# Agni Putrudu

Agni Putrudu (transl. Son of Fire) is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language action film, produced by Venkat Akkineni under the Annapurna Studios banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Nagarjuna, Sarada, Rajani and Sivaji Ganesan, with music composed by Chakravarthy.

## Plot

Hari Hara Bharadwaja, an orthodox Brahmin & religious scholar, leads a happy family life with his ideal wife Brahmaramba, son Kaalidasu, and daughters Gayatri & Jahnavi. He believes nonviolence & humanity are more significant than caste & clans and craves his son on the same path. Bharadwaja attains the highest power corridor as a chieftain to a religious organization Viswachaitanya Gurukulapeetam. Parallelly, malicious Zamindar Bhupati Rayudu sublets authority over the lands under the Peetam by trampling tribes under his feet. Knowing it, Bharadwaja seizes his tyrant and allows the lands of the tribes. So, flared up, Bhupati decided to malice Bharadwaj and clamp Deeshithulu, the committee member.
Meanwhile, Bharadwaja takes debt from a lender, Narahari, to perform Jahnavi's marriage when Bhupati clutches Narahari. At the same time, Inspector Sampath Kumar, the henchman of Bhupati, molests Manga, daughter of Bharadwaja's aide Srisailam. Here, Bharadwaja files a case, but the malefactor acquits with fake alibis, and by that time, Manga is pregnant. Simultaneously, Bharadwaja's elder daughter, Gayatri, conceives when her father-in-law, Govardhanam, warns her to return with his heir. Both of them deliver at once, but unfortunately, Gayatri miscarries when panicked Brahmaramba secretly replaces Manga's child. After that, she divulges the reality to Bharadwaja and pleads for pardon. Being conscious of it, Bhupati conspires, which makes Govardhanam furious, who evades Gayatri and Jahnavi, whom her in-laws also neck out.
Right now, Deeshithulu inflames and accuses Bharadwaja of contradicting the religion. Moreover, Bhupati ruses by indicting him for theft using Narahari, for which he is ostracized. Overhearing it, Manga steps to proclaim the actuality, but she is slain when Bharadwaja adopts her orphan child. Howbeit enraged, Kaali revolts against Narahari and is sentenced. In prison, he is accountable for Chaitanya, a victim of Bhupati's cruelty. Before dying, he inspires and entrusts his responsibility to Kaali. Soon after his release, Bharadwaja learns the aim of Kaali when a rift arises between father & son, which makes Kaali leave the house. After that, Kaali mingles with the tribes and confronts Bhupati. In that process, he meets his love, Usha, the daughter of Bhupati's brother. After identifying the factuality, she, too, conjoins him.
Further, Kaali set rights for his sisters' families. After that, he kidnaps Narahari to uncover the truth. Exploiting it, Bhupati kills him and criminates Kaali. Eventually, he triggers Bharadwaja and makes him encounter Kaali, where he understands his son's virtue. Suddenly, Bhupati attacks them, in which Bharadwaja is seriously injured. Hence, they abscond. Accordingly, Bhupati captures Bharadwaja's daughters and slaughters the baby. Spotting it, Kaali bursts out. At last, Bharadwaja loses his patience, deviates from his path, and eliminates Bhupati. Finally, Bharadwaja affirms Kaali that he must live for the welfare of society.

## Cast

* Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Hari Hara Bharadwaja
* Nagarjuna as Kaalidasu
* Rajani as Usha
* Sarada as Brahmaramba
* Sivaji Ganesan as Chaitanya
* Satyanarayana as Bhupathi Rayudu
* Nutan Prasad as Govardhanam
* Gollapudi Maruti Rao as Deeshithulu
* Rallapalli as Narahari
* Suthi Velu as Anantham
* P. L. Narayana as Srisilam
* Chalapathi Rao as Inspector Sampath Kumar
* Bhimeswara Rao as Judge
* Balaji as Ganapathi
* Vidya Sagar as Bharadwaja's son-in-law
* Chitti Babu as Ganapathi's henchmen
* Mucharlla Aruna as Manga
* Jyothi as Gayatri
* Rajitha as Jahnavi
* Krishnaveni as Nurse
* Chandrika as Sakkubai's Sister
* Dubbing Janaki as Govardhanam's wife
* Tatineni Rajeswari as Deeshithulu's wife
* Y. Vijaya as Sakkubai

## Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by Veturi.
| Song Title | Singers | length |
| "Cheerelu Vidichina" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela | 6:04 |
| "Yerra Yerrani Bugga" | Mano, S. Janaki | 6:00 |
| "Jayaya Jaya Bhadraya" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 3:13 |
| "Kamalam Kamalam" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 4:09 |
| "Mudduko Muddettu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela | 5:06 |
| "Hrudaya Dhamarukam" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela | 4:57 |