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Manoharam (2000)
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Add to a movie listManoharam is a 2000 Telugu drama film produced by Mullapudi Brahmanandam & Sunkara Madhu Murali on M.R.C & Melody Combines banner, directed by Gunasekhar. Starring Jagapati Babu, Laya in the lead roles and music composed by Mani Sharma. The film won four Nandi Awards. The film recorded as Super Hit at box office.
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The film begins with the ISI moles scheming to destabilize India right in the opening shot, followed by their devastating bomb blasts in Coimbatore and Hyderabad. Basha (Mukesh Rishi) an ISI Agent enters to India to plan various bomb blasts at various places. Anand (Jagapati Babu) a regular bank employ, through a case of mistaken identity by police and so, he comes out unscathed and exposes the nefarious ISI network. And the Anand is tried and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. Anand's wife, Usha (Laya) tries to evade her husband with help of a CBI Officer Srinivasa Murthy (Prakash Raj).Actors
Jagapati Babu
(Keshineni Anand Babu)
Laya Gorty
(Usha)
Chandra Mohan
(Usha's father)
Prakash Raj
(Shrinivasa Moorti)
Mukesh Rishi
(Basha)
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