| Rikshavodu | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Kodi Ramakrishna |
| Produced by | Kranthi Kumar |
| Starring | Chiranjeevi Nagma Soundarya Jayasudha Manorama Paresh Rawal Brahmanandam AVS (actor) |
| Music by | Koti |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Rikshavodu (transl. Rickshaw puller) is a 1995 Telugu language film starringChiranjeevi,Nagma andSoundarya, directed byKodi Ramakrishna and produced byKranthi Kumar. Chiranjeevi played a dual role in the film.[1] It was dubbed in Hindi asDevaa The Power Man and in Tamil asVeeraputhran.[2][3]
Raju moves to the city in search of a livelihood with his grandmother Manorama. He is befriended by Brahmanandam and taken to Soundarya, who rents rickshaws. One day while driving passengers in his rickshaw, he has a confrontation with Nagma, who hit it by driving her car aggressively. He files a suit against her in the court, but fails due to the influence of Nagma's wealthy father Paresh Rawal. After some scenes, Paresh Rawal forces his daughter to marry Chiranjeevi to build up his political career as Chiru has a good mass following in his area. Manorama sees Paresh and then reveals his past. His father (also Chiranjeevi) a good human being and also a village head. Envied by the good name he has in the village, Paresh Rawal traps his sister and sees that she commits suicide and also blames his wife Jayasudha that she is illicit. He kills Chiranjeevi in a village fight and that blame is taken by Jayasudha and she is in jail and all the villagers think that she is the actual cause of all this. Now the son takes revenge on the villain and opens the truth before the villagers. Also Nagma transforms into his loving wife after knowing her fathers' deeds.
Music scored by Raj-Koti; Lyrics written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy and Bhuvana Chandra.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ne Petta" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chithra | |
| 2. | "Ardha Rathri" | Sujatha, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 3. | "Roop Tera Mastana" | Baba Sehgal,Sujatha | |
| 4. | "Devudyna Jeevu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 5. | "Pa Pa Edirinpa" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 6. | "Entabba Taku" | K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
Rikshavodu clashed with Dasari Narayana Rao and R. Narayana Murthy's major productionOrey Rikshaw that released in December 1995. While bothOrey Rikshaw andRikshavodu featured arickshaw puller as its protagonist, onlyOrey Rikshaw emerged successful at the box office.[4]
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