A short-tempered man falls in love with a woman, who is also pursued by a gangster that wants to marry her. As the man sets out to take on the mighty mob, his estranged family gets drawn into the fight.
Acting
NTR Jr.'s volcanic rage moments—no one seethes like him.
Stunts
Pre-VFX era fight choreography with actual body slams.
Direction
Surender Reddy's slick commercial pacing before it became formula.
Director
Surender Reddy
N.T. Rama Rao Jr.
Ashok
Sameera Reddy
Anjali
Prakash Raj
Father of Ashok
Sonu Sood
K.K.
Rajiv Kanakala
Rajiv
Vadivukarasi
KK's Mother
Rama Prabha
Ashok's Grandmother
Sudha
Ashok's Mother
Raghu Babu
Anjali's Brother
Surekha Vani
Anjali's Sister-In-Law
Venu Madhav
Jaggu
Satyam Rajesh
Rajesh
Supreet
Panda
Jeeva
KK's Henchman
Fish Venkat
KK's Henchman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was NTR Jr.'s first collaboration with Surender Reddy, kicking off a partnership that would later deliver 'Temper' and 'Aravinda Sametha'.
The 'short-tempered hero' archepe peaked in mid-2000s Tollywood, with Ashok representing the era's obsession with male rage as moral righteousness.
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