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Pratighatana (transl. Resistance) is a 1985 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by T. Krishna. The film is produced by Ramoji Rao under Ushakiran Movies. The plot follows a woman's fight against corruption and criminalization of politics in India. The film stars Vijayshanti alongside Chandra Mohan, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Sai Kumar, P. L. Narayana, Charan Raj, Suthi Velu, Rajasekhar, Narra Venkateswara Rao, and Y. Vijaya who appear in supporting roles. Music is composed by K. Chakravarthy.
The film is released on 11 October 1985. It was premiered at International Film Festival of India and has garnered the Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu). The film won six Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards South (including Best Film –Telugu). The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Poo Ondru Puyalanathu. Later it was remade in Malayalam as Pakarathinu Pakaram and in Hindi as Pratighaat while Charan Raj reprise his role in Hindi.




Plot


Jhansi, wife of a lawyer Gopalakrishna, works as a college lecturer. The city life was always disrupted by a group of street criminals supported by the ruling party. These criminals humiliate Jhansi in front of a large crowd by showing her nude on the street when she refuses to take back her complaint against the criminal Kali for murdering a police officer in public. Her husband remains helpless despite being a lawyer fearing of the consequences that they may face in future if they went to court for justice. Meanwhile, the leader of the criminals, the villain, gets elected to the legislative assembly and arranges an open meeting to celebrate his election. Jhansi kills the villain in that open meeting.




Cast


Vijayashanti as Jhansi, a college lecturer
Chandra Mohan as Gopala Krishna, a lawyer
Rajasekhar as Prakash, a police officer
Charan Raj as Kalidasu, a criminal
Kota Srinivasa Rao as a politician
Rallapalli, a lawyer of Kali
Suthivelu as Srisailam, a police constable
Y. Vijaya
Chitti Babu
Narra Venkateswara Rao
Vizag Prasad




Production


Director Ravi Raja Pinisetty was originally offered the role of Charanraj however he turned down the offer.




Soundtrack






Features


The film was an Industry Hit at the box office and brought fame to T. Krishna and Vijayshanti.
This film was later remade in Hindi as Pratighaat (1987) starred by Sujata Mehta and Nana Patekar.




Awards


Filmfare Awards South
Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Film - Ramoji Rao
Filmfare Award for best Telugu Actress - Vijayashanti
Nandi Awards
Best Actress - Vijayashanti
Best Villain - Charan Raj.
Best Female Playback Singer - S. Janaki .
Best Story Writer - T. Krishna.
Best Dialogue Writer - M. V. S. Haranatha Rao
Special Jury Award - Kota Srinivasa Rao




References






External links


Pratighatana at IMDb

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Ramoji Rao
• P. L. Narayana
• Penghargaan Filmfare Selatan ke-33
• Penghargaan Filmfare untuk Film Terbaik – Telugu
• Penghargaan Filmfare untuk Aktris Terbaik – Telugu
• Pratighatana
• T. Krishna
• Vijayashanti
• Kota Srinivasa Rao
• Charan Raj
• Ramoji Rao
• Reshma Rathore
• Pratighaat (1987 film)
• Charmy Kaur
• Nee Thodu Kavali