Lawyer Viswanath

1978 Indian film

Lawyer Viswanath

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Directed by| S. D. Lal
Written by| Gollapudi (dialogues)
Screenplay by| Ramkhelkar
Story by| Muktha Gai
Based on| Vishwanath (1978)
Produced by| Y. V. Rao
Starring| N. T. Rama Rao
Jayasudha
Cinematography| P. Devraj
Edited by| D. Raja Gopal Rao
Music by| Satyam

Production
company

Ravi Chitra Films

Release date

* 17 November 1978 (1978-11-17)

Running time

| 157 minutes
Country| India
Language| Telugu

Lawyer Viswanath is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language action film produced by Y. V. Rao and directed by S. D. Lal. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao and Jayasudha, with music composed by Satyam. It is a remake of the Hindi film Vishwanath (1978).[1]

## Plot[edit]

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Vishwanath is a middle-class public prosecutor with a penchant for justice and a soft corner for the common man that endears him to the masses. But then he commits the unpardonable sin of awarding life imprisonment to Prabhu – the son of industrialist G.N.K. – and his henchman Shakka on charges of rape and murder. Not many in the city know that G.N.K. is also an underworld don involved in all sorts of criminal activities. Fuming revenge, and using every trick of the trade, he gets him implicated in a bribery case, and condemned to short-term imprisonment. Once he is released and determined to seek revenge, by taking the law into his own hands, he lets loose a war against G.N.K. by systematically attacking his business interests, helped in the process by Kacheri Kondaiah.

## Cast[edit]

* N. T. Rama Rao as Lawyer Vishwanath
* Jayasudha as Geeta
* Satyanarayana as Kacheri Kondaiah
* Prabhakar Reddy G.N.K
* Allu Ramalingaiah as Pakshiraju Seetaramaiah / Pakshi
* Kanta Rao as Kamalakar
* Dhulipala as Judge
* Rajanala as Lawyer D. P. Rao
* Mukkamala as Raghavaiah
* Ramana Murthy as Lawyer Varma
* Ranganath as Bhaskar
* Sarath Babu as Prabhu
* Tyagaraju
* Sri Lanka Manohar as Shakka
* Sakshi Ranga Rao as Johny Jalaiah
* Mada
* K.V.Chalam as Varahala Shetty
* Balakrishna as Kondaiah henchmen
* Potti Prasad as Jail Warden
* K. K. Sarma as Prisoner
* Pandari Bai as Shanthamma
* Kavitha as Gowri
* Tiger Prabhakar as Soda Jaggu
* Pushpa Kumari

## Soundtrack[edit]

Music composed by Satyam.[2]

No.| Title| Lyrics| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Piliche Piliche"| C. Narayana Reddy| P. Susheela| 4:30
2.| "Sharaabee"| Aarudhra| S. Janaki, Madhavapeddi Ramesh| 3:41
3.| "Raamudeppudoo"| C. Narayana Reddy| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam| 3:59
4.| "Kalakaalam"| Veturi| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela| 3:52
5.| "Bham Bham Bham"| Veturi| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela| 5:30

## Reception[edit]

Venkatrao of Andhra Patrika, in his review dated 23 November 1978, appreciated Rama Rao's performance and production values. He added that Lal's adaptation stands up to the original.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Kohli, Suresh (17 October 2013). "Vishwanath (1978)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
2. ^ "Lawyer Vishwanath (1978)-Song_Booklet". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
3. ^ Venkatrao (28 November 1978). "చిత్ర సమీక్ష: లాయర్ విశ్వనాధ్" [Film review: Lawyer Viswanath]. Andhra Patrika (in Telugu). Retrieved 21 July 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Lawyer Viswanath at IMDb

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