not want Peddabbayi to go to jail as that would impact Gowri's life. Lakshmi is dead and Simhadri accepts that he has murdered Lakshmi for money and gets arrested by police. This makes Gowri and Prabhavathy to hate him and his family. But Vijayakumar does not believe this and goes to jail to meet Simhadri and asks the truth. Simhadri tells all the truth to Vijayakumar and gets a promise that Vijayakumar should not reveal this truth to anyone else as Gowri will be alone then. Vijayakumar agrees but sends Peddabbayi out of his home. Gowri also leaves his home without knowing the truth and understanding her father. The story comes to the present and a wedding is planned between Prabhavathy and Peddabbayi's younger brother Ranjith, the third of the siblings. On the day of marriage, Vijayakumar tells this truth to everyone and Peddabbayi tries to kill Gowri. But Simhadri comes in between and gets stabbed and dies. Peddabbayi gets killed by Ranjith after knowing the truth that his sister Lakshmi is killed by none other than Peddabbayi. Meanwhile, Vijayakumar cries in front of Simhadri's dead body and he also dies along with him. The movie ends with Chinnayya and Prabhavathy getting married. Cast Chiranjeevi in dual role as Simhadri and Chinnayya Meena as Prabhavathi Sithara as Gowri Vijayakumar as Peddayya, Gowri's and Prabhavathi's father Prakash Raj as Peddabbayi Nirmalamma as Simhadri's Mother Sujatha as Lakshmi Brahmanandam Kota Srinivasa Rao Babu Mohan Mallikarjuna Rao M. S. Narayana as Annavaram K. S. Ravikumar Production In December 1997, Rajinikanth announced that his next film would be directed by K. S. Ravikumar, who had made the successful 1995 film Muthu with the actor. Filming was initially slated to begin in April 1998, but the FEFSI strike delayed proceedings and Ravikumar was only able to complete his previous film Natpukkaga by June 1998. A. M. Rathnam, who produced Natpukkaga requested Ravikumar to remake the film in Telugu with Chiranjeevi in the lead. Though initially reluctant, he accepted to quickly remake the film in Telugu as Sneham Kosam. The film's shooting was completed in 45 days. Soundtrack The music and background score was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. Music was released by Aditya Music Company. Rajkumar later remade "Gundello" as "Megham Udaithu" for Tamil film Maayi. Release The film was scheduled to release in November 1998 but was delayed. Reception Rakesh P. of The Deccan