Eduruleni Manishi (1975 film)

Eduruleni Manishi is a 1975 Telugu-language action film directed by K. Bapayya. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Vanisri, with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. This film is the debut of Aswini Dutt's Vyjayanthi Movies banner in the film industry. It is a remake of the Hindi film Johny Mera Naam (1970). The film's title was later used as the title of Rama Rao's memoir, by his wife Lakshmi Parvathi.

Plot
The film begins with Shekar, a valiant diehard to gangsters. Years ago, two dreadful monsters Ranga & Sarkar, slaughtered his father. At that moment, Shekar spots their gang symbol and absconds with his younger brother, and destiny detaches them. Shekar is searching for them, so he confronts the racketeers for the symbol and counterspy police under the veil. Gopi becomes a sincere cop, and the government appoints him to check these hoods. Meanwhile, Shekar gets acquainted with a girl named Latha, a gangbanger. Now, Shekar is behind her, and Gopi shadows the two. After a while, Shekar & Latha crush. Plus, he learns she is dragged into this syndicate with force,  headed by two malicious Ranga & Sarkar, one that feigns as honorable. Here, Shekar ensures the safeguarding of Latha, so he, too, affiliates with the gang and works as a double agent for Gopi. Once in a bust, Vasu, Ranga's son, is caught. At the same time, Ranga & Sarkar discovers that Shekar has avenged the homicides of his father, i.e., themselves, and regarding his younger sibling. Here, Ranga forges Vasu as his brother, and he frees him. Howbeit, Gopi chases them when Shekar detects him as original and identifies Ranga as the hitman. At last, Shekar ceases the baddies with Gopi's aid. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Shekar & Latha.

Cast
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 * N. T. Rama Rao as Raja Shekar
 * Vanisri as Latha
 * Jaggayya as Inspector Gopi
 * Satyanarayana as Shekar's father
 * Kanta Rao as Sarkar
 * Prabhakar Reddy as Ranga Rao/ Jaggu
 * Ramadas as Jaggu's accomplice
 * Raja Babu as Bachi
 * Allu Ramalingaiah as Bhadraiah
 * Jaya Bhaskar as Vasu
 * Padmapriya as Sarala
 * Hemalatha as Latha's mother
 * Nirmalamma as Bhadraiah's wife
 * Anand Mohan as Rattaiah

Production
Eduruleni Manishi is the first film produced by Ashwini Dutt under the banner Vyjayanthi Movies.

Soundtrack
Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Lyrics were written by Acharya Aatreya.