Killer (1992 film)
Killer is a 1992 Telugu-language action thriller film, written and directed by Fazil, produced by V. B. Rajendra Prasad under his Jagapathi Art Pictures banner. It stars Akkineni Nagarjuna, Nagma in the lead roles and the music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was also dubbed into Tamil as Easwar and into Hindi as Sabse Bada Mawali, released in 1996.
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| Directed by | Fazil |
| Produced by | V. B. Rajendra Prasad |
| Written by | Jandhyala (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Fazil |
| Story by | Fazil |
| Starring | Akkineni Nagarjuna Nagma |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | Ananda Kuttan Rajendranath |
| Edited by | T. R. Shekhar |
Production company | Jagapathi Art pictures |
| Distributed by | Annapurna Studios |
Release date |
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Running time | 158 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
Movie starts with goons chasing a pregnant. Mary (Annapurna), a nurse helps her and a boy Eeswar (Nagarjuna) is born. As goons finds her location, Mary escapes with the child and pregnant woman is killed by the goons. Mary takes the child to her house despite having 2 sons and raises him along with them. A girl(Nancy) is born to mary after a while and Eeswar comes to know that Mary is not his biological mother. Due to financial problems,Mary sends Eeswar to an orphanage. Eeswar faces a lot of struggles in the orphanage and becomes an adamant guy who bashes people for money. In that same course, he bashes a police officer. Meanwhile he gets into a fight with BhupatiRaja's(Vijaykumar) goons. BhupatiRaja knowing about Eeswar offers a huge amount of money to kill Malavika(Sharada) and Sneha (Baby Shamili) at a time within 15 days who live in Hyderabad. Eeswar visits Mary and give her some money for her treatment and medicines. Mary asks Eeswar about the source of money and warns him not to involve in any illegal activities. Eeswar goes to Hyderabad and fails to kill Malavika and sneha. Meanwhile he notices Priya entering Malavika's building and falls in love with her. He follows Priya in order to enter Malavika's house. So Eeswar manipulates Priya's family as PremKrishna who is a foreign return. He manipulates Priya and makes her fall for him. Priya reveals that Malavika is her mother's dearest friend so she has to accept Prem as her fiance. Meanwhile Priya discusses her love with Malavika and takes Prem to Malavika's house. Malavika meets Prem, talks with him and likes him. Malavika invites Prem for lunch. Prem tries to kill them but narrowly escapes from getting caught. Meanwhile BhupatiRaja's son Banerjee(Banerjee), meets Eeswar and hands him over a flower bouquet which has bomb fixed to it and instructs him that it should be exploded by 6:30 p.m. Eeswar goes to sneha and hands over the bouquet to her. Meanwhile Malavika reveals that she is gonna handover all her assets to the orphanage as BhupatiRaja (Malavika's cousin) is trying to kill them. She also reveals that her husband (Giribabu) was appointed as chairman to stop the religious conflicts caused because of BhupatiRaja who wants to become a leader by bringing down the Government. Malavika's husband prepares a file against BhupatiRaja to handover to home minister. BhupatiRaja warns Malavika to retrn that file to him. But Malavika's husband handsover that file and a case is booked against BhupatiRaja who is confirmed as accused by the court and sentences him a 12 year jail. Knowing that BhupatiRaja kills Malavika's husband, Eeswar's father and mother (Malavika's brother and sister in law). As sneha (Daughter of Malavika's brother) is the only heiress of the property, BhupatiRaja wants to kill both Malavika and sneha. Knowing this Eeswar grows a soft corner over them and drops the thought of killing them. Knowing this Bhpati Raja kidnaps Eeswar's sister and warns him that he would only leave her if he brings sneha. Leaving with no option, eeswar kidnaps sneha and takes him to BhupatiRaja. Knowng this Malavika goes to Eeswar's house and threatens Mary. Mary reveals that Eeswar's father is Prasad. Malavika realises that Eeswar is none other than her brother's son. Eeswar fights with goons and saves his sister and sneha. Finally Malavika and Eeswar and reunited and Malavika tells the truth that he is her Nephew.
Cast
- Akkineni Nagarjuna as Prem Krishna / Eeswar Prasad
- Nagma as Priya
- Sharada as Malavika
- Vijayakumar as Bhupathi Raja
- Allu Ramalingaiyah as Priya's grandfather
- Brahmanandam as S. I. Brahmanandam
- Ahuti Prasad as Raja
- Banerjee as Banerjee
- Giri Babu as Malavika's husband
- Narayana Rao as Ravindra Prasad
- Suthi Velu as Nookaraju
- Kadambari Kiran as theatre artist
- Chidatala Appa Rao as theatre artist
- Chitti Babu as theatre artist
- Sreedhar Surapaneni as Bhupati Raja's assistant
- Hussain
- Narsing Yadav as chief security officer
- Annapurna as Mary
- Rama Prabha as Rama Devi
- Tulasi as Nancy
- Jyothi as Lalitha
- Nirmalamma as Priya's grandmother
- Baby Shamili as Sneha
Soundtrack
| Killer | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 32:05 | |||
| Label | LEO Audio | |||
| Ilaiyaraaja chronology | ||||
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The music for the film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja with lyrics by Veturi Sundararama Murthy. It was released by LEO Audio company. All songs are hit tracks.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Priya Priyathama" | Mano, Chitra | 5:09 |
| 2. | "Piliche Kuhu Kuhu" | S. Janaki | 4:53 |
| 3. | "Sindhura Puvvu(Duet)" | SP Balu, S. Janaki | 4:57 |
| 4. | "Ukkiri Bikkiri" | SP Balu, Chitra | 5:02 |
| 5. | "Oh Rabbi Endabba" | SP Balu, S. Janaki | 4:50 |
| 6. | "Rambalake Ramju" | SP Balu, Chitra | 5:13 |
| Total length: | 32:05 | ||