Rakshana (1993 film)

Rakshana (transl. Indemnity) is a 1993 Telugu-language action film written and directed by Uppalapati Narayana Rao. It was produced by Venkat Akkineni under Annapurna Studios. It stars Nagarjuna and Shobhana, with music composed M. M. Keeravani. Upon release, the film received widely positive reviews and remained a box office hit.^[1] Regarded as one of the top cop movies in Telugu, it was subsequently dubbed in Tamil and released as Kaaval Thurai. The film was remade in Bengali Bangladesh as Banglar Hero (1998).

Rakshana
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Uppalapati Narayana Rao
Written by	Posani Krishna Murali (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Akkineni Venkat Uppalapati Narayana Rao
Story by	Akkineni Venkat Uppalapati Narayana Rao
Produced by	Akkineni Venkat
Starring	Nagarjuna Shobhana Roja Salim Ghouse
Cinematography	Teja
Edited by	Shankar
Music by	M. M. Keeravani
Production company	Annapurna Studios
Release date	18 February 1993 (1993-02-18)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

Assistant commissioner of police Bose (Nagarjuna) gets transferred from Visakhapatnam and takes charge of Hyderabad in his relentless fight to apprehend crime lord brothers Chinna (Salim Ghouse), and Nalla Seenu (Kota Srinivasa Rao) who is also a prominent politician. Chinna kills Bose's friend through his political influence, when the latter and Bose apprehend Chinna for interrogation. Meanwhile, Padma falls in love with Bose and eventually gets married and have a daughter. Eventually, Chinna kidnaps Bose's daughter. How Bose saves his daughter and banishes the mafia ring forms the rest of the story.

Cast

• Nagarjuna as A.C.P. Bose
• Shobhana as Padma
• Salim Ghouse as Chinna
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Nalla Sreenu
• Nassar as Bose's friend
• Brahmanandam
• M. Balaiah
• Banerjee
• Nirmalamma
• Chinni Jayanth
• Chinna
• Kadambari Kiran
• Ananth
• Teja in a cameo
• J. D. Chakravarthy in a cameo
• M. M. Keeravani in a cameo
• Prabhu Deva in a cameo
• Roja special appearance in the song "Ghallumandhi"
• Silk Smitha special appearance in the song "Neeku Naaku"

Soundtrack

Rakshana
Film score by M. M. Keeravani
Released	1993
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	25:13
Label	Akash Audio
Producer	M. M. Keeravani
M. M. Keeravani chronology
Rajeswari Kalyanam (1993) Rakshana (1993) Allari Priyudu (1993)

The film songs were composed by M. M. Keeravani. Music released on AKASH Audio Company.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Guppu Guppu"	Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra	4:30
2.	"Kannepapa Anduko"	M. M. Keeravani	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra	5:21
3.	"Ghallumandhi"	Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra	4:54
4.	"Ye Janmadho"	Veturi	M. M. Keeravani, Chitra	6:10
5.	"Neeku Naaku"	Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry	Malgudi Subha	4:18
Total length:				25:13

Awards

• Nandi Award for Best Choreographer - Prabhu Deva^[2]