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Rakshana (1993)

Rakshana poster
Original title
రక్షణ
Directed by
Uppalapati Narayana Rao
Genre
police procedural
Country
India
Runtime
2h 30m
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer goes on a mission to stop a criminal threat. He faces danger and violence as he works to bring law and order.

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What happens

Rakshana (transl. Indemnity) is a 1993 Telugu-language action film written and directed by Uppalapati Narayana Rao. It was produced by Venkat Akkineni under Annapurna Studios. It stars Nagarjuna and Shobhana, with music composed M. M. Keeravani. Upon release, the film received widely positive reviews and remained a box office hit. Regarded as one of the top cop movies in Telugu, it was subsequently dubbed in Tamil and released as Kaaval Thurai. The film was remade in Bengali Bangladesh as Banglar Hero (1998). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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