Kathanayakudu (1984 film)
Kathanayakudu ( Protagonist) is a 1984 Indian Telugu-language drama film produced D. Ramanaidu on Suresh Productions banner and directed by K. Murali Mohana Rao. Starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vijayashanti and music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was remade in Hindi as Dilwaala (1986). Plot Justice Rajeswari Devi lives with her two younger brothers, Mohan & Ravi. Ravi is sympathetic towards the poor who in turn has deep respect for him. He fights against corrupt politicians for the rights of the poor. He is especially hard on MP Chandra Shekar Rao and MLA Kunti Kanakaiah and they consider him to be their enemy. Rajeswari Devi does not agree with Ravi's ways of dealing with corruption and this leads him to leave the house. MLA Kanakaiah's daughter Padma loves Ravi. Mohan is not a very moral person. He befriends a club dancer named Saroja. Getting to know of this Saroja's father is irked. He is actually the estranged husbend of Rajeswari Devi. Saroja is their daughter who has grown to hate her mother due to her father's manipulation. During the time of the general election, Chandra Shekar Rao arranges to get his son Raghu married to Saraswathi, the daughter of labor union leader