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Raghu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) a notorious criminal released from jail after completing his imprisonment as a changed person and challenges the Inspector Murthy (Gummadi) that he is going to live as an honest person and prove himself in the society. So he turns as a truck driver for survival with the help of his friend Jakie (Padmanabham). While delivering goods via his truck, Raghu and Jackie help out a young man, who turns out to be a woman in disguise named Jaya (Jayalalitha).
Acting
ANR's simmering dignity—criminal past etched in every restrained gesture.
Direction
V. Madhusudhan Rao balances moral fable with commercial compulsions.
Costume
Jaya's disguise credibility—1960s cinema's delightful cross-dressing logic.
Director
V. Madhusudhan Rao
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