Abhilasha (1983)

Name: Abhilasha
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1983-03-10

2h 15m

Running Time

Plot.

Abhilasha movie story was based on an unique point of removing section 302 from Indian penal Code, which sentences death. Struggling lawyer Chiranjeevi, lives with his roommate (allu aravind) and dreams of removing IPC section 302. Reason behind his determination was his father’s death sentence under 302, for adultery, which he didn’t commit.

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Cast & Crew.

Chiranjeevi

Radhika Sarathkumar

Rao Gopal Rao

Gollapudi Maruti Rao

Allu Aravind

Producer

Rallapalli Narasimha

Sarma

Rajyalakshmi

A. Kodandarami Reddy

Director

Ilaiyaraaja

Music

K. S. Rama Rao

Producer

Yandamuri Veerendranath

Writer

Satyanand Pydipalli

Writer

Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao

Editor

Details.

Release Date
March 10, 1983

Original Name
అభిలాష

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 15m

Genres
Drama Thriller

Last updated: 2024-09-20

Wiki.

Abhilasha (transl. Desire) is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language thriller film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy and produced by K. S. Rama Rao. The film stars Chiranjeevi and Raadhika while Rao Gopal Rao and Gollapudi Maruti Rao play vital roles and the music is composed by Ilaiyaraaja. An adaptation of Yandamuri Veerendranath's novel of the same name, it revolves around a young lawyer striving to end capital punishment in India, but gets himself entangled in a murder case.The film released theatrically on 11 March 1983 to positive response and was commercial success. The film was remade in Tamil as Sattathai Thiruthungal (1984). In spite of being an adaptation of a novel, the core plot was observed to be similar to two American films—The Man Who Dared (1946) and Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1956).