a 1992 Telugu-language action thriller film, written and directed by Fazil, produced by V. B. Rajendra Prasad under his Jagapathi Art Pictures banner. It stars Nagarjuna, Nagma and the music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
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Directed by | Fazil |
Written by | Jandhyala (dialogues) |
Screenplay by | Fazil |
Story by | Fazil |
Produced by | V. B. Rajendra Prasad |
Starring | Nagarjuna Nagma |
Cinematography | Ananda Kuttan Rajendranath |
Edited by | T. R. Shekhar |
Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | Jagapathi Art pictures |
Distributed by | Annapurna Studios |
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Running time | 158 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Plot
The movie starts with goons chasing a pregnant woman. Mary, a nurse, helps her, and a boy Eeswar, is born. As the goons find her location, Mary escapes with the child, and the pregnant woman is killed by the goons. Mary takes the child to her house despite having two sons and raises him along with them. Nancy is born to Mary after a while, and Eeswar discovers that Mary is not his biological mother. Due to financial problems, Mary sends Eeswar to an orphanage. Eeswar faces many struggles in the orphanage and becomes an adamant guy who bashes people for money. In that same course, he bashes a police officer. Meanwhile, he gets into a fight with Bhupati Raja's goons. Bhupati Raja knowing about Eeswar offers a huge amount of money to kill Malavika and Sneha at a time within 15 days who live in Hyderabad. Eeswar visits Mary and gives her some money for her treatment and medicines. Mary asks Eeswar about the source of money and warns him not to involve in any illegal activities. Eeswar goes to Hyderabad and fails to kill Malavika and Sneha. Meanwhile, he notices Priya entering Malavika's building and falls in love with her. He follows Priya to enter Malavika's house. So Eeswar manipulates Priya's family as Prem Krishna, who is a foreign return. He manipulates Priya and makes her fall for him. Priya reveals that Malavika is her mother's dearest friend, so she has to accept Prem as her fiancé. Meanwhile, Priya discusses her love for Malavika and takes Prem to Malavika's house. Malavika meets Prem, talks with him, and likes him. Malavika invites Prem for lunch. Prem tries to kill them but narrowly evades capture. Meanwhile, Bhupati Raja's son Banerjee meets Eeswar and hands him a flower bouquet that has a bomb fixed to it, and instructs him that it should be exploded by 6:30 p.m. Eeswar goes to Sneha and hands the bouquet to her. Meanwhile, Malavika reveals that she will donate all her assets to the orphanage as BhupatiRaja (Malavika's cousin) is trying to kill them. She also reveals that her husband was appointed as chairman to stop the religious conflicts caused because of Bhupati Raja, who wants to become a leader by bringing down the Government. Malavika's husband prepares a file against Bhupati Raja to hand over to the home minister. Bhupati Raja warns Malavika to return that file to him. But Malavika's husband hands over that file and a case are booked against Bhupati Raja, who is confirmed as accused by the court and sentenced to twelve years in jail. Knowing that Bhupati Raja kills Malavika's husband, Eeswar's father, and mother (Malavika's brother and sister-in-law). As Sneha (the daughter of Malavika's brother) is the only heiress of the property, BhupatiRaja wants to kill both Malavika and Sneha. Knowing this, Eeswar grows a soft corner over them and drops the thought of killing them. Knowing this, Bhupati Raja kidnaps Eeswar's sister and warns him that he would only leave her if he brings Sneha. Leaving with no option, Eeswar kidnaps Sneha and takes him to Bhupati Raja. Knowing this, Malavika goes to Eeswar's house and threatens Mary. Mary reveals that Eeswar's father is Prasad. Malavika realizes that Eeswar is her brother's son. Eeswar fights with goons and saves his sister and Sneha. Finally, Malavika and Eeswar are reunited, and Malavika tells the truth that he is her nephew.
Cast
- Nagarjuna as Prem Krishna / Eeswar Prasad
- Nagma as Priya
- Sharada as Malavika
- Vijayakumar as Bhupathi Raja
- Allu Ramalingaiyah as Priya's grandfather
- Nirmalamma as Priya's grandmother
- Brahmanandam as S. I. Brahmanandam
- Ahuti Prasad as Raja
- Banerjee as Banerjee
- Giri Babu as Malavika's husband
- Narayana Rao as Ravindra Prasad
- Suthi Velu as Nookaraju
- Kadambari Kiran as theatre artist
- Chidatala Appa Rao as theatre artist
- Chitti Babu as theatre artist
- Sreedhar Surapaneni as Bhupati Raja's assistant
- Hussain
- Narsing Yadav as chief security officer
- Annapurna as Mary
- Rama Prabha as Rama Devi
- Tulasi as Nancy
- Jyothi as Lalitha
- Nirmalamma as Priya's grandmother
- Baby Shamili as Sneha
- Thalapathy Dinesh as Inspector Mohan
Soundtrack
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Film score by | ||||
Released | 1990 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 32:05 | |||
Label | LEO Audio | |||
Ilaiyaraaja chronology | ||||
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The music for the film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja with lyrics by Veturi. It was released by LEO Audio company.
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Priya Priyathama" | Mano, K.S.Chithra | 5:09 |
2. | "Piliche Kuhu Kuhu" | S. Janaki | 4:53 |
3. | "Sindhura Puvvu(Duet)" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 4:57 |
4. | "Ukkiri Bikkiri" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K.S.Chithra | 5:02 |
5. | "Oh Rabbi Endabba" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 4:50 |
6. | "Rambalake Ramju" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K.S.Chithra | 5:13 |
Total length: | 32:05 |
Release
The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Eashwar in October 1992.[1]