Chiranjeevi as a treasure-hunting archaeologist? The 80s said YES.
Hero is action oriented movie in which Chiranjeevi played a role of archeologist in thish movie, who comes to a village in search of a plan for the hidden treasure. His friend vikram was killed in the same village trying for that plan.One day during his work, he saves kanakaraju (rao gopal rao), his wives (jayamalini, jyoti lakshmi) and Allu from dying. They become his friend and also treat him as their philosopher and guide.Meanwhile radhika, a village belle who cheats people with her mother nirmalamma meets Chiranjeevi and falls for him. She forces him to marry her.When krishna refuses, she successfully enerts the role of a rape victim in front of the villagers. Krishna later learns that Kanakraju was in fact Kondababu, who killed vikram, who was seacring a plan for the hidden treasure. How krishna plans and exposes kanakaraju’s reality forms the rest of the story.
Acting
Chiranjeevi's charisma carries absolute nonsense
Direction
Vijaya Bapineedu keeps chaos coherent
Director
Vijaya Bapineedu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Chiranjeevi's early solo hero vehicles before he became the undisputed Megastar of Telugu cinema.
The treasure-hunt premise reflects 1980s Indian cinema's fascination with colonial-era hidden wealth, common in masala entertainers of the era.
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