Abhilasha

abilasha
Directed by	A. Kodandarami Reddy
Produced by	K.S. Rama Rao
Written by	A. Kodandarami Reddy
Starring	Chiranjeevi Raadhika Sarathkumar Rao Gopal Rao
Music by	thrinath
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Production company	Creative Commercials
Distributed by	Creative Commercials
Release date	11 March 1983 (1983-03-11)
Language	Telugu

Abhilasha (Telugu: అభిలాష, English: Desire) is a 1983 Telugu film, directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy and was produced by K.S. Rama Rao. It is the film adaptation of Yandamuri Veerendranath's novel of the same name. Chiranjeevi, Raadhika Sarathkumar, Rao Gopal Rao, and Gollapudi Maruthi Rao played vital roles. Music was scored by Ilayaraja.

The storyline of the movie is thematically similar to the 1946 movie The Man Who Dared and the 1973 Kannada movie Bidugade.

The film was remade in Tamil as Sattathai Thiruthungal with Mohan.

Struggling lawyer Chiranjeevi (Chiranjeevi) lives with his roommate (Allu Aravind) and strives for removing IPC Section 302. The reason behind his determination is his father's death sentence under 302 for rape and murder, which he didn't commit.

Sarvothama Rao (Rao Gopal Rao), a famous criminal lawyer in that city, sends an invitation to every famous lawyer for a party at his place. By his secretary's mistake, one invitation reaches Chiranjeevi and he gets a chance to meet Sarvothama Rao and express his idea about IPC 302. He also meets Sarvothama Rao's niece Archana (Raadhika Sarathkumar) at the party and falls in love with her. When their love starts blossoming, Archana has to attend a meeting in another country and she leaves for few days.

During this time Chiranjeevi comes up with an idea: to plan a fake murder, in which he will implicate himself and receive a death sentence. According to his plan, Sarvothama Rao will show original pictures of the dead body to the governor at the last moment and rescue Chiranjeevi. Then, both intend to file a petition with the Supreme Court against IPC 302. They manage to frame him with the body of a woman, and Chiranjeevi is sentenced to death, just as he planned. In jail, guard Vishnu Sharma (Rallapalli) is surprised to see Chiranjeevi happy before his death. Archana returns from abroad and finds out that Chiranjeevi will be hanged the next day. She goes to meet Chiranjeevi in prison, and he acts like he actually did commit the crime out of lust. Archana does not know Chiranjeevi's plan and leaves in disgust. On the night before Chiranjeevi's hanging, Sarvothama Rao, who is on his way to meet governor to rescue Chiranjeevi, has an accident.