Gang Leader (film)
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| Directed by | Vijaya Bapineedu |
| Produced by | Maganti Ravindranath Chowdary |
| Written by | Vijaya Bapineedu(Story & screenplay) Paruchuri Brothers(dialogues) |
| Starring |
Chiranjeevi Vijayashanti Rao Gopal Rao Anandaraj Murali Mohan |
| Music by | Bappi Lahari |
| Cinematography | Lok Singh |
| Distributed by | Shyam Prasad Arts |
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Release date
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9 May 1991 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Gang Leader is a 1991 Indian Telugu language action crime film starring Chiranjeevi and Vijayashanti directed by Vijaya Bapineedu, with soundtrack by Bappi Lahari, and dance choreography by Prabhu Deva. The film has recorded as an Industry Hit and a cult classic by becoming the telugu's daily vernacular.The film is often credited as one of the biggest hits in Chiranjeevi's career. It surpassed the box office collections of the blockbuster and industry hit Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari. Later it was dubbed in Tamil with same title. The film was later remade in Hindi as Aaj Ka Goonda Raj with Chiranjeevi and Meenakshi Seshadri in lead roles, and in Kannada as Kutumba starring Upendra.
Raghupathi (Murali Mohan), Raghava (Sarath Kumar), and Rajaram (Chiranjeevi) are brothers. Raghupathi is the only breadwinner of the family, Raghava is preparing for Civil Services Examination, and Rajaram is unemployed. Rajaram and his four friends are a gang and are searching for jobs daily. They roam in the city until midnight. Rajaram comes home at midnight and sleeps until afternoon; his grandmother Sabari (Nirmalamma) yells at his irresponsibility and carelessness. One day, Rajaram makes Kanya Kumari (Vijayashanti) vacate the house on a payment basis as she is not paying the rent to the house. Subsequently, she changes her place to Rajaram's house.
At one situation, Rajaram goes to jail for money, because Raghava requires money as he wants to go to Delhi for IAS preparation. Ekambaram (Raogopal Rao) and his brother Kanakambaram (Anandaraj) kill Raghupathi when he gave a police complaint for a murder he witnessed. Rajaram was still in jail when this happened, but his friends know how Raghupathi died. Rajaram thinks his brother's death was an accident.
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