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Chuttalunnaru Jagratha (1980)

Chuttalunnaru Jagratha poster
Original title
చుట్టాలున్నారు జాగ్రత్త
Directed by
B. V. Prasad
Genre
action, crime, romance, mystery, thriller
Country
India
Runtime
2h 30m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is framed for murder. A lookalike helps him find the real killers.

action-packedcomediclightheartedfast-pacedsuspensefulplayful

What happens

Chuttalunnaru Jagratha (transl. Beware of relatives) is a 1980 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by B. V. Prasad. The film stars Krishna and Sridevi. It revolves around a man who was framed for murder, and a lookalike who aids him in finding the true killers. Chuttalunnaru Jagratha was released on 8 August 1980 and became a commercial success. It was remade in Tamil as Pokkiri Raja (1982) and in Hindi as Mawaali (1983), with Sridevi cast in both. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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