Raktha Tilakam

Raktha Tilakam (transl. Blood Tilaka) is a 1988 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by B. Gopal and produced by K. Ashok Kumar under the Sri Usha Art Productions banner. It stars Venkatesh and Amala , with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was a remake of the Bengali film Pratikar (1987) which was also remade in Tamil in as Thaimel Aanai (1988) and in Hindi as Pratikar (1991).[1][2] The film was recorded as a Super Hit at the box office.[3]

Raktha Tilakam
Theatrical release poster
Directed byB. Gopal
Written byParuchuri Brothers
(story / dialogues)
Appalacharya
(comedy)
Screenplay byB. Gopal
Produced byK. Ashok Kumar
StarringVenkatesh
Amala
CinematographyS. Gopal Reddy
Edited byK. A. Marthand
Music byChakravarthy
Production
company
Sri Usha Art Productions
Distributed bySuresh Productions
Release date
  • 14 January 1988 (1988-01-14)
Running time
135 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

Krishna Prasad is a son of a rich man, Satyanarayana Prasad (Jaggayya); in his childhood, his father's younger brother Garupmantha Rao (Nutan Prasad) kills his brother for the property and Krishna Prasad is driven out of the house. Krishna Prasad goes to live with his school-teacher Nagamani (Sharada), whom he treats as his own mother, she has two children, Balaram and Jyoti, of her own. Garupmantha Rao tries to kill Krishna also, but unfortunately Balaram is separated from his family, and is assumed dead. Nagamani looks after Krishna and Jyoti. After 20 years, Krishna Prasad (Venkatesh) falls in love with his college friend Radha (Amala). Raghu (Sudhakar), son of Garupmantha Rao becomes a local goon, protected by his dad by bribing the local police Inspector P.K. Pathi (Giri Babu). Jyoti (Poornima) is raped and murdered by Raghu and his pals, and they also run over Nagamani, rendering her crippled. Both Krishna and Nagamani swear to avenge Jyoti's death. Then Balaram (Siva Krishna) re-enters their lives, as a police inspector, and is bent on arresting Krishna by hook or by crook, casting doubts whether he is or not on the payroll.

Cast

Soundtrack
Raktha Tilakam
Film score by
Chakravarthy
Released1987
GenreSoundtrack
Length22:11
LabelSaptaswar Audio
ProducerChakravarthy
Chakravarthy chronology
Vijetha Vikram
(1987)		 Raktha Tilakam
(1987)		 Brahma Putrudu
(1988)

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Music released on SAPTASWAR Audio Company.

S. No.Song TitleSingerslyricslength
1 "Dhancho Dhancho" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela Veturi 4:33
2 "Thamalapaku Lantidhana" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela Veturi 4:29
3 "College Nundi Marriage" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Jonnavithhula Ramalingeswara Rao 4:19
4 "Guppedu Mallelu" Mano, Alisha Chinoy Jonnavithhula Ramalingeswara Rao 4:29
5 "Kill Kill Me" Alisha Chinoy Jaladhi 4:21

References
  1. "Find Telugu Movie Raktha Tilakam, Raktha Tilakam Reviews, Expert Review and Casts | Jointscene.com". Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  2. "Raktha Tilakam Crew". entertainment.oneindia.in. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  3. "Success and centers list - Venkatesh". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
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