Amara Deepam (1977 film)

Amara Deepam

CD cover of Amara Deepam
Directed by K. Raghavendra Rao
Produced by U. Suryanarayana Raju
Written by Jandhyala
Starring Krishnam Raju
Jayasudha
Murali Mohan
Kaikala Satyanarayana
Jayamalini
Music by Chellapilla Satyam
Release dates
1977
Country India
Language Telugu

Amara Deepam (Telugu: అమరదీపం) is a 1977 Telugu drama film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Krishnam Raju, Jayasudha and Murali Mohan in the lead roles. The film is a remake of Tamil film Dheepam (1977) starring Sivaji Ganesan which itself was a remake of Malayalam film Theekkanal. Krishnam Raju received Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) and Nandi Award for Best Actor.

Plot

Hari and Shiva Prasad are siblings. Once Shiva breaks their family photo unintentionally, then Hari beats Shiva and escapes from home. Hari was brought up by a notorious smuggler (Kaikala Satyanarayana). The smuggler changes his name into Shri Krishna which was his demised son's name. A grown up Krishna (Krishnam Raju) is a womaniser and uses women for one-night stands and one of them is Asha (Jayamalini. He dearly loves Parvati (Jayasudha), a friend of his sister Madhavi (Madhavi). However Parvati and Shiva Prasad (Murali Mohan) love each other. When Krishna proposes to Parvati, she refuses. Jealous Krishna attempts to kill Shiva Prasad. Accidentally he saw their childhood photo and recognizes him as his own younger brother. He arranges the marriage of Shiva Prasad and Parvati. Shiva Prasad comes to know about the affection of Krishna on Parvati, he starts hating Parvati. To break the deadlock, Krishna kills himself.

Cast

Actor / Actress Character
Krishnam Raju Hari / Shri Krishna
Jayasudha Parvati
Muralimohan Shiva Prasad
Madhavi Madhavi "Madhu"
Kaikala Satyanarayana Madhavi's father
Prabhakar Reddy Ranganatham
Jayamalini Asha
Sarathi Rahim
Sakshi Ranga Rao Manager
Mada Venkateswara Rao Appa Rao
Ramaprabha Ratnam
Dubbing Janaki Paidi Nookalu
Narra Venkateswara Rao
Potti Prasad

Soundtrack

Awards

External links

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