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Karthavyam is a film of genre Drama directed by Ketan Mehta with Nirmalamma
Karthavyam (1991)
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Add to a movie listKartavyam is a 1990 Telugu political drama, action film directed by Mohan Gandhi. The film was a blockbuster and was subsequently dubbed into Tamil as Vyjayanthi IPS. The lead actress Vijayashanti won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in this film. The film was written by Paruchuri Brothers and is roughly based on the real-life story of Kiran Bedi, IPS Officer. The film was premiered at the 14th International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section.
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Bhaskar (Sriram) visiting his village for his friend Archana's (Gopika) wedding. But he ends up in returning to city with Gopika herself for she comes to know of the bridegroom's bad past in the village just before the marriage.Actors
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