Aadmi Aur Apsara
| Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari | |
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| Directed by | K. Raghavendra Rao |
| Produced by | C. Ashwini Dutt |
| Written by | K. Raghavendra Rao Jandhyala |
| Story by | Yandamoori Veerendranath |
| Starring |
Chiranjeevi Sridevi Amrish Puri |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography |
K. S. Prakash A. Vincent |
| Distributed by | Vyjayanthi Movies |
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Release date
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9 May 1990 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Box office | ₹9.5 crore (equivalent to ₹51 crore or US$7.9 million in 2016) |
Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari is a 1990 Telugu supernatural fantasy film, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, starring Chiranjeevi and Sridevi. The film is Aswini Dutt's first venture with Chiranjeevi. The chart topping soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The blockbuster film was subsequently dubbed in Tamil as Kaadhal Devathai, in Hindi as Aadmi Aur Apsara, and in Malayalam as Hai Sundhari, capitalising on Sridevi's popularity.
Raju (Chiranjeevi), a courageous and spirited young man, is a caregiver to four young orphans (Shamili, Shalini,and Richard Rishi). He is a tourist guide in a picturesque hill station.
One of the children is accidentally injured. An ayurvedic guru suggests the only cure for the child's injury - herbs found only on the banks of Manasa Sarovar. Raju goes to the Himalayas to retrieve these powerful herbs. During the same time, a celestial being, Indraja (Sridevi), the daughter of Lord Indra, happens to visit the Manasa Sarovar. She accidentally drops her ring there. This ring is her passport to Heaven. Raju finds the ring and starts wearing it, oblivious to its divine power. Indraja is unable to enter Heaven as she lost her ring. Brihaspathi, the Deva-guru, instructs her to go back to Earth to retrieve it before the next Kartik Poornima.
In search of the ring, Indraja finds her way to Raju's hometown. Due to her strange language and lack of emotional and social awareness, she is initially considered insane. Her umpteen confessions about her divinity are subject to laughter. Raju & the children take pity on her and provide her shelter in their home. She becomes close to the children and often ends up in trouble trying to take the ring from Raju.
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