cease the baddies when the Punjabi girl sacrifices her life while guarding Mangamma. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Veeranna & Malli. Cast Nandamuri Balakrishna as Veeranna Bhanumathi Ramakrishna as Mangamma Suhasini Charuhasan as Malli Gollapudi Maruthi Rao as Brahmachari Master Gokina Rama Rao as Chantabbai Raavi Kondala Rao Yeleswaram Ranga as Basavaiah Telephone Satyanarayana as President Rayudu Balaji as Chandar Raju Anitha as Annapurna Y. Vijaya as Chintamani Soundtrack Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Lyrics were written by C. Narayana Reddy. Music released on AVM Audio Company. Box office The film was a major success at the box office and celebrated a silver jubilee. It was the first 100-day film for Nandamuri Balakrishna as solo hero. The film was his breakthrough as lead actor. It ran for 100 days in Karnataka and 565 days in Hyderabad, making it the longest running Telugu film at the time, until the release of Pokiri in 2006. References External links 1984 films 1980s Telugu-language films Films directed by Kodi Ramakrishna Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Telugu remakes of Tamil films