Dharmapatni (1987 film)

Dharmapatni (transl. Righteous Wife) is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language action film, directed by Tatineni Prasad. The film stars Suman, Bhanupriya and Rajendra Prasad, with music composed by Chakravarthy. It is a remake of the Tamil film Dharma Pathini (1986).^[1]

Dharmapatni
Title card
Directed by	Tatineni Prasad
Written by	Ganesh Patro (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Tatineni Prasad
Story by	Anjaneya Pushpanand
Based on	Dharma Pathini (1986)
Produced by	CKR Prasad CRR Prasad
Starring	Suman Bhanupriya Rajendra Prasad
Cinematography	Navakanth
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by	Chakravarthy
Production company	Satya Shakti Pictures
Release date	1 May 1987 (1987-05-01)
Running time	122 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

Inspector Prasanna (Suman) is a sincere police officer who can't bear activities of anti-social evildoers. Prasanna fell in love with his sub-inspector Vidya (Bhanu Priya). D. J. (Tatineni Prasad), a local rowdy, is the right hand to ex-minister Narasimha Murthy (Nutan Prasad). An issue arises between Prasanna and D. J. on grabbing the land of labor. Bose Babu (Rajendra Prasad), who is a union leader of the labor and brother-in-law to Vidya, opposes D. J. Narasimha Murthy uses his political influence to implicate Bose Babu in a murder case. The rest of the story is how Prasanna and Vidya face Murthy and saved Bose Babu.

Cast

• Suman as Inspector Prasanna
• Bhanupriya as S.I. Vidya
• Rajendra Prasad as Bosu Babu
• Nutan Prasad as Narasimha Murthy
• Allu Ramalingaiah as Linga Murthy
• Mikkilineni
• Tatineni Prasad as D. J.
• Suthi Velu as Lawyer Madhusudhana Rao
• Raavi Kondala Rao as Lawyer Dakshina Rao
• Narra Venkateswara Rao as Samba Murthy
• Jagga Rao
• Rajyalakshmi as Prameela
• Anuradha as item number

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by Veturi. Music released on AVM Audio Company.^[2]

S. No.	Song Title	Singers	length
1	"O Chinuku"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	3:49
2	"Vayyarale Vollanthata"		3:34
3	"Talachuko Talachuko"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:19
4	"Kothaga Ninnu"	S. Janaki	3:44